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    Graphic Content Reusing lancets: a cautionary tale.

    Oh Lordy, you were a Shiny, :banghead: honestly now, picking up dirt in the crewroom whilst sleeping on a grubby chair just vacated by a hard working Sooty or Rigger does not count as real grime. ;) Me- ex Halton Brat Apprentice, one of Trenchards finest, Airframe then also Engines, then on to...
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    Graphic Content Reusing lancets: a cautionary tale.

    I believe I have been more than lucky, with special regards given to cuts, scrapes, scratches, gouges and the odd bit knocked off, as well as foreign objects entering my body, usually at a speed faster than I can duck out the way. Just wondering if my upbringing way back in the dark ages, when...
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    Book Corner.

    Just finished my seventh book in a series on my kindle of the Author Dewey Lambdin, and his sea stories about Alan Jewrie in the Royal navy and his trials and tribulations, victories and losses, based around the time of the American Revolution in the late 1700`s. Very enjoyable fiction series...
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    Graphic Content Reusing lancets: a cautionary tale.

    Sliced my knuckles open today on a piece of grubby armour plate, gave them a good suck and a wipe down with IPA, stings like mad but does the business, I have never had any form of finger infection other than raw sore hands during the winter whilst working with machinery, my recovery level from...
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    Graphic Content Reusing lancets: a cautionary tale.

    I put mine in boiling water and add a tiny bit of disinfectