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

[ianpspurs]

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.

A resounding 6.7 this morning.

Stay safe, stay warm and for sanities sake stay away from the media, no not your sanity mine!

What, and miss little gems like this Alf? Agree or not it is very witty and the gurning is top class.

 

[Annb]

What, and miss little gems like this Alf? Agree or not it is very witty and the gurning is top class.
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Looks as though he forgot to put his teeth in. Forgetful - moi?

 

[gennepher]

Thank you for sharing the video and kaleidoscope. Shame about the broom handle but getting out was essential. What were the odds on whatever animal it was disturbing the broom in just such a way as to cause that problem? You do seem to be having a long run of very unfortunate events in your life.

Thank you @ianpspurs
Yes, I thought so too about that broom handle but I was not thinking on any other alternative. I refuse to think on another alternative than it was the badger...

 

[gennepher]

What, and miss little gems like this Alf? Agree or not it is very witty and the gurning is top class.
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We'll pop him into one of those gurning competitions shall we...

 

[ianpspurs]

M and S Christnas advert 2024 for a dull, verging on bleak, day. I’m not advocating y’all go M and S shopping either online or in store, Fortnum and Mason or regional variations will do just fine, avoid Harrods with all the recent adverse publicity. The puff piece (attached) with the vid is nice enough. @gennepher, original song video with lyrics the captions on this were lousy. Baah humbug all you like but right now the mood needs lifting in most places - it is however euphoric in Clacton-a-Largo.

 

[Lamont D]

It’s a problem John. I have two sisters in the USA and they have been worried about the direction of travel in that hugely divided country for quite a while.

Could it be......
As said in many media broadcasts in the States that many people are frightened about not voting for him.
The major federal government depts, such as homeland, FBI, etc.
Have been on full alert, just in case.
The talk of a civil war is a common outcome beforehand.

Thank you for sharing the video and kaleidoscope. Shame about the broom handle but getting out was essential. What were the odds on whatever animal it was disturbing the broom in just such a way as to cause that problem? You do seem to be having a long run of very unfortunate events in your life.

You have a broom?
First, how posh!
Second, is it a besom?
Third, wizard of warlock?
Fourth, thought Halloween was done for this season?
Fifth, Were you chasing the poor thing for a potion?

A really thrilling Thursday 5.6!!!!!!!!!
And yes, I checked and it was 5.8!.
Who knows but that is lowest for a while. Mrs L was 8.1.
Must be the weather.
Can't be.

Took #8, the ratbag to get Mrs L fresh food from the bakers, had to call in the newsagents avoiding the papers. He ran to the confectionery, and a couple of fredo's went into his robbers coat, sorry, his parka. He wouldn't take them out to be scanned, so I picked another up, so that the guy could scan it twice for those in #8's pocket.
He is so much fun.
Just thought, should have checked his other pockets, Doh!

Talking of weather, it's colder today than of late, the breeze is chilly.
Anyone seen blue sky lately?

Having a quiet afternoon for a change.
Just discovered I don't know what to do with it?

My bestest, most adoring, wishes for you lot as always.

Does anyone else think, that the elected first family, is a modern equivalent of the Borgias?

 

[Krystyna23040]

Keep reminding us about rib cage breathing @Krystyna23040 I keep doing it when I remember, many times a day...but then I do something, get involved in something and I have a habit of holding my breath...when painting for example....and I forget. My oximeter readings are much better with me doing rib cage breathing. I am getting better at it.
I am glad you are healing quickly x

I have been trying for months to make ribcage breathing my automatic normal breathing, but like you, the moment I focussed on something I forgot.

I wonder if not having the energy to focus on anything other than the breathing over Covid was was what really helped. It maybe it just takes a long time to change your automatic breathing patterns.

One of my long term class members was so happy yesterday. She had COPD and had been working very hard on her ribcage breathing. On Tuesday the hospital halved her meds for COPD as her lungs had improved significantly.

 

[ianpspurs]

I have been trying for months to make ribcage breathing my automatic normal breathing, but like you, the moment I focussed on something I forgot.

I wonder if not having the energy to focus on anything other than the breathing over Covid was was what really helped. It maybe it just takes a long time to change your automatic breathing patterns.

One of my long term class members was so happy yesterday. She had COPD and had been working very hard on her ribcage breathing. On Tuesday the hospital halved her meds for COPD as her lungs had improved significantly.

Really good news on the COPD and your ankle healing so well. As with yourself and @gennepher I find I can only sustain rib cage breathing by fully concentrating on that only. Google suggests singers breath this way. Perhaps we should all join a choir although they'd soon ask me to do the breathing and just mime silently.

 

[gennepher]

I have been trying for months to make ribcage breathing my automatic normal breathing, but like you, the moment I focussed on something I forgot.

I wonder if not having the energy to focus on anything other than the breathing over Covid was was what really helped. It maybe it just takes a long time to change your automatic breathing patterns.

One of my long term class members was so happy yesterday. She had COPD and had been working very hard on her ribcage breathing. On Tuesday the hospital halved her meds for COPD as her lungs had improved significantly.

Yes it probably does take time to change a lifetime of breathing habits @Krystyna23040
I am glad for your class member that she got her meds halved.

 

[dunelm]

Thank you for sharing the art which once again touches on a sad but important theme. Some very kind, thoughtful touches today with the meal for Mrs Miggins' brother and the Black Dog duty. Can one say God bless you to a Stoic without offence? - blow it, God bless you anyhow. Hug for your sisters in the USA and your nephew @JohnEGreen. Kory with a C said y'all a have a good day now, sir as he rolled out his Blue Bin. The attached is a reminder (from Martin Kettle in yesterday's Guardian) we are two very different nations. I don't live there but I do live amongst Americans, talk to them and see just how different we are in so many ways. The impact of a particular type of Christianity there doesn't sit well with a middle of the road C of E man. I can't find any biblical justification for so much of what is held up as biblical truth hard as I try.

Thank you @ianpspurs and any offense would be so rude. Interesting quote - very apt.

 

[dunelm]

That sheet of paper Art Bit is amazing @dunelm

Thank you @gennepher

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.9

Wildlife video of the nighttime beasties.
But alas, there were none.
Not a badger, nor a fox stepped into the garden all night.
There were not any fireworks going off here like there usually is.
Only Cat Jade wandered in, and Cat Chunky Marmalade strode through...
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCCulIuoiqS/?igsh=MWd5OTU3dHdoNXBubQ==

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdNd2YYk/

The subject of this video and the title is not a one that generates views, only 7 views instead of 700 ish! I knew there would be a severe drop of views. Wildlife know it is fireworks night and they tend not to venture out on fireworks night. And that is what happened for this video. Cats on the whole don't care, but dogs become a quivering mess...

However, I am pretty certain the badger came out last night, 6th November, because something knocked over my long handled brooms, thus jamming the doors from me opening them. My back doors open outwards into the garden. I ended up forcing one door open and broke the boom handle so I could get out. But it might have been a fox...

Creative...just a random kaleidoscope using laboscope.....
I had intended using some special stamps, but search as I may, I cannot find them...

Drizzling today, dull clouds.

Have your best day....

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Thanks for the kaleidoscope - and your could be competing with Trigger for that broom - had it for years and only 2 new heads and 4 new handles.

 

[dunelm]

Really good news on the COPD and your ankle healing so well. As with yourself and @gennepher I find I can only sustain rib cage breathing by fully concentrating on that only. Google suggests singers breath this way. Perhaps we should all join a choir although they'd soon ask me to do the breathing and just mime silently.

Tried a choir once, didn’t work out but the money was good - two bob for a wedding and half a crown for a funeral.

 

[dogslife]

It’s a problem John. I have two sisters in the USA and they have been worried about the direction of travel in that hugely divided country for quite a while.

Many of my family live in the USA @dunelm. They are devastated and seriously worried about the future.

 

[gennepher]

You have a broom?
First, how posh!
Second, is it a besom?
Third, wizard of warlock?
Fourth, thought Halloween was done for this season?
Fifth, Were you chasing the poor thing for a potion?

Oh, I suppose I should have called it a besom....I was just lying low...

 

[gennepher]

Thanks for the kaleidoscope - and your could be competing with Trigger for that broom - had it for years and only 2 new heads and 4 new handles.

I have a hazel tree @dunelm in my garden...
I will ask it if I can cut a suitable branch off that for my new broom/besom handle....

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from the wonderful silence of early dawn here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.4 this am if anyone is checking. We was a good chap yesterday; pensioner portion for lunch and soup like what I made for supper. Today the aim of the game is to make sure that I have a clean handkerchief when I go for a hearing test. Must remember to clean behind my ears, one can’t be too careful. Art bit, someone fishing for sanity. Hope you have a good day. For me, that means waking up in the morning and being able to participate once again. Know your limitations and then defy them. Best make some Kofee.

 

[dunelm]

I have a hazel tree @dunelm in my garden...
I will ask it if I can cut a suitable branch off that for my new broom/besom handle....

Well I hope said Hazel tree agrees. The are usually amenable to a smidgeon of coppice work.

 

[SlimLizzy]

One of the laws of stupidity tells us that we should never underestimate the number of stupids there are in the world.

I gave this an agree, even though it Made me laugh

 

[SlimLizzy]

It’s a problem John. I have two sisters in the USA and they have been worried about the direction of travel in that hugely divided country for quite a while.

Am so glad son2 decided to bring his American fiancée here. For a while I thought he would emigrate. This seemed more likely because one nephew has already done that. Married his American girl and emigrated.
Hope your sisters and their families will be ok @dunelm