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

gennepher said:
Freezing cold here.
Everything still covered in frost.

For creative a photo of my Mahonia
I have lots of this, all down one side of my back garden...

Makes up for the sun being so low this time of year that it barely rises above bungalow roofs in the front garden at midday.


Wildlife nighttime video
Ginger Cat & Badger & Cat Jade
47secs


Have your best day...
Time for lunch...

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Nice splash of yellow to compensate for lack of sun
 
Just heard. DIL's operation was a bit harrowing - not so much for her, she was asleep, but the surgeon told her daughter that it was the most difficult operation of its kind that the team had ever done. She was told that the wonky disc had fused with the spinal cord AND with the oesophagus (software is telling me that I am spelling that wrongly, but I disagree and I'm keeping my spelling) so they all had to be separated very carefully. Sadly, that left a hole in her oesophagus which had to be repaired so she can't eat or drink and is on a tube feed for now. At least she doesn't have to worry about low carb.

She says she can't feel her right arm, but she can move it, so presumably feeling will come back once her body gets over the trauma. Not paralysed anyway. She's also making jokes and being sarcastic. Her daughter takes that as a sign of her recovering. She got her daughter to set up a practical joke on Alistair for her. She, for what was a fairly sensible reason, had Alistair's bank card in her purse and realised it when she was away so needed to send it back. She told him she would put it in a padded envelope to disguise the contents, which was how it arrived at the sorting office this morning. He wanted to check that it was, indeed, his bank card so needed to open it then and there. Realising that it would look bad if he opened mail and put the contents into his pocket, he asked those around him to witness that it was addressed to him, which they did and which DIL knew he would. He opened the envelope and out showered loads of glitter which spread around the area, plus the bank card, plus a very skimpy pair of panties! Who they belonged to is anyone's guess - certainly not DIL. Poor Alistair. At least everyone had a good laugh.
 
Annb said:
Just heard. DIL's operation was a bit harrowing - not so much for her, she was asleep, but the surgeon told her daughter that it was the most difficult operation of its kind that the team had ever done. She was told that the wonky disc had fused with the spinal cord AND with the oesophagus (software is telling me that I am spelling that wrongly, but I disagree and I'm keeping my spelling) so they all had to be separated very carefully. Sadly, that left a hole in her oesophagus which had to be repaired so she can't eat or drink and is on a tube feed for now. At least she doesn't have to worry about low carb.

She says she can't feel her right arm, but she can move it, so presumably feeling will come back once her body gets over the trauma. Not paralysed anyway. She's also making jokes and being sarcastic. Her daughter takes that as a sign of her recovering. She got her daughter to set up a practical joke on Alistair for her. She, for what was a fairly sensible reason, had Alistair's bank card in her purse and realised it when she was away so needed to send it back. She told him she would put it in a padded envelope to disguise the contents, which was how it arrived at the sorting office this morning. He wanted to check that it was, indeed, his bank card so needed to open it then and there. Realising that it would look bad if he opened mail and put the contents into his pocket, he asked those around him to witness that it was addressed to him, which they did and which DIL knew he would. He opened the envelope and out showered loads of glitter which spread around the area, plus the bank card, plus a very skimpy pair of panties! Who they belonged to is anyone's guess - certainly not DIL. Poor Alistair. At least everyone had a good laugh.
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Makes a change from the posties playing practical jokes on each other @Annb

My ex who was a postie had practical jokes played on him, which put his nose out of joint. He was not a practical joke person, so passed the baton over to me to arrange and rig up his practical jokes on his mates....oh what fun I had....
 
gennepher said:
Makes a change from the posties playing practical jokes on each other @Annb

My ex who was a postie had practical jokes played on him, which put his nose out of joint. He was not a practical joke person, so passed the baton over to me to arrange and rig up his practical jokes on his mates....oh what fun I had....
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I haven't heard that the local posties play jokes on each other but Alistair isn't a jokey kind of person. He takes his wife's jokes quite equably, but can't think of making jokes himself. Many of the posties here are members of a very strict and unsmiling church so don't approve of jokes (there aren't any in the Bible, so they are unacceptable"). They don't approve of music either. None of that in the Bible. It makes for a quiet workplace. Reminds me of my mother-in-law's tale of her early marriage. She lived in her in-laws' house for the first year of marriage but she was a Glasgow lass, cheerful and happy-go-lucky. She was always whistling as she did her housework but her mother-in-law told her to "stop that wheepling - it's common". Her family was descended from one of the ministers who took their congregations out of the Church of Scotland to set up the Free Church. Life wasn't something to be cheerful about.
 
