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Watched the insta one genn

Nice crisp pic and omg the sound of that rain..HEAVY.

tried clicking on tiktok like I have done with some others I have been sent.

But it insisted I join & download or create an account with tiktok...and I don't want to as yet .

My selfish vote is insta, but I so agree how rewarding it is to get so much positive feedback SO quickly would make tiktok the one I would use if it was my videos .

Marvellous stuff, whatever you decide

YouTube's loss I say .
 
Oh my goodness , what a terrible moment @Krystyna23040 .

Great news though on the bloods etc.

I'd say a wise choice all round just leaving it and adopting that wait & see policy.

Please god, it's just a one off or at worst very rarely & mild.

I worked with a chap who mentioned he might have a seizure (just been diagnosed I believe)

That very day he collapsed in the office

I felt so helpless doing as he asked .
Rolled him on his side and left him alone.

2/3 minutes later, he calmed
About 10 minutes later he was up and about again .

Within half an hour I wouldn't have suspected he had had a seizure at all if I hadn't seen it myself.

I hope poppy carries on living her best life .
Thank you @jjraak. Seizures are really scary.
Poppy is back to normal this morning. We told fellow dog walkers about what happened and one said the same thing happened to their 15 year black lab. Vet said it was old age and she lived to almost 17:with only very rare seizures.

Interesting that Archie had a stroke at 15 but lived to over 17. Perhaps it is an aging brain thing with very old labs.
 
Watched the insta one genn

Nice crisp pic and omg the sound of that rain..HEAVY.

tried clicking on tiktok like I have done with some others I have been sent.

But it insisted I join & download or create an account with tiktok...and I don't want to as yet .

My selfish vote is insta, but I so agree how rewarding it is to get so much positive feedback SO quickly would make tiktok the one I would use if it was my videos .

Marvellous stuff, whatever you decide

YouTube's loss I say .
It is YouTube's loss I agree @jjraak

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly on this.

I hadn't seen how Instagram looked when the post was published, nor known how the TikTok link looked when this post was published.. Now that I see the TikToc link is minimal, I think I will post both links

You can create an account with TikTok, make it private and never post. But I know exactly what you mean, I have resisted TikTok for years and years for the very same reasons. I resist an awful lot of things that make you sign in. But YouTube messed me about so much and that would have been the easy option for general access.

I will post both links, but I can see Instagram really promotes their link...

Thanks
 
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Nighttime wildlife
Badgers this rainy night
This is an instagram link


It was the time of just after midnight, and I was not sleeping. So now, I just had an idea to join TikTok, to see what it was like. The interface seems clean and user friendly. I did some research, and then I uploaded. Here is the link to the same video as above. I find the quality of my video on TikTok to be far higher than when it was on YouTube. I am liking the way TikTok is presented.


I will continue to post to both platforms. But I do need to know which one is best for the viewers. And then I would just post one link.


Or should I do both links? Then someone can't access one they can just click on the other. What to do?


And then after I had posted, I went to sleep for several hours which I needed.


Imagine my surprise when I looked a moment ago on TikTok, and I had reached nearly 600 views. It makes it worthwhile doing the endless watching and editing of video clips when I see those kind of numbers. And I got some hearts!!!


Creative is ...a fungi in my garden which has been well eaten. Huge big flat circular things, all on one side of the garden, under the bushes and trees.


Have a good day...

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I watched both - I found Tic Tok easier. Obviously you do you but the number of views must be rewarding. Interesting fungi. Do bear in mind my opinion is totally unreliable on anything visual.
 
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I watched both - I found Tic Tok easier. Obviously you do you but the number of views must be rewarding. Interesting fungi. Do bear in mind my opinion is totally unreliable on anything visual.
Thank you Ian for your input.
I agree TikTok is a lot easier.
Yes @ianpspurs the views are very rewarding, make it worthwhile all the work that goes into the editing and everything else with the video clips.
Your opinion is reliable on the visual....
 
Thank you Ian for your input.
I agree TikTok is a lot easier.
Yes @ianpspurs the views are very rewarding, make it worthwhile all the work that goes into the editing and everything else with the video clips.
Your opinion is reliable on the visual....
I guess JKP would agree - if only in recognising her comeliness
 
Watched the insta one genn

Nice crisp pic and omg the sound of that rain..HEAVY.

tried clicking on tiktok like I have done with some others I have been sent.

But it insisted I join & download or create an account with tiktok...and I don't want to as yet .

My selfish vote is insta, but I so agree how rewarding it is to get so much positive feedback SO quickly would make tiktok the one I would use if it was my videos .

Marvellous stuff, whatever you decide

YouTube's loss I say .
@gennepher I agree with @jjraak that the Instagram one is the one I prefer for exactly the same reason.
 
@gennepher I agree with @jjraak that the Instagram one is the one I prefer for exactly the same reason.
Thank you so much for responding @Krystyna23040
Appreciate that.
I have decided that seeing as the tiktok link is just a couple of words are not taking up much space in the post I will put both links in. I had no idea how either sites were going to display the link until I actually posted my post!
 
Hug for the poor sleep @Annb.

I took suffer a tad with it, so been taking note of 'methods to drop off to ' type in my feeds etc.

Can't categorically say it works, but I seem to have some success with this one .

Select any letter & name an animal, once named the last letter begins the name of your next animal and so on.

I tried that version, but found more sense to my mind if it was strictly ABC instead.

I like it taxes me to switch off the worrying about something else, and I try to pick different animals each time.

I find I tend to free associate (?) as I pick I see an image of that animal in its native habitat, and as I begin naming them, it usually draws me into ever more detailed imagery g scenarios (which I think is what makes it work for me) & where I drift off to sleep .

No chance of a cat nap before appointments?

I try to grab one if I can, I wake very groggy at first but feel much more refreshed once fully awake .

Good luck with both.

Fingers crossed the HBA1c is better than you expect.
I did manage a 10 minute drowse before the phone rang to announce an emergency. Alistair phoned from Prague to say that their eldest daughter, who had been keeping on top of the laundry work while they were away (allergic to dogs so she couldn't look after Hugo) had had an anaphylactic episode while in the laundry. Luckily her younger brother was there and was able to give her the required Epipen injection but he still had to call an ambulance for her. It came pretty quickly and she was carted off to hospital, where she recovered and was much better this morning. However, that left 18 year old B with the laundry work to finish and deliver back to Stornoway this morning. That's where Neil came in. Transport was needed. We were a few minutes short of leaving for my appointment so had to rush off to pick up the laundry and B while trying not to be late for my appointment. We made it with a little time to spare. Neil and B then went off to deliver the bags of laundry and do some shopping while I had my 2 appointments.

The diabetes nurse no longer uses the system for HbA1c that the hospital used to use. That system was a fingerprick, a drop of blood on a slide and a machine which came up with a result in a few minutes. This nurse takes a syringe of blood and send it away for testing. Results should be back next week and I'll get that over the phone, so no chance to talk about it if I want to. It'll be high anyway, I know.

At least the nurse was able to look up recent blood tests for my eGFR level and my electrolytes from my last blood test. eGFR was 32! Ouch - that's not good. "Oh that's fine for someone of your age. We're not worried about that. In any case it's up from the previous level which was 26." That means I had stage 4 Kidney disease about 6 or so months ago and nobody considered that I ought to know that. Even now, it's only up to stage 3b. But "Nothing to worry about at your age." A year ago it was 90 and in a pretty good place. At least my sodium and potassium levels have come back to normal - not that I did anything different to make that happen because I didn't know there was anything wrong there either. I wonder why they bother taking blood, especially when it is so difficult to get it out of my veins, when they don't follow up on results.
 
@Annb hug for the sleepless night.

You mentioned following a line back to the Balliols the other day coincidentally yesterday I was adding some new names in the family tree and came across Peter Scott of Scot Hall in Kent they strayed their ancestry back to the Balliol line as John Balliol he who Balliol college is named for his son was King John I of Scotland another son of his was William de Balliol le Scott he dropped the Balliol part from his name and went by just Scott he did that as Longshanks didn’t like him using the name Balliol.
Interesting. I suppose, inevitably, given that all these lines cross somewhere, I came across King John of England on my father's line. That, of course leads back to William I. I told Neil - he wasn't even remotely impressed. Just kind of rolled his eyes and sighed. He was much more interested in hearing about the Malcolms, MacAlpins and Balliols. Alistair is interested in all kinds of history so he will be interested when he gets home.
 
I did manage a 10 minute drowse before the phone rang to announce an emergency. Alistair phoned from Prague to say that their eldest daughter, who had been keeping on top of the laundry work while they were away (allergic to dogs so she couldn't look after Hugo) had had an anaphylactic episode while in the laundry. Luckily her younger brother was there and was able to give her the required Epipen injection but he still had to call an ambulance for her. It came pretty quickly and she was carted off to hospital, where she recovered and was much better this morning. However, that left 18 year old B with the laundry work to finish and deliver back to Stornoway this morning. That's where Neil came in. Transport was needed. We were a few minutes short of leaving for my appointment so had to rush off to pick up the laundry and B while trying not to be late for my appointment. We made it with a little time to spare. Neil and B then went off to deliver the bags of laundry and do some shopping while I had my 2 appointments.

The diabetes nurse no longer uses the system for HbA1c that the hospital used to use. That system was a fingerprick, a drop of blood on a slide and a machine which came up with a result in a few minutes. This nurse takes a syringe of blood and send it away for testing. Results should be back next week and I'll get that over the phone, so no chance to talk about it if I want to. It'll be high anyway, I know.

At least the nurse was able to look up recent blood tests for my eGFR level and my electrolytes from my last blood test. eGFR was 32! Ouch - that's not good. "Oh that's fine for someone of your age. We're not worried about that. In any case it's up from the previous level which was 26." That means I had stage 4 Kidney disease about 6 or so months ago and nobody considered that I ought to know that. Even now, it's only up to stage 3b. But "Nothing to worry about at your age." A year ago it was 90 and in a pretty good place. At least my sodium and potassium levels have come back to normal - not that I did anything different to make that happen because I didn't know there was anything wrong there either. I wonder why they bother taking blood, especially when it is so difficult to get it out of my veins, when they don't follow up on results.
A hectic morning @Annb
I hope you can get some rest later x
 
7.0 this lovely morning except for the strong southerly wind.
I'm hoping for, that the foliage blows away instead of into my garden.
Done a little bit around the garden, but not much to do.

Mrs L is having an extra lie in, as or because of the cricket on the box.

So glad for @SlimLizzy getting an offer.

@gennepher, it's your choice, and he lot will view regardless.
The haircut you should go with is a similar to mine.
Two minutes all over with an electric shaver.

@Annb hope you get some sleep soon.
Am afraid I don't have that problem. Go to bed, sleep. That is it.
Mrs L reckons I could fall asleep on a clothesline.
I think it's cos, I worked shifts for most of my working life.

@JohnEGreen get them bloods sorted,

@ianpspurs good luck tonight.

@dunelm love the art.

@jjraak stay away from those foreign websites. You know it makes sense.

@Krystyna23040 we did once have a pooch that started have seizures and fits.
They were horrible.
It is so horrible, cos your are worried about the poor thing doing harm while it's happening, avoiding the mouth, whilst trying to hold it in clear space.
Went to vets, obviously and even though, in good health, the vet gave us meds for him, which was quite expensive. Told probably grow out of them
The fits continued.
Another few visits to vets.
It started to become very expensive for meds and appointments.
Unfortunately, we had to choose either the meds or the appointments.
In fact, both went, the reasoning behind it, was nothing changed, for so long was changing, no appointments first then we lowered the dosage.
The vet told me in no uncertain terms, that the dog needed both. I said it was just not possible.
Anyway, the fits stopped after we reduced the meds and they ran out and still no fits.
I phoned the vet to tell him they had stopped.
He didn't believe me. And told me to restart the meds.
I didn't.
I phoned the PDSA(?) And asked for advice.
Their vet said, the meds were necessary at first, but should not be for more than three months.
I never went back to those vets.
With my other dogs, I found a better one.
The dog named Ben, lived to sixteen. And never had another fit or seizure.

Best wishes to you lot as always.
Have a thrilling Thursday.
 
7.0 this lovely morning except for the strong southerly wind.
I'm hoping for, that the foliage blows away instead of into my garden.
Done a little bit around the garden, but not much to do.

Mrs L is having an extra lie in, as or because of the cricket on the box.

So glad for @SlimLizzy getting an offer.

@gennepher, it's your choice, and he lot will view regardless.
The haircut you should go with is a similar to mine.
Two minutes all over with an electric shaver.

@Annb hope you get some sleep soon.
Am afraid I don't have that problem. Go to bed, sleep. That is it.
Mrs L reckons I could fall asleep on a clothesline.
I think it's cos, I worked shifts for most of my working life.

@JohnEGreen get them bloods sorted,

@ianpspurs good luck tonight.

@dunelm love the art.

@jjraak stay away from those foreign websites. You know it makes sense.

@Krystyna23040 we did once have a pooch that started have seizures and fits.
They were horrible.
It is so horrible, cos your are worried about the poor thing doing harm while it's happening, avoiding the mouth, whilst trying to hold it in clear space.
Went to vets, obviously and even though, in good health, the vet gave us meds for him, which was quite expensive. Told probably grow out of them
The fits continued.
Another few visits to vets.
It started to become very expensive for meds and appointments.
Unfortunately, we had to choose either the meds or the appointments.
In fact, both went, the reasoning behind it, was nothing changed, for so long was changing, no appointments first then we lowered the dosage.
The vet told me in no uncertain terms, that the dog needed both. I said it was just not possible.
Anyway, the fits stopped after we reduced the meds and they ran out and still no fits.
I phoned the vet to tell him they had stopped.
He didn't believe me. And told me to restart the meds.
I didn't.
I phoned the PDSA(?) And asked for advice.
Their vet said, the meds were necessary at first, but should not be for more than three months.
I never went back to those vets.
With my other dogs, I found a better one.
The dog named Ben, lived to sixteen. And never had another fit or seizure.

Best wishes to you lot as always.
Have a thrilling Thursday.
I like my curls now...they are staying....
@Lamont D
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We also have a relatively short time, just under three months to find and buy, ourselves an alternative home.
That is a very tall order. But if I remember correctly there was a townhouse I think on the edge of a town what you looked at some time ago which you both thought might be suitable.

Should Mr slim be coming back to help you?
Or would you prefer to do the searching for the next property on your own, because that is what I would much prefer to do and have done @SlimLizzy
 
That is a very tall order. But if I remember correctly there was a townhouse I think on the edge of a town what you looked at some time ago which you both thought might be suitable.

Should Mr slim be coming back to help you?
Or would you prefer to do the searching for the next property on your own, because that is what I would much prefer to do and have done @SlimLizzyl
A bit extra to add @SlimLizzy

Make a checklist of all the boxes you need ticked for your next property.
And ask Mr slim to do the same kind of thing and return it to you before the weekend...
Just an idea.
 
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