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

ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny but cold L.A. Fbg was 4.2 at 5.22 then 4.5 at 7.15. Now come months of being cold, hungry, tired and wearing more layers than one of those ludicrous, inedible giant show onions. Please don't tell me how wonderful winter keto/lc food is (especially don't ever suggest Diet Dr to me) - I've had 8 years of it. Sadly, I have tried some of those, to me, batpooh crazy ideas but obviously YMMV. Eat to your meter is wonderful but it has to pass the gag reflex test. Anyhow, we ventured into Cambs - well Ely area - picked up Christmas order form from the aspirational butcher, fishmonger and cheese purveyor (JKP wants 3 hampers -1 of each and I want the Octopus) collected the Little Guy and Big sister but took them home as dad's partner was off work. This evening JKP is going to see #1 grandson perform with G4 in Ely Cathedral. I'm going to see his end of term stage school concert in Newmarket on Friday. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art. @gennepher take it easy today as much as possible. Thanks for sharing the wonderful Kaleidoscope. @Krystyna23040 I've pm'd the link. @SlimLizzy hug for all the medical and paperwork issues. #2 son's in laws, retired medical consultants, live in France, have properties in England, but will only have treatment in France. Is it that good - our relatives also say it is way ahead of the NHS? Despite all that enjoy your day.
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With octopus at leat every one gets a leg.
 
JohnEGreen said:
With octopus at leat every one gets a leg.
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Too early for you and @jjraak to be pulling crackers and reading the jokes just yet - that's Rish!'s job. Anyhow it is just a tentacle order - see how many squids first. I may not have the mussels to carry them or we may not be whelk. Mustn't make a moule of these things but they are low crab. Keep clam and carry on.
 
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@Annb I forgot to say hug for Alistair taking on so much which must stress you as his mum. I do pray that DIL's op goes ahead and is a success and have you had any luck with the wheelchair bid? Whilst spending time with Em is a blessing it must be tiring. Thoughts and prayers with you - love has some sharp edges.
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DIL was allocated a bed and she's now in the hospital waiting for the surgeon and anaesthetist to come to talk to her. If all goes well, she might be coming home by next Wednesday. That's what she's hoping because her daughter/companion has to come back that day. I'm told DIL has bought a new puppy - a cross breed - alsatian x bull dog! Can't imagine what that will be like. It will arrive on the Island on Wednesday as well, courtesy of Em's big brother who will bring it to Ullapool to be picked up by his big sister and brought home. I'm getting old. I just don't understand younger people.

My bid won the wheelchair (£99) but I suspect the seller didn't realise that we were on the Isle of Lewis because the amount he quoted for carriage was only a bit more than £16. Neil has asked if it can be sent to our local courier's warehouse in Inverness and they can bring it the rest of the way. He hasn't had an answer yet.
 
lindisfel said:
My friend at Lincoln had to buy four new internet phones when he got fibre, he kept is old number.
D.
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Not sure we'll bother....mmhh

Only real reason for having one was for during any power failure to call an emergency service, but I think digital makes the phone fail, if the power goes out .

We rarely use let alone answer it.

most with mobiles will have some plan with free calls, so a landline fails to compete, unless I'm missing something simple ?

Edit (Old school not buying into a mobile, a given )
 
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Annb said:
DIL was allocated a bed and she's now in the hospital waiting for the surgeon and anaesthetist to come to talk to her. If all goes well, she might be coming home by next Wednesday. That's what she's hoping because her daughter/companion has to come back that day. I'm told DIL has bought a new puppy - a cross breed - alsatian x bull dog! Can't imagine what that will be like. It will arrive on the Island on Wednesday as well, courtesy of Em's big brother who will bring it to Ullapool to be picked up by his big sister and brought home. I'm getting old. I just don't understand younger people.

My bid won the wheelchair (£99) but I suspect the seller didn't realise that we were on the Isle of Lewis because the amount he quoted for carriage was only a bit more than £16. Neil has asked if it can be sent to our local courier's warehouse in Inverness and they can bring it the rest of the way. He hasn't had an answer yet.
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The wheelchair and op news sound optimistic. The dog story less so.
 
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jjraak said:
Not sure we'll bother....mmhh

Only real reason for having one was for during any power failure to call an emergency service, but I think digital makes the phone fail, if the power goes out .

We rarely use let alone answer it.

most with mobiles will have some plan with free calls, so a landline fails to compete, unless I'm missing something simple ?
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Until we had all the complications involving our landline I would have said that the simple thing you were missing was the simplicity of installing/using a landline. Not so now.

We still haven't figured out how to turn off this loud voice announcing incoming phone calls, or how to make it allow our answerphone to work, or how to make it ring more than 4 times before it cuts off.

I don't find mobile phones easy to use - I have 2 and they're a waste of space as far as I'm concerned. Waste of money as well because I keep having to buy new SIM cards and put money into the phone and then I forget that I have to keep on using it or it will be deregistered yet again. I think I've lost about £40-£50 that way. Trouble is, I can't see the instructions - even online they are so small and feint that I can't read them - and I can't hear or understand instructions coming over the phone. It's all a bit of a nightmare especially as the main reason for having a phone is for emergencies, particularly in power cuts. But now, of course, that won't work either.

Of course, being old fashioned myself, like the technolgy I am comfortable with, I feel as though I, and others like me, are being excluded from the benefits, such as they are, of modern society. How long before e-mail is considered old fashioned and obsolete? Then I will truly be excluded.
 
Raab explaining everything away as tho the decision making wasn't the gov fault. Following science.
I know when they are circumspect with their evidence they can't remember even tho it's in front of them or they begin to speak.
Everything is fine.
Nothing to see here!

Wednesday should be called obtuseday. What with the pm not actually answering any questions at all!
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny but cold L.A. Fbg was 4.2 at 5.22 then 4.5 at 7.15. Now come months of being cold, hungry, tired and wearing more layers than one of those ludicrous, inedible giant show onions. Please don't tell me how wonderful winter keto/lc food is (especially don't ever suggest Diet Dr to me) - I've had 8 years of it. Sadly, I have tried some of those, to me, batpooh crazy ideas but obviously YMMV. Eat to your meter is wonderful but it has to pass the gag reflex test. Anyhow, we ventured into Cambs - well Ely area - picked up Christmas order form from the aspirational butcher, fishmonger and cheese purveyor (JKP wants 3 hampers -1 of each and I want the Octopus) collected the Little Guy and Big sister but took them home as dad's partner was off work. This evening JKP is going to see #1 grandson perform with G4 in Ely Cathedral. I'm going to see his end of term stage school concert in Newmarket on Friday. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art. @gennepher take it easy today as much as possible. Thanks for sharing the wonderful Kaleidoscope. @Krystyna23040 I've pm'd the link. @SlimLizzy hug for all the medical and paperwork issues. #2 son's in laws, retired medical consultants, live in France, have properties in England, but will only have treatment in France. Is it that good - our relatives also say it is way ahead of the NHS? Despite all that enjoy your day.
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Thank you @ianpspurs and yes, it does seem that the medical system in France is ahead of the NHS, for my parents at least. Their doctor still does rounds so will come to the house. Procedures that they have needed are dealt with swiftly with little waiting times (for now).
 
Annb said:
DIL was allocated a bed and she's now in the hospital waiting for the surgeon and anaesthetist to come to talk to her. If all goes well, she might be coming home by next Wednesday. That's what she's hoping because her daughter/companion has to come back that day. I'm told DIL has bought a new puppy - a cross breed - alsatian x bull dog! Can't imagine what that will be like. It will arrive on the Island on Wednesday as well, courtesy of Em's big brother who will bring it to Ullapool to be picked up by his big sister and brought home. I'm getting old. I just don't understand younger people.

My bid won the wheelchair (£99) but I suspect the seller didn't realise that we were on the Isle of Lewis because the amount he quoted for carriage was only a bit more than £16. Neil has asked if it can be sent to our local courier's warehouse in Inverness and they can bring it the rest of the way. He hasn't had an answer yet.
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Operation - tick. Wheelchair - tick. Dog - oh dear. According to the PDSA, having a dog can be very Expensive and some say that they have a higher carbon footprint than a car - no idea.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on what looks like Woeful Wednesday here in the dark and dangerous north. A delicious 5.2 this am. We had a crèche going on for a while yesterday. The Girl In The Bubble spent the day. How you manage to not be quite fit for school and at the same time charge around playing dinosaurs I have no idea. She has been seasonally ill for a week now but is back in school today. Mrs Miggins will be collecting her at the appointed time. Art bit, will add some colour later today. Hope you have a splendid mid week day of fun and japes. I shall now make some late start Koffy and then go and collect my prescriptions (just had a msg that they are ready).


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Hope your prescriptions were all present and correct @dunelm
A lot of impressive detailed work in this art bit.
 
For anyone who liked John Crace yesterday here's a snippet from today:
Jimmy Dimly became animated. He can’t resist a fight. But luckily for him the potty-mouthed homunculus who regularly takes control of Jimmy D’s brain was having a day off. Link here
Crace and Starmer very good today but one almost feels sorry for Rish! - almost @Lamont D today's PMQs compares to the time John Smith basically ended John Major's govt. Sliding doors moment? Now, can someone do the same to that manchild currently touring US courtooms?
 
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ianpspurs said:
For anyone who liked John Crace yesterday here's a snippet from today:
Jimmy Dimly became animated. He can’t resist a fight. But luckily for him the potty-mouthed homunculus who regularly takes control of Jimmy D’s brain was having a day off. Link here
Crace and Starmer very good today but one almost feels sorry for Rish! - almost @Lamont D today's PMQs compares to the time John Smith basically ended John Major's govt. Sliding doors moment? Now, can someone do the same to that manchild currently touring US courtooms?
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John Cease spot on laughed my socks of.
 
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