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

Fbg 6.7

You Tube video.

Foxes & Cats (A busy night)

The last few nights have been a disaster recording the wild animals.
Because of all the torrential rain, they have stayed at home in their burrows.
However, if you wish to observe the antics of the emerging slugs and snails, I could provide hours of footage on them...
No?
I thought not.
Delete, delete, delete.....................

Creative is autumn again, in Procreate.

I have another stray cat who has been feeding at the kitchen door the last two weeks. I call it ghost cat #2. It is a ginger, a tiny little skinny cat. I asked a neighbour if it was his, he has a ginger cat. He said no. So, I carried on feeding it. Midnight has a soft spot for it. Midnight sits on the back garden side of my gate, and ghost cat #2 sits on the front garden side of the gate...

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jjraak said:
Aghh my favourite pet hate at the moment.
All these adults having to be treated like little children.

idiots .

Big sums spent of bikes
Another wallet whacking for the 'right' clothes.

All so they can look good in the mortuaries because their life literally wasn't worth a light....aghh.

People do not realise how vulnerable & fragile the human body can be.

I-d-i-o-t-s....:banghead::banghead::banghead:

Thank goodness you were on the case & became their life saver
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Thank you. Yes you are right. They are definitely I-d-i-o-t-s. You would think that they would realise that they are invisible without lights.
 
dogslife said:
Thanks @jjraak. I rang on the dot at 8.30 this morning as suggested. I was 18th in the queue bur didn't have too long to wait. Guess what--there were no appointments left with the said doctor. The receptionist was very sympathetic and explained that there had not been many available to begin with as the doctor also made them directly himself. Despite being told yesterday that they could not make appointments with him in advance she bent the rules and made me an appointment for Friday. My fbs today were 15.3. Best wishes.
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Really good that you spoke to a helpful receptionist and have at least got your appointment.
 
Good morning everyone from a decidedly damp squib of a start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. Thank you for your kind comments about the last bit of art. Today is a search for a replacement kettle - do we go for one where you can choose temperature settings, a glass one, a cheap and nasty one or, as the girl in the bubble informs me, “a green one.” I will have a look on Which? They may know - or not. Later, rumours are that there may be a forage for moules - code word for “let’s have lunch in the pub.” Not sure yet as that was breaking news last night and today may be full to the brim with new instructions when Mrs Miggins wakes from her planning. Art bit - an arch with a view. Koffy has already been consumed so best head for seconds.
 

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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

You Tube video.

Foxes & Cats (A busy night)

The last few nights have been a disaster recording the wild animals.
Because of all the torrential rain, they have stayed at home in their burrows.
However, if you wish to observe the antics of the emerging slugs and snails, I could provide hours of footage on them...
No?
I thought not.
Delete, delete, delete.....................

Creative is autumn again, in Procreate.

I have another stray cat who has been feeding at the kitchen door the last two weeks. I call it ghost cat #2. It is a ginger, a tiny little skinny cat. I asked a neighbour if it was his, he has a ginger cat. He said no. So, I carried on feeding it. Midnight has a soft spot for it. Midnight sits on the back garden side of my gate, and ghost cat #2 sits on the front garden side of the gate...

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The life of slugs and snails - you tease! Splendid autumnal scene again. I like the bark on the trees.
 
In Cumbria not raining at the moment but a cool day in prospect. Rain at lunch time with temperature peaking at 11deg C. and storm winds to come.
So by the time we have done our shopping this am and put it away it will an inside day again.

It's a day when visitors to Cumbria need to realize before they climb mountains the conditions at 3000 feet.
D.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a decidedly damp squib of a start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. Thank you for your kind comments about the last bit of art. Today is a search for a replacement kettle - do we go for one where you can choose temperature settings, a glass one, a cheap and nasty one or, as the girl in the bubble informs me, “a green one.” I will have a look on Which? They may know - or not. Later, rumours are that there may be a forage for moules - code word for “let’s have lunch in the pub.” Not sure yet as that was breaking news last night and today may be full to the brim with new instructions when Mrs Miggins wakes from her planning. Art bit - an arch with a view. Koffy has already been consumed so best head for seconds.
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A great sense of distance in this one @dunelm
Decisions decisions about a kettle...
 
lindisfel said:
In Cumbria not raining at the moment but a cool day in prospect. Rain at lunch time with temperature peaking at 11deg C. and storm winds to come.
So by the time we have done our shopping this am and put it away it will an inside day again.

