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

The holidays are nearly over and the children are soon going back to school some hopefully going to work and others off away from home to Uni.
I hope they find the wisdom to deal with life they need.

The sun is shining on us again as it is promised it will do for a few days.

On the Solway the Pink-footed Geese are already arriving from Iceland, very early this year on September 1st. Soon they will be flying over on a broad front going south to Lancashire to feed on the potato fields that have some potato spoil that has been left. They are very noisy when flying, communicating with each other all the time.
Some then find their way to Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

I hope you all have a good day and life smiles on you.
Derek
 
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Morning all from L.A. where the sun is shining on both the righteous and me because that's the way it works. @Krystyna23040 enjoy your leisure and a stroll in the sun. You use Aldi, have you tried their peanut butter which has the same nutritionals as Bulk but at half the price - no salt, palm oil or anything else? Aldi? - long story about traffic on the A11, taking the scenic route into Newmarket and needing to get back home for MIL . Call me Dave's plan to fix broken Britain seems to have been lost along with the details of just which buildings will fall on you. I'm watching a film about Ernie James. @lindisfel here's a link if interested. Have a good day everyone.
 
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Fbg 6.9

Nice day yesterday.
Sat on swing, but it was cooler, so came in to the warm side of the front window!
Looks promising today.

Started this post at 7 am...now 11:11am and one Skype call later, some making of protein pancakes to freeze, and breakfast was 2 eggs on one of those protein pancakes...now on the swing with a flask, feet up on a garden chair, me hiding in the shade of the swing..it is already 24 C...

Phew...

Two videos I posted last night.
Cats Midnight and Merlin on night duty on the swing...
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OR

this one?
Badger cub ate all 5 biscuits before his sister arrived, then they dug for worms.
I threw out some leftover biscuits for the foxes, but the boy badger cub got there first.

Creative - as before - from some soft pastel paintings I did a few years ago. I am reworking them. I also had some Aquarelle Neocolour pastels Caran D'Ache (pastels to add water to), and played with these. So, a sort of pastel mixed media painting.

Have a peaceful day.

Time for coffee...

My internet gone down...why?
Had to piggyback my phone data to post this...

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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

Nice day yesterday.
Sat on swing, but it was cooler, so came in to the warm side of the front window!
Looks promising today.

Started this post at 7 am...now 11:11am and one Skype call later, some making of protein pancakes to freeze, and breakfast was 2 eggs on one of those protein pancakes...now on the swing with a flask, feet up on a garden chair, me hiding in the shade of the swing..it is already 24 C...

Phew...

Two videos I posted last night.
Cats Midnight and Merlin on night duty on the swing...
56secs

OR

this one?
Badger cub ate all 5 biscuits before his sister arrived, then they dug for worms.
I threw out some leftover biscuits for the foxes, but the boy badger cub got there first.

Creative - as before - from some soft pastel paintings I did a few years ago. I am reworking them. I also had some Aquarelle Neocolour pastels Caran D'Ache (pastels to add water to), and played with these. So, a sort of pastel mixed media painting.

Have a peaceful day.

Time for coffee...

My internet gone down...why?
Had to piggyback my phone data to post this...

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Thanks for sharing the beautiful creative. I hope your internet connection is restored. Enjoy the sun from the safe shade of the swing
 
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ianpspurs said:
Morning all from L.A. where the sun is shining on both the righteous and me because that's the way it works. @Krystyna23040 enjoy your leisure and a a stroll in the sun. You use Aldi, have you tried their peanut butter which has the same nutritionals as Bulk but at half the price?. Aldi? - long story about traffic on the A11 and how we had to take scenic route into Newmarket. Call me Dave's plan to fix broken Britain seems to have been lost along with the details of just which buildings will fall on you. I'm watching a film about Ernie James. @lindisfel here's a link if interested. Have a good day everyone.
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Thanks for that Ian, I will look at it tonight and reminisce and remember well the times I went and looked at the two Fen rivers, The Welland and the Witham where they went into the Wash. I think there was a lot more wildfowling then. My pal at Lincoln has a old punt gun on the chimney breast of his property.
Derek
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

Nice day yesterday.
Sat on swing, but it was cooler, so came in to the warm side of the front window!
Looks promising today.

Started this post at 7 am...now 11:11am and one Skype call later, some making of protein pancakes to freeze, and breakfast was 2 eggs on one of those protein pancakes...now on the swing with a flask, feet up on a garden chair, me hiding in the shade of the swing..it is already 24 C...

Phew...

Two videos I posted last night.
Cats Midnight and Merlin on night duty on the swing...
56secs

OR

this one?
Badger cub ate all 5 biscuits before his sister arrived, then they dug for worms.
I threw out some leftover biscuits for the foxes, but the boy badger cub got there first.

Creative - as before - from some soft pastel paintings I did a few years ago. I am reworking them. I also had some Aquarelle Neocolour pastels Caran D'Ache (pastels to add water to), and played with these. So, a sort of pastel mixed media painting.

Have a peaceful day.

Time for coffee...

My internet gone down...why?
Had to piggyback my phone data to post this...

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Great image there Gennepher. Looks like our Broad Bay - just at the end of our road. Love your treatment of the sky.

