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

[jjraak]

Black doves, you say @dunelm.

I'm giving that a go as we speak

While not back to watching TV that much, I do have a few shows I actually take an interest in

Severance caught me eye .
A stark setting & a rather complicated plot line playing out, but it engages me.

I heard rave reviews about The Penguin.
Sat and watched the first episode....interesting

Lots of background & fleshing out of the character.

Not sure I can see the reason for the rave reviews as yet. Suspect it's one of those like breaking bad that builds strongly as it goes.

And of course Silo
Staying faithful -ish to the book it's been a good watch so far.

Other than that, one of us has the idiot box box on constantly for ' background wallpaper '....aagghh.

Funny whenever she's away for a day or today & can't get the telly to work, the "I don't know love, I haven't had it on since you left"

THAT look of horror, wondering how on earth I survived & the suspicion I must be in league with the devil himself....lol

 

[dunelm]

Black doves, you say @dunelm.

I'm giving that a go as we speak

While not back to watching TV that much, I do have a few shows I actually take an interest in

Severance caught me eye .
A stark setting & a rather complicated plot line playing out, but it engages me.

I heard rave reviews about The Penguin.
Sat and watched the first episode....interesting

Lots of background & fleshing out of the character.

Not sure I can see the reason for the rave reviews as yet. Suspect it's one of those like breaking bad that builds strongly as it goes.

And of course Silo
Staying faithful -ish to the book it's been a good watch so far.

Other than that, one of us has the idiot box box on constantly for ' background wallpaper '....aagghh.

Funny whenever she's away for a day or today & can't get the telly to work, the "I don't know love, I haven't had it on since you left"

THAT look of horror, wondering how on earth I survived & the suspicion I must be in league with the devil himself....lol

Oh yes, Silo - smashing. Try turning one of the batteries round in the remote - endless entertainment.

 

[ianpspurs]

Morning all from an unsurprisingly dull start to December 16th in the L.A. of East Anglia, UK. Yet another sliding doors moment for some per @dunelm's post? As a nation - species? probably not, I suspect at least the Scandis do it better. We seem to have learned absolutely nothing from the spread of COVID. Pack as many people into totally unsuitable, poorly ventilated spaces, expect people with highly contagious illnesses to attend work/school/social events regardless, wander around poorly dressed (when did shorts become ubiquitous all year?), believe any nonsense about the deep state and vaccines then be totally amazed when the health system can't cope. Take back control my fundament - the sheer arrogance. @dunelm thank you for sharing today's art, setting me off on a Nige style rant and laughing at the gratuitously Grumpy (auto-correct desperately wanted that to be Grimly, much better) Old Git jibe at the Christmas tree. We both know you're better than that: 'ave a word with yourself fella. @jjraak I have no idea what those programmes are but I liked the idea of Mrs JJ being dumbfounded by you not having the TV on 24-7. You too are better than the glib idiot box jibe: unpick that for even a few seconds and the whole world view behind it completely unravels. You've been told, don't mention Br**it, just stop now. Wolf Hall (the prototype Br**it?) was entertaining, much googling and checking the history - not convinced but costume drama is our thing in this country. (I've already told you once, don't mention Br**it). Fbg and Elsie? That's the rim on the wheel of fortune (see attached). Finishing off Saturday's h/m soup, venturing into Cambs and seeing two grandchildren is mainly how I intend to fight the T2 Beast. Enjoy your Monday - if that post hasn't made you too dyspeptic.

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.1 this morning.
Enjoyed a gentle stroll around the park with Poppy. It was nice meeting up with fellow dog walkers.

Mr K is now sorting out the garden - while I am still relaxing and reading with my second cup of coffee.

As I don't have much admin to do this week it will be really good to delve deeper into how the body works so that I have new and interesting stuff for the classes in the new year.

 

[dunelm]

Morning all from an unsurprisingly dull start to December 16th in the L.A. of East Anglia, UK. Yet another sliding doors moment for some per @dunelm's post? As a nation - species? probably not, I suspect at least the Scandis do it better. We seem to have learned absolutely nothing from the spread of COVID. Pack as many people into totally unsuitable, poorly ventilated spaces, expect people with highly contagious illnesses to attend work/school/social events regardless, wander around poorly dressed (when did shorts become ubiquitous all year?), believe any nonsense about the deep state and vaccines then be totally amazed when the health system can't cope. Take back control my fundament - the sheer arrogance. @dunelm thank you for sharing today's art, setting me off on a Nige style rant and laughing at the gratuitously Grumpy (auto-correct desperately wanted that to be Grimly, much better) Old Git jibe at the Christmas tree. We both know you're better than that: 'ave a word with yourself fella. @jjraak I have no idea what those programmes are but I liked the idea of Mrs JJ being dumbfounded by you not having the TV on 24-7. You too are better than the glib idiot box jibe: unpick that for even a few seconds and the whole world view behind it completely unravels. You've been told, don't mention Br**it, just stop now. Wolf Hall (the prototype Br**it?) was entertaining, much googling and checking the history - not convinced but costume drama is our thing in this country. (I've already told you once, don't mention Br**it). Fbg and Elsie? That's the rim on the wheel of fortune (see attached). Finishing off Saturday's h/m soup, venturing into Cambs and seeing two grandchildren is mainly how I intend to fight the T2 Beast. Enjoy your Monday - if that post hasn't made you too dyspeptic.

Thanks @ianpspurs - that tree was having a lovely time in the front garden, just minding its own business and being all nice and coniferous. Now it’s all “tonight Matthew I’m going to be Ritchie Blackmore”. Enjoy that precious time with the grandchildren, not much else to top it.

 

[Krystyna23040]

We seem to have learned absolutely nothing from the spread of COVID. Pack as many people into totally unsuitable, poorly ventilated spaces, expect people with highly contagious illnesses to attend work/school/social events regardless, wander around poorly dressed (when did shorts become ubiquitous all year?), believe any nonsense about the deep state and vaccines then be totally amazed when the health system can't cope.

That is extremely worrying @ianpspurs.
I have very strict rules in my classes. If you have any bug, even a mild cold, you do not attend your class (of course you get a credit for the missed class).

I also keep the window open just a little which, according to my air quality monitor, keeps the air quality good.

I do have some class members with compromised immunity and I want to keep then safe. But it also isn't good for anyone to exercise when they are ill.

My youngest daughter had a wonderful swimming coach in Norwich called Jane Asher. She was really strict on not training, even if you only have a mild cold, as it is not good for your body.

She still swims and is still competing, and is still setting Masters world records in her 90s.

 

[ianpspurs]

That is extremely worrying @ianpspurs.
I have very strict rules in my classes. If you have any bug, even a mild cold, you do not attend your class (of course you get a credit for the missed class).

I also keep the window open just a little which, according to my air quality monitor, keeps the air quality good.

I do have some class members with compromised immunity and I want to keep then safe. But it also isn't good for anyone to exercise when they are ill.

My youngest daughter had a wonderful swimming coach in Norwich called Jane Asher. She was really strict on not training, even if you only have a mild cold, as it is not good for your body.

She still swims and is still competing, and is still setting Masters world records in her 90s.

@Krystyna23040 that is much too sensible, typically caring and such good long term business sense: the dead don't tend to be repeat customers. In so many ways UK Plc really did jump the shark around 2015 and refuses to be rational again, much preferring Kayfabe. Remember to also rest and recharge as well as plan over this - what, downtime?/preseason?.

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone on a red sky in the morning here in the dark and dangerous north.
Red sky at night, dust and small particles are trapped in the atmosphere by high pressure.
Red sky in the morning, same thing.
Lots of bugs going about at present; Norovirus, flu, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and that Covid-19 is still lurking in the shadows. It seem to surprise some folk each winter - the same ones perhaps who are shocked to see ice on car windows when winter arrives and post endless pictures on social media of their garden receiving even the merest dusting of snow.
Finished watching a series called Black Doves last night and also Wolf Hall - entertaining.
Ordered meds - I will run out towards year end when the system shuts down otherwise and flash to bang time from ordering to collecting seems to be on the increase. We seem to be living in the contrasting opening words of A Tale of Two Cities. Why did that pop into my head? Bonkers. I think it was ever thus. Stop it.
Art bit, empty your mind they say, no mind they say - oh well, an insight of what happens when the chimp takes over! Hope your day goes well. Sometimes it takes courage to be happy I feel. Especially when someone decides to festoon a perfectly happy tree with a string of lights. Now, where is that koffy.

