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Annb said:
I can't blame my work for my hands, although the carpel tunnel syndrome was diagnosed while I was still working but I've been retired for 15 years now so they should have recovered from that strain. Maybe that just left them vulnerable to whatever the problem is now. Glad to hear that your hands are feeling a bit better though.
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Not suffered myself @Annb ,
But I'd rather imagine the repetitive part means significant damage & likely permanent inflammation ?

I do feel for you .

Not quite the same but I had tendonitis around my 50's. For a while .

Not on your pain scale but very debilitating none the less .

Thanks for the kind words
Best wishes to you .
 
jjraak said:
Again @gennepher , a nice bit of work.

Very effective & pleasing, to my eye at least .

Look forward to more of the same .

(Ps, rather envious how you can turn such seemingly simple idea into such pleasurable item for the more knuckle fingered types (me ) to enjoy .

Most kind.
Thank you .

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Thank you very much for the beautiful compliments @jjraak
 
jjraak said:
Back end of our north Aegean tour .

Rocked up for a few days at what we now see as our diamond find.

Hotel offers a spa pool, all the water jet types gadgets etc.

Lauren chose it as it might offer me benefits and it's close to an excellent proper thermal baths.

Upside was the pool in pic is gorgeous, and the hotel is excellent....but never busy when we book it....?

Most times it's just us two in the pool.
And the folks who run it makes sure we get a ground floor room by the pool to boot.

Not to everyones tastes maybe, but just relaxing under the 'waterfall' or in the spa, and resting injured muscles etc in the 'jet stream' mode, feels like a tiny bit of heaven .

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I am envious of you and THAT pool @jjraak
 
gennepher said:
I am envious of you and THAT pool @jjraak
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I do admittedly feel a little blessed, @gennepher .

Sure we all envy parts of each others lives, your garden for instance, pure heaven with it's cats & wildlife.

Wouldn't it be magical if we all could have just a piece of the joy others have in moments of their lives, and share it physically ?

Not practical of course, but I like to think this little wedge of the forums offers us a virtual world where we can share & enjoy each others experiences.
 
Annb said:
I can't blame my work for my hands, although the carpel tunnel syndrome was diagnosed while I was still working but I've been retired for 15 years now so they should have recovered from that strain. Maybe that just left them vulnerable to whatever the problem is now. Glad to hear that your hands are feeling a bit better though.
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I believe that carpal tunnel won't get better without some form of intervention.
May it be gloves, physio, manipulation similar to physio, or something like acupuncture (no!)
Or the op, which I had! And very successful it was. The relief after was brilliant. And fourteen (I think) years later, I would do it again.
The arthritis is still painful in this weather and the cold.

It is still raining, now over 24 hours solid.
Trains are having difficulties even the underground, buses and taxis doing good business.
 
jjraak said:
I do admittedly feel a little blessed, @gennepher .

Sure we all envy parts of each others lives, your garden for instance, pure heaven with it's cats & wildlife.

Wouldn't it be magical if we all could have just a piece of the joy others have in moments of their lives, and share it physically ?

Not practical of course, but I like to think this little wedge of the forums offers us a virtual world where we can share & enjoy each others experiences.
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I love the magical waterworks at your hotel.
I love the idea of sharing our good fortune.
a wish to be somewhere else, is something we all could do with, but dreaming of pastures new or the grass is always greener scenario. Some magical places are not as perfect as advertised.
imagine @gennepher in Greece in 45-50 degrees.
imagine myself in -10 degrees Russia?
My holiday in Berlin was brilliant as a teenager.
However, having Russian security at checkpoint charlie, being frisked, fear as you saw the soldiers, Brandenburg gate, the tanks, the furherbunker, the wall, the bleakness in East Berlin, not my ideal of a holiday, just a bit of an adventure, as was the American MPs, as I was being nosey around a certain area around the air base, when we visited the PX.
Or in a caravan and it has all the hallmarks of your worst nightmare!

I couldn't share my dream, wishes as it would put me in a truly awful light.
I'm a good guy, who loves his family, and wants the best for most (but not all).
I try to do my best, and it is awful.
I am so fortunate in so many ways, blessed in many more, but life can be so cruel and hard.
Wishing it away, is not how to deal with it all.
Enjoy your breaks, as I do mine.
Best wishes to you lot as w.
 
jjraak said:
I do admittedly feel a little blessed, @gennepher .

Sure we all envy parts of each others lives, your garden for instance, pure heaven with it's cats & wildlife.

Wouldn't it be magical if we all could have just a piece of the joy others have in moments of their lives, and share it physically ?

Not practical of course, but I like to think this little wedge of the forums offers us a virtual world where we can share & enjoy each others experiences.
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This forum is important @jjraak in many ways. In some ways we realise things when we see into others' lives, and we get an understanding of them. And maybe an understanding of our own past, when we had not understood the viewpoint of another.
Sometimes we realise what we had forgotten. Sometimes we remember. It takes something when we talk as much about ourselves as we do on this forum, sometimes presenting our vulnerabilities. And then in return we realise the vulnerabilities of others.
I think it creates a better understanding.

I would love to be in that swimming pool!!!
 
Lamont D said:
I love the magical waterworks at your hotel.
I love the idea of sharing our good fortune.
a wish to be somewhere else, is something we all could do with, but dreaming of pastures new or the grass is always greener scenario. Some magical places are not as perfect as advertised.
imagine @gennepher in Greece in 45-50 degrees.
imagine myself in -10 degrees Russia?
My holiday in Berlin was brilliant as a teenager.
However, having Russian security at checkpoint charlie, being frisked, fear as you saw the soldiers, Brandenburg gate, the tanks, the furherbunker, the wall, the bleakness in East Berlin, not my ideal of a holiday, just a bit of an adventure, as was the American MPs, as I was being nosey around a certain area around the air base, when we visited the PX.
Or in a caravan and it has all the hallmarks of your worst nightmare!

I couldn't share my dream, wishes as it would put me in a truly awful light.
I'm a good guy, who loves his family, and wants the best for most (but not all).
I try to do my best, and it is awful.
I am so fortunate in so many ways, blessed in many more, but life can be so cruel and hard.
Wishing it away, is not how to deal with it all.
Enjoy your breaks, as I do mine.
Best wishes to you lot as w.
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You are right @Lamont D
I would be absolutely useless in Greece at 45 to 50°
I think many of us had our adventures in the past when we were ready for them...
I know I did...
Yes, life can be cruel and hard. And the twists and turns and heartache. And these are the things we do not mention, and keep to ourselves.

It might be 10 pm in the evening here, but I am now going to the front room to do some painting. That uplifts my soul and I can fly into other dimensions when I am painting... and I will be thinking of that fantastic swimming pool...
I do have the freedom to do what I want when I want (physical limitations permitting), but in my mind there are no limitations...

With that, may I wish you good night and may you have a peaceful night....
 
jjraak said:
Back end of our north Aegean tour .

Rocked up for a few days at what we now see as our diamond find.

Hotel offers a spa pool, all the water jet types gadgets etc.

Lauren chose it as it might offer me benefits and it's close to an excellent proper thermal baths.

Upside was the pool in pic is gorgeous, and the hotel is excellent....but never busy when we book it....?

Most times it's just us two in the pool.
And the folks who run it makes sure we get a ground floor room by the pool to boot.

Not to everyones tastes maybe, but just relaxing under the 'waterfall' or in the spa, and resting injured muscles etc in the 'jet stream' mode, feels like a tiny bit of heaven .

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It looks just perfect @jjraak
 
Krystyna23040 said:
I think that you can get it in iPlayer @Annb. It is well worth watching.
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I'm still trying to work out how to access iPlayer and the rest. My old TV can't do it and my PC might if I could figure out the jargon around Firesticks and such, never mind how to use it once I get one. No point asking Neil - he despises TV and modern drama. The most recent theatrical thing he did was to appear in The Gondoliers at school.
 
Last week the hand rail on the stairs broke and when I reported it to the housing association it was repaired within twenty for hours in fact at 10 o’clock that evening, well this morning it broke again this time the bracket snapped so I contacted the housing association again and it was repaired at about 9.30 this evening so can’t fault them on there service at all each time they treated it as an emergency brilliant.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 7.1

I was nibbling food late evening because I was painting until after midnight.
I could not remember whether to spray water first on the paper or after I had put the pigment on the paper. I tried both ways... hence far too much water on the paper, so I had to find a hairdryer. I have only just bought a hair dryer because of washing the stray cats. They are not allowed indoors until they have had their 'spa treatment' (which is not a very popular feature of the services I provide for the stray cats). I cannot let them go outside this weather until they are bone dry. A cat and a hairdryer does not go well together, but it is a necessity....

Just like it was a necessity last night to find the hairdryer to dry my painting...

Here is my first painting with the Brusho pigments. I did read after I had done it, that I should've used hot water in the spray bottle or very warm water.

It should be noted that I could not find any of my postcard sized pieces of plain white card and I have hundreds of them.... but I did manage to lay my hands on a package of 6 x 4 photographic paper.

So best get started while I was in the mood...

I found out that if you use water on photographic paper, you end up with the gooey mess. You cannot use a brush on it because the brush ends up in a gooey mess. However, you can use any implement at your disposal - credit card, ends of a pair of scissors, a pin, a Biro (but bear in mind it can never be used again as a Biro because it will mess it up completely but it is useful implement to draw with to get the white coming through the colour on the photographic paper)... and other ideas of your choice...

So this creative is my first attempt with the Brusho pigments... more attempts will come in the next few days...
I did have fun playing with this. You can see it is still wet...

Nighttime wildlife video...
Badgers A Cat & A Fox
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That is it for today, so make the most of your day, and it is time for food for me...

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Thank you @gennepher for sharing this action-packed nighttime video and your eye catching artwork



Monday's FBG, 4.4 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
 
jjraak said:
Back end of our north Aegean tour .

Rocked up for a few days at what we now see as our diamond find.

Hotel offers a spa pool, all the water jet types gadgets etc.

Lauren chose it as it might offer me benefits and it's close to an excellent proper thermal baths.

Upside was the pool in pic is gorgeous, and the hotel is excellent....but never busy when we book it....?

Most times it's just us two in the pool.
And the folks who run it makes sure we get a ground floor room by the pool to boot.

Not to everyones tastes maybe, but just relaxing under the 'waterfall' or in the spa, and resting injured muscles etc in the 'jet stream' mode, feels like a tiny bit of heaven .

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That spa pool looks so inviting.
Kalinixta @jjraak

Monday's FBG, 4.4 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
 
JohnEGreen said:
Fbg at 6 AM according to Libre sensor 3.0 now at 7.10 AM 4.7
I asked Alexa if it’s ever going to stop raining the answer I got was “right now it doesn’t feel like it ever will” I think I have a depressed AI on my hands.
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I'd Keep a close eye on that John

Could be innocuous @JohnEGreen

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On the other hand, if it starts calling you Dave......


(@genn a little bit of context .
Voice of hal is particularly soft & soothing, which adds to the menace of it's insanity
)
 
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