Our internet has been playing up for a couple of days as well - and the phone has been quite crackily. Maybe something to do with the weather. Internet keeps dropping out for several minutes at a time and then spontaneously coming back on. Neil has checked our system and says it is something further back - possibly at the exchange.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from L.A. where the sun is shining on both the righteous and me because that's the way it works. @Krystyna23040 enjoy your leisure and a stroll in the sun. You use Aldi, have you tried their peanut butter which has the same nutritionals as Bulk but at half the price - no salt, palm oil or anything else? Aldi? - long story about traffic on the A11, taking the scenic route into Newmarket and needing to get back home for MIL . Call me Dave's plan to fix broken Britain seems to have been lost along with the details of just which buildings will fall on you. I'm watching a film about Ernie James. @lindisfel here's a link if interested. Have a good day everyone.
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Yes @ianpspurs I do buy the Aldi crunchy peanut butter. I find it really good and actually better - or at as good as other more expensive healthy brands.
 
lindisfel said:
Hi Lamont
Saw the moon very early this am in the Western sky. it still looked quite bright. Then again when it's dark here its really dark, no streetlights.
Best wishes
Derek
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6.8 again, mind you it is there after a scary night! I think!
Yes @lindisfel I noticed it first thing this morning as the first silver bird crossed the peninsula from John Lennon, approaching the lunar globe as if it was a kamikaze! In a beautiful clear blue sky!
What a gorgeous day.
Last night was a bit cloudy but warm, wispy with a hint of dew, and bloody mozzies!
There was none in A&E as Mrs L attended due to an infection. I was impressed because it was Sunday early hours after a Saturday night around here and with the usual late night alcoholic issues, doctors strikes, we were in and back in a taxi within twenty minutes. I actually thought I was dreaming!
I was in my shorts and vest, and Mrs L in her jim jams, both looking very scouse!
After a lie in this am, I have had a lazy day, mostly in the shade in my garden, with my book and plenty of cooling fluids! Mrs L has resided in her pit!
Long may the good weather continue. The lawn has gone wild with the heat. I could be busy tomorrow!
T20 and box footie on the go!
Best wishes as always!
Greg artwork, I'm so jealous!!!!
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from L.A. where the sun is shining on both the righteous and me because that's the way it works. @Krystyna23040 enjoy your leisure and a stroll in the sun. You use Aldi, have you tried their peanut butter which has the same nutritionals as Bulk but at half the price - no salt, palm oil or anything else? Aldi? - long story about traffic on the A11, taking the scenic route into Newmarket and needing to get back home for MIL . Call me Dave's plan to fix broken Britain seems to have been lost along with the details of just which buildings will fall on you. I'm watching a film about Ernie James. @lindisfel here's a link if interested. Have a good day everyone.
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Interesting look at an old Fen character in a world that was less polluted and the locals were more self sufficient as they cropped the more prolific wildlife. Thank you Ian.
D.
 
ianpspurs said:
You might nod in agreement with this. If only it wasn't so serious and dangerous :arghh:
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I was of course being satirical!
it's not funny when, as I am well aware of when the possibility of a school or hospital collapsing or kids are hungry or pensioners cannot afford to heat up a room, or food banks, or ......... Need I go on?
The country is ........!
And those running it are criminals of the worst kind!
 
Annb said:
Great image there Gennepher. Looks like our Broad Bay - just at the end of our road. Love your treatment of the sky.

Our internet has been playing up for a couple of days as well - and the phone has been quite crackily. Maybe something to do with the weather. Internet keeps dropping out for several minutes at a time and then spontaneously coming back on. Neil has checked our system and says it is something further back - possibly at the exchange.
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Hi @Annb
I didn't realise but we were having a power cut and that's why I had no internet connection. I couldn't understand why when I went into my settings there was no name for my internet, nor any names for the neighbourhoods internet it was just blank and I couldn't work it out, until I came to put the kettle on...
 
ianpspurs said:
You might nod in agreement with this. If only it wasn't so serious and dangerous :arghh:
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Speaking to my brother this evening and mentioned the concrete issue. He was an engineering consultant and inspected various buildings (schools, hospitals, office buildings, construction sites, airports) around the south of England mainly, but some as far north as Edinburgh. He was telling me that as far back as the 1990's he and colleagues were warning about aerated concrete and suggesting solutions which ranged from demolish and rebuild, to building extra support into the structures. Sometimes the clients complied, sometimes they didn't. He could only advise. He reckons that much of the problem was poor quality concrete and workmanship, exacerbated by poor maintenance. He says that because of concerns about the lifespan of the concrete structures, use of the material was discontinued. It seems that the concrete was reinforced by steel rods. The steel rods were the actual support. But they weren't stainless and so were subject to rusting and thus, eventual failure. Had the concrete been solid, they would not have rusted through, but there were air holes in the concrete. Where air can get through, so can water, especially if the structure is not as well maintained as it should be.

I'm no engineer or architect, but I would have thought even I would have realised that where water can enter, steel will rust and fail.

All to make lighter, cheaper structures to satisfy accountants and shareholders. Now somebody will have to pay for it all. Afraid my pension won't stretch that far.
 
In the 1980's I bought the council house I was living in on the right to by scheme a few years later it was found to have concrete cancer left me with an unsellable house worth thousands of pounds less than what I had paid for it out come financial ruin that took years to get over.
 
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