Interesting Art Bit @dunelm
There is light coming in from the gap in between the cliffs. It looks a secluded place....

Hope you found your coffee....

 

[dunelm]

Interesting Art Bit @dunelm
There is light coming in from the gap in between the cliffs. It looks a secluded place....

Hope you found your coffee....

Thank you @gennepher and my koffy was safely cuddled inside the koffy can.

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 7.1

Nighttime wildlife video

Cat Jade sees beady eyes - leaps & catches her prey - later just Badger Willow comes foraging - last clip is Jade waiting for her breakfast, she can hear me getting up and...has left the dead rat at my kitchen door. She never eats them. And I feed her well.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDm5wRHIswk/?igsh=MXExN3M2MHlpMTkyNg==

Same vid on TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdrx99eG/

Creative...this is my Christmas blanket. It is a red tartan. It does not look like this at all. This is what it looks like in laboscope kaleidoscope app...

A bit chilly today...

Got back home midday to a paving firm, with all their massive vehicles completely taking up all available space on the road so that they could do a neighbours paving in the back garden and I had one heck of a job getting to, as well as into my driveway. I always reverse in so I come out forwards, but not a hope of doing that when I got back at midday. There was barely room to get in forwards. I need to get out very early in the morning in the dark and I need my car forward facing before it gets dark tonight. I need to check the windscreen wash as well.

I wasn't impressed with the workmen, they were unable to push a wheelbarrow half full of soil up the short plank into the trailer. Boss man had to help each person to get the wheelbarrow up. Either it's their first job or they are a flyby night firm..... their vehicles look all new with new painting and brand new logos..... as you can tell, I don't trust any of them....

Right, I need a hot cuppa tea from my flask.
A short nap... then lock up, feed the beasties, and then go out and see if they are still there or if they are gone for the day, and then I can finish off my odds and ends of bits on the car and clean the windscreen et cetera....

 

[ianpspurs]

Fbg 7.1

Nighttime wildlife video

Cat Jade sees beady eyes - leaps & catches her prey - later just Badger Willow comes foraging - last clip is Jade waiting for her breakfast, she can hear me getting up and...has left the dead rat at my kitchen door. She never eats them. And I feed her well.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDm5wRHIswk/?igsh=MXExN3M2MHlpMTkyNg==

Same vid on TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdrx99eG/

Creative...this is my Christmas blanket. It is a red tartan. It does not look like this at all. This is what it looks like in laboscope kaleidoscope app...

A bit chilly today...

Got back home midday to a paving firm, with all their massive vehicles completely taking up all available space on the road so that they could do a neighbours paving in the back garden and I had one heck of a job getting to, as well as into my driveway. I always reverse in so I come out forwards, but not a hope of doing that when I got back at midday. There was barely room to get in forwards. I need to get out very early in the morning in the dark and I need my car forward facing before it gets dark tonight. I need to check the windscreen wash as well.

I wasn't impressed with the workmen, they were unable to push a wheelbarrow half full of soil up the short plank into the trailer. Boss man had to help each person to get the wheelbarrow up. Either it's their first job or they are a flyby night firm..... their vehicles look all new with new painting and brand new logos..... as you can tell, I don't trust any of them....

Right, I need a hot cuppa tea from my flask.
A short nap... then lock up, feed the beasties, and then go out and see if they are still there or if they are gone for the day, and then I can finish off my odds and ends of bits on the car and clean the windscreen et cetera....

View attachment 70957

Hug for the workmen being in the way. Very much a winner for the kaleidoscope and thanks for sharing the video. By the way, anyone seen John G about here since Dec 9th?

 

[Annb]

Morning all from an unsurprisingly dull start to December 16th in the L.A. of East Anglia, UK. Yet another sliding doors moment for some per @dunelm's post? As a nation - species? probably not, I suspect at least the Scandis do it better. We seem to have learned absolutely nothing from the spread of COVID. Pack as many people into totally unsuitable, poorly ventilated spaces, expect people with highly contagious illnesses to attend work/school/social events regardless, wander around poorly dressed (when did shorts become ubiquitous all year?), believe any nonsense about the deep state and vaccines then be totally amazed when the health system can't cope. Take back control my fundament - the sheer arrogance. @dunelm thank you for sharing today's art, setting me off on a Nige style rant and laughing at the gratuitously Grumpy (auto-correct desperately wanted that to be Grimly, much better) Old Git jibe at the Christmas tree. We both know you're better than that: 'ave a word with yourself fella. @jjraak I have no idea what those programmes are but I liked the idea of Mrs JJ being dumbfounded by you not having the TV on 24-7. You too are better than the glib idiot box jibe: unpick that for even a few seconds and the whole world view behind it completely unravels. You've been told, don't mention Br**it, just stop now. Wolf Hall (the prototype Br**it?) was entertaining, much googling and checking the history - not convinced but costume drama is our thing in this country. (I've already told you once, don't mention Br**it). Fbg and Elsie? That's the rim on the wheel of fortune (see attached). Finishing off Saturday's h/m soup, venturing into Cambs and seeing two grandchildren is mainly how I intend to fight the T2 Beast. Enjoy your Monday - if that post hasn't made you too dyspeptic.

From what I can see from my family history research, the powerful entrenched their power by marrying their own relations and until something catastrophic happened (eg civil war) they kept hold of it. Even then, if they held on to their lives, they still held on to some property and didn't become paupers. On the other hand, my 2x great grandmother was born in the workhouse, and remained in poverty all her life. Born with no power and there was no way she could work her way out of it. The wheel of fortune is rigged!

BG 8.8 after another very short night but came down to a better level by mid day.

 

[ianpspurs]

From what I can see from my family history research, the powerful entrenched their power by marrying their own relations and until something catastrophic happened (eg civil war) they kept hold of it. Even then, if they held on to their lives, they still held on to some property and didn't become paupers. On the other hand, my 2x great grandmother was born in the workhouse, and remained in poverty all her life. Born with no power and there was no way she could work her way out of it. The wheel of fortune is rigged!

BG 8.8 after another very short night but came down to a better level by mid day.

Didn't have you down as a deep state/blob conspiracy theorist like the lettuce. Richard Whittington (and his cat, its behind you) did ok - (oh no he didn't)

 

[oldnevada]

My waking BG was nice, again. 4.9 mmol/L, that's two days in a row down below 5mmol/L.
Great news, I've broken a psychological barrier, my weight finally dropped below 87kg, and % body fat 27% way down from 33%.

 

[Annb]

Didn't have you down as a deep state/blob conspiracy theorist like the lettuce. Richard Whittington (and his cat, its behind you) did ok - (oh no he didn't)

Oh yes he did...

But he actually started out in a wealthy and influential family and the only fortune he had to seek was as a younger son who would not inherit his father's fortune. With a father having rank and position and 2 brothers as MPs already, he stood in pretty good stead to make his fortune. Not sure that he liked cats though.

 

[Lamont D]

6.1 this morning.
Enjoyed a gentle stroll around the park with Poppy. It was nice meeting up with fellow dog walkers.

Mr K is now sorting out the garden - while I am still relaxing and reading with my second cup of coffee.