It's a day when visitors to Cumbria need to realize before they climb mountains the conditions at 3000 feet.
D.
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Not a day for day tourists to go exploring up mountains.
Treacherous...
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a decidedly damp squib of a start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. Thank you for your kind comments about the last bit of art. Today is a search for a replacement kettle - do we go for one where you can choose temperature settings, a glass one, a cheap and nasty one or, as the girl in the bubble informs me, “a green one.” I will have a look on Which? They may know - or not. Later, rumours are that there may be a forage for moules - code word for “let’s have lunch in the pub.” Not sure yet as that was breaking news last night and today may be full to the brim with new instructions when Mrs Miggins wakes from her planning. Art bit - an arch with a view. Koffy has already been consumed so best head for seconds.
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Two more to add to the mix: a kettle to sit on a stove top to hold lots of water but good if there is a constant heatsource available or one that can heat just one cup at a time, if that's what you use - or is that the"green" one already under consideration?
 
gennepher said:
That was scary. Hugs for you.
Many cyclists here also believe they are immune to vehicles...
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It is so hard to believe that they seem completely unaware that it is dangerous @gennepher. They must surely be aware that even a cyclist or motorcyclist who makes every effort to be visible still get hit by motorists who don't see them.

A client's brother in London was hit by a motorist who didn't see him, even though he had those flashing lights on his cycle and his high vis gear. So to make himself extra safe he bought flashing lights for his helmet. When he was hit again the motorist said that he hadn't seen him. The policeman could not believe that the motorist hadn't seem him.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen, pause, ponder, scratch beard and got it, MP’s that didn’t accept invitations to appear in idiot box programs.
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Today's lft test was -ve and my blood sugars were 5.4.
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Today is plinky plonky lesson day, which joy of joy means a trip into the great metropolis of Reading and a few unsupervised hours from under the feet of Mrs J.

Today’s topic seems to be cyclists, cyclists without hi vis and lights, please leave them alone, a wonderful source of human organs for organ transplants as long as the brain is not involved.
It’s time to make and drink koffy, ponder breakfast and wish you all a safe and happy day.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
It is so hard to believe that they seem completely unaware that it is dangerous @gennepher. They must surely be aware that even a cyclist or motorcyclist who makes every effort to be visible still get hit by motorists who don't see them.

A client's brother in London was hit by a motorist who didn't see him, even though he had those flashing lights on his cycle and his high vis gear. So to make himself extra safe he bought flashing lights for his helmet. When he was hit again the motorist said that he hadn't seen him. The policeman could not believe that the motorist hadn't seem him.
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That is really bad.
Cyclists round here ride with black clothes and no lights at all at night.
I avoid night driving if I can because there are some idiots who play chicken after dark as I drive up the steep hill to home. They come speeding downhill towards me on my side of the road as I am driving up...
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a decidedly damp squib of a start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. Thank you for your kind comments about the last bit of art. Today is a search for a replacement kettle - do we go for one where you can choose temperature settings, a glass one, a cheap and nasty one or, as the girl in the bubble informs me, “a green one.” I will have a look on Which? They may know - or not. Later, rumours are that there may be a forage for moules - code word for “let’s have lunch in the pub.” Not sure yet as that was breaking news last night and today may be full to the brim with new instructions when Mrs Miggins wakes from her planning. Art bit - an arch with a view. Koffy has already been consumed so best head for seconds.
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Why am I thinking about the gateway at Wells Cathedral where my Dad did some unforgiveable damage as he scraped his gun carriage through during WW2? He was a driver/instructor and should have taken it clean through but misjudged it. In his defence, it was on a limber (is that what it was called?) and so the whole assemblage was an articulated vehicle, but it's not really an excuse. Part of the cathedral's rich history, I guess, as your image is also rich in history.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

You Tube video.

Foxes & Cats (A busy night)

The last few nights have been a disaster recording the wild animals.
Because of all the torrential rain, they have stayed at home in their burrows.
However, if you wish to observe the antics of the emerging slugs and snails, I could provide hours of footage on them...
No?
I thought not.
Delete, delete, delete.....................

Creative is autumn again, in Procreate.

I have another stray cat who has been feeding at the kitchen door the last two weeks. I call it ghost cat #2. It is a ginger, a tiny little skinny cat. I asked a neighbour if it was his, he has a ginger cat. He said no. So, I carried on feeding it. Midnight has a soft spot for it. Midnight sits on the back garden side of my gate, and ghost cat #2 sits on the front garden side of the gate...

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I feel myself shivering in that damp, cold place. Obviously an extra cold snap in the autumn weather. Not so late in the year for the leaves all to be gone but the damp atmosphere makes me feel cold and in need of a warm fire. I don't paint, but I draw and trees are so hard to get the texture right, but you've done it with just a few strokes.
 
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