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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Gratuitous pic of 'Marley'

Being a black cat, he isn't as easy to get that IG pic quality

Probably the best shot I've taken of him, showing facial expressions.

Oh, and a houseful of places to sit/sleep,
He of course chose Lauren's favourite coat, she unwisely Lay down in striking reach of the fur ball... Cats, huh, what they like :rolleyes:

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a lazy late in the day start here in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of peeled and re-purposed junk food came in at 5.8 this am despite my best efforts.

Uber eats - let’s see what’s available? - Unexpected error - I blame the grandchildren but living in Birmingham they have a smorgasbord or even a Julbord of choices. “I fancy KFC”, pipes up Mrs Miggins - do they sell food? Could have fooled me.
Anyhow - I opted for large bits of real Chicken and ended up having to peel it as it was coated in something from a Kindergarten play-doh session in Mordor.
On the bright side, we how have a couple of coaltits fluttering about in the garden and hogging the bird feeding station.
picture today - a one brush, 3 dilutions of black ink and water on unsized rice paper. Hope you all managed not to gobble up any hot cross buns and look away from creme eggs. Time, at last, for koffy


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A brilliant painting with the three tone grades of the Chinese ink @dunelm

No hotXbuns here or Easter choccy :(
 
Afternoon one and all. Hope Saturday is treating you all perfectly!

FBG at 0645 was 6.0...so that's good!

Redid the stuff for @gennepher to find the file is too big for here ...by the time I worked it all out it was Arthur's trot hour. Got the pink newspaper for the weekend and a coffee which wasn't spilled. A miracle...

After breakkie of smoked salmon, capers and another coffee, MrsBRS and I jumped into Sid and headed to see daughter outside in the chilled air...she's looking well and obviously loves her fiancé to bits - just as much as she loves her piloting. 90 mins went by far far too quickly and then we planned to see her as soon as she's back from Ascension and the Falklands.

Used the iPad to check-in to the other one up in Glasgow as her finals are weeks away as we all stood around Sid the Stinger waving them both off. Sigh.

Now back home, sitting looking at the garden and my honey do dis and do dat list..

See you all later.

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BRSBRI said:
Afternoon one and all. Hope Saturday is treating you all perfectly!

FBG at 0645 was 6.0...so that's good!

Redid the stuff for @gennepher to find the file is too big for here ...by the time I worked it all out it was Arthur's trot hour. Got the pink newspaper for the weekend and a coffee which wasn't spilled. A miracle...

After breakkie of smoked salmon, capers and another coffee, MrsBRS and I jumped into Sid and headed to see daughter outside in the chilled air...she's looking well and obviously loves her fiancé to bits - just as much as she loves her piloting. 90 mins went by far far too quickly and then we planned to see her as soon as she's back from Ascension and the Falklands.

Used the iPad to check-in to the other one up in Glasgow as her finals are weeks away as we all stood around Sid the Stinger waving them both off. Sigh.

Now back home, sitting looking at the garden and my honey do dis and do dat list..

See you all later.

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Lovely Brize - I have spent many an hour, day even, siting by the runway waiting to get into big birds to fly to destinations exotic.
 
ianpspurs said:
Sounds like a great day. As for the boat race course that is our route into Ely. Yes, they have been drained and still need pumping engines to stop flooding - not always successfully around Welney and Denver as you will know. All year round the fields are irrigated for intensive cropping. Salad leaves are a thirsty crop but the big boys are going to Spain due to the deity of Sovereignty. Threatening to go lock, stock and radicchio. Towards the Peterborough. Kings Lynn edge it is more root crops, onions _Definite smell of onion harvest for a fortnight. and sugar beet. Massive machinery and all night working to lift the beet. Proper stink approaching Bury and Kings Lynn. My impression of Lincolnshire is it is like the Peterborough edge..
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Hi Ian,
Your right.
The R.Witham (R.Lindis old name) was on the Northern and Eastern side of a wedge of fen that reached up to near Lincoln, the Southern and Western side was edged by the Carr Dyke next to rising ground.
Once the Lindis crosses the flat land on its way to Boston and the Wash, you then have the proper Fen drained by the Welland, the Ouse and Nene, all feeding into the bottom edge of the Wash.
The river washes are great for wildfowl and swans in winter.
They have so exploited this land so that it has lost most of it peat derived topsoil, it will have fertility problems in years to come.
The land is way below the river levels as a result.
I think they should flood it all, but find King John's lost treasure first for a good cause like the Kings Lynn hospital!
Then Hereward may recognise it if he were to come back.
D.
 
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BRSBRI said:
@gennepher I took out all the nice graphics and flow charts I did. So here's the chit chat without pretty picchures...
Hope it's of interest.

Here's the garden without a lawn...the tidying up I've been instructed to do in a howling cold wind calls for a nice calvados I think plus a foil blanket to look chic ;) View attachment 48593View attachment 48595
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Thank you very much @BRSBRI

Downloaded it, reading it now.
Thanks for the effort you put into this.
It is appreciated.
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BRSBRI said:
@gennepher I took out all the nice graphics and flow charts I did. So here's the chit chat without pretty picchures...
Hope it's of interest.

Here's the garden without a lawn...the tidying up I've been instructed to do in a howling cold wind calls for a nice calvados I think plus a foil blanket to look chic ;) View attachment 48593View attachment 48595
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What a kind thing to do Sir. Nice garden, very neat. Calvados is a great idea after the tidying.
 
A phone call from Californaye-a.
"Hey I know you've just gotten back home; any chance you could head out here sooner than week's end? Promise ya no more till June - whaddaya think"...

Before I could rustle up choice words "I've gotten my exec assistant looking into it. Oh, remember your annual performance review is next week".

Then I asked "How's Covid out there". Response "You'll be fine. Hot property you are Mister. We need ya"...

Gee thanks BUDDY

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