Annb said:
I haven't heard that the local posties play jokes on each other but Alistair isn't a jokey kind of person. He takes his wife's jokes quite equably, but can't think of making jokes himself. Many of the posties here are members of a very strict and unsmiling church so don't approve of jokes (there aren't any in the Bible, so they are unacceptable"). They don't approve of music either. None of that in the Bible. It makes for a quiet workplace. Reminds me of my mother-in-law's tale of her early marriage. She lived in her in-laws' house for the first year of marriage but she was a Glasgow lass, cheerful and happy-go-lucky. She was always whistling as she did her housework but her mother-in-law told her to "stop that wheepling - it's common". Her family was descended from one of the ministers who took their congregations out of the Church of Scotland to set up the Free Church. Life wasn't something to be cheerful about.
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Hope DIL's oesophagus heals asap. Billy Graham among others disagrees about no jokes in the bible. This is more detailed. Kind of eases my conscience over sharing John Crace's pieces which I have wondered over due to being quite mocking - psalm 1 and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Hope DIL's oesophagus heals asap. Billy Graham among others disagrees about no jokes in the bible. This is more detailed. Kind of eases my conscience over sharing John Crace's pieces which I have wondered over due to being quite mocking - psalm 1 and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
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Nothin worse than a humorless anyone and what about that sermon on the mount, “blessed are the cheese makers” and the getting everyone at the wedding smashed out of their heads prank.
 
jjraak said:
Bet that sucked...
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@jjraak liking the Dyson sucks ref but having used a Dyson vacuum I'd say that's way off the mark for his kit as it doesn't really imho. Kirby beats them all the way for me - looks like this agrees but as always I wonder if Kirby paid for a puff piece. I also can't take his pro Brexit stance out of my judgement however much I try which is why Wetherspoons is or would be on my avoid list.
 
ianpspurs said:
Keep putting your feelings out there if it helps and you are comfortable. What you say is ultra logical - things are happening to you in real time whereas many repress or only experience them some time after a loss. Most of us are in environments we are not suited to if we are really honest. The great fallacy of this century is that we can all thrive, all be living our "best lives" (deplorable phrase and practice imho) with (doctored) images for social media every day. You are a truly good, honest, loving man not remotely mad in that way but rightly in the angry sense. The situation in which you and so many others find yourself is just the outworking of a perfect pooh storm brewing for over 50 years. Logic only takes one so far - it is faulty because it is only part of the picture. May or may not help but REM nailed it imho.
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I thank you for your understanding post. @ianpspurs ,
Am still rough. Think I've been sent to the canvas by Tysons thunderbolt!
And R.E.M did nail it.

Talk about going loco. And R.E.M, I had a work colleague who went to one of their concerts.
In Las Vegas.
He flew out Saturday early morning, went to concert a few hours after landing. After concert, got first flight back which landed Sunday evening, He was still in work bright and early Monday morning!
No hotel, no hire car, no sense whatsoever.
He did say, it was well worth it. For some reason, never did it again! Hmmm!
 
gennepher said:
Freezing cold here.
Everything still covered in frost.

For creative a photo of my Mahonia
I have lots of this, all down one side of my back garden...

Makes up for the sun being so low this time of year that it barely rises above bungalow roofs in the front garden at midday.


Wildlife nighttime video
Ginger Cat & Badger & Cat Jade
47secs


Have your best day...
Time for lunch...

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Lovely Mahonia @gennepher.
 
Annb said:
Just heard. DIL's operation was a bit harrowing - not so much for her, she was asleep, but the surgeon told her daughter that it was the most difficult operation of its kind that the team had ever done. She was told that the wonky disc had fused with the spinal cord AND with the oesophagus (software is telling me that I am spelling that wrongly, but I disagree and I'm keeping my spelling) so they all had to be separated very carefully. Sadly, that left a hole in her oesophagus which had to be repaired so she can't eat or drink and is on a tube feed for now. At least she doesn't have to worry about low carb.

She says she can't feel her right arm, but she can move it, so presumably feeling will come back once her body gets over the trauma. Not paralysed anyway. She's also making jokes and being sarcastic. Her daughter takes that as a sign of her recovering. She got her daughter to set up a practical joke on Alistair for her. She, for what was a fairly sensible reason, had Alistair's bank card in her purse and realised it when she was away so needed to send it back. She told him she would put it in a padded envelope to disguise the contents, which was how it arrived at the sorting office this morning. He wanted to check that it was, indeed, his bank card so needed to open it then and there. Realising that it would look bad if he opened mail and put the contents into his pocket, he asked those around him to witness that it was addressed to him, which they did and which DIL knew he would. He opened the envelope and out showered loads of glitter which spread around the area, plus the bank card, plus a very skimpy pair of panties! Who they belonged to is anyone's guess - certainly not DIL. Poor Alistair. At least everyone had a good laugh.
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That was such a difficult operation @Annb. Hopefully it looks like she will make a good recovery.
 
lindisfel said:
Temperature -3 in the air at home at 1200 and also -2 deg half an hour ago in Wigton .D.

Beautiful day with blue skies.
D.
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Not above freezing for second day running.
And yes beautiful sky, day and night.
Annb said:
Just heard. DIL's operation was a bit harrowing - not so much for her, she was asleep, but the surgeon told her daughter that it was the most difficult operation of its kind that the team had ever done. She was told that the wonky disc had fused with the spinal cord AND with the oesophagus (software is telling me that I am spelling that wrongly, but I disagree and I'm keeping my spelling) so they all had to be separated very carefully. Sadly, that left a hole in her oesophagus which had to be repaired so she can't eat or drink and is on a tube feed for now. At least she doesn't have to worry about low carb.

She says she can't feel her right arm, but she can move it, so presumably feeling will come back once her body gets over the trauma. Not paralysed anyway. She's also making jokes and being sarcastic. Her daughter takes that as a sign of her recovering. She got her daughter to set up a practical joke on Alistair for her. She, for what was a fairly sensible reason, had Alistair's bank card in her purse and realised it when she was away so needed to send it back. She told him she would put it in a padded envelope to disguise the contents, which was how it arrived at the sorting office this morning. He wanted to check that it was, indeed, his bank card so needed to open it then and there. Realising that it would look bad if he opened mail and put the contents into his pocket, he asked those around him to witness that it was addressed to him, which they did and which DIL knew he would. He opened the envelope and out showered loads of glitter which spread around the area, plus the bank card, plus a very skimpy pair of panties! Who they belonged to is anyone's guess - certainly not DIL. Poor Alistair. At least everyone had a good laugh.
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That is good news and hopefully she will recover quickly.
But not convincing me in the slightest to get mine done!
I'm worried enough, cheers! Ha!
 
Annb said:
I haven't heard that the local posties play jokes on each other but Alistair isn't a jokey kind of person. He takes his wife's jokes quite equably, but can't think of making jokes himself. Many of the posties here are members of a very strict and unsmiling church so don't approve of jokes (there aren't any in the Bible, so they are unacceptable"). They don't approve of music either. None of that in the Bible. It makes for a quiet workplace. Reminds me of my mother-in-law's tale of her early marriage. She lived in her in-laws' house for the first year of marriage but she was a Glasgow lass, cheerful and happy-go-lucky. She was always whistling as she did her housework but her mother-in-law told her to "stop that wheepling - it's common". Her family was descended from one of the ministers who took their congregations out of the Church of Scotland to set up the Free Church. Life wasn't something to be cheerful about.
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J always said, a woman shouldn't whistle, she will summon the devil....
 
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