As I don't have much admin to do this week it will be really good to delve deeper into how the body works so that I have new and interesting stuff for the classes in the new year.

seeing how you are interested in how our bodies, can or cannot do certain things.
I have been interested in how mine works, Cos of my condition.

but one thing, that many do not know about their bodies, the brain lies.
I know it sounds weird, and who isnt?
but when you have a metabolic conditions, and the signals the brain received and in turn replies, does not correspond, as you would hope it does.
The imbalance in hormones which includes everyone that your system uses, will not correct the imbalance.
it often over corrects, over produces, under control the response, and plenty more.
this is why that your hormonal producing glands or organs can be either hyper or hypo.
And your senses, gives the brain information, that interprets this as something pleasing or nice to eat.
And you really do want it and it's hard to refuse.
Will power goes out the window.
And as a diabetic you shouldn't, resistance is futile.
Your brain says yes!
It is telling you to do something that you really know you shouldn't!
Your brain is lying.

That is what I'm up against every time I go the bakers for Mrs L.

 

[gennepher]

Hug for the workmen being in the way. Very much a winner for the kaleidoscope and thanks for sharing the video. By the way, anyone seen John G about here since Dec 9th?

Thank you @ianpspurs

 

[Lamont D]

That is extremely worrying @ianpspurs.
I have very strict rules in my classes. If you have any bug, even a mild cold, you do not attend your class (of course you get a credit for the missed class).

I also keep the window open just a little which, according to my air quality monitor, keeps the air quality good.

I do have some class members with compromised immunity and I want to keep then safe. But it also isn't good for anyone to exercise when they are ill.

My youngest daughter had a wonderful swimming coach in Norwich called Jane Asher. She was really strict on not training, even if you only have a mild cold, as it is not good for your body.

She still swims and is still competing, and is still setting Masters world records in her 90s.

This is one aspect of life in this country that has been ignored.
those in power accept that mild illness is o.k. And doesn't need anything to sort it.
industry are very strict about taking time off for such, as well as women's things.
And the worst part of it is that more severe illness is still frowned upon as an illness.
And sick pay is nowhere near enough.
so those on low wages, particularly those on no contracts, part time of irregular hours, don't even have sick pay.
so those that do, cannot afford to be off at all.
The level of income, notice, I didn't say wages or salary. Just isn't enough.
there are working couples in work and on benefits!
that is a huge burden on the system.
The level of income to the majority of the working age population is the lowest since Victorian times.
This has to change.
We are going through another form of industrial societal revolution and it is not only the shop floor, it will impact those that are in middle management and office staff.
As robotic and AI, with other new innovations take the well paid jobs, as well as the underpaid ones with it.
The level of those having to claim benefits, increase.
How these will be able to afford modern living seems further away.

And so does the answers. To how it can.

 

[Lamont D]

6.4
Christmas order in bakers.
it became a bit of an obsessive question from 7.30 this morning.
until I returned from the shop itself, and as Mrs L was satified, had a lie down and warned that I must get the kids eggs cos, the shops are closing early today. Bless!

Mrs L is worried about the money situation, post Christmas.
Can we afford the coming months? Mrs L asked.
Well, I'm not too concerned. I replied.
just make sure you pay the bills. Mrs L stated.
Yes, dear.
Don't you spend too much on yourself. Mrs L remarked.
No, dear.
You have got me a present? She enquired.
Not one but two, my dear. I replied.
Were they expensive? She probed.
Of course, dear.
Ok then. Mrs L settled down.
How much have you spent on the grandkids? She demanded.
Enough, the same as last Christmas. I explained.
Good! Mrs L judged my handling of the issues.
Phew!
Around and around, we went.
Why is it always so difficult to deflect the questions that are not necessary at anytime since we have been together. What is the thinking behind it all. Mrs L has always trusted my financial situation and usage of.
We have after five years of hardship, since covid and will become debt free in the New Year.
And Mrs L is still not grasping this.

As I was watching the box on how illness of the brain effects carers, mainly partners of those in need of care.
I noticed that there is one, who is in need of care, and one providing the care.
Not many until much older, need both partners to be cared for. Strange that?

Anywho, happy Easter to all our readers.

 

[jjraak]

A nod to future of universal benefits, me thinks otherwise how do those with no money
Buy the products the factories produce.

And we all know, while those who may hold the power reins may feel safe.

The masses, when embittered or enraged enough, can and do topple those in supposed power.

So feed the poor
Or
It's eat the rich

A cheery thought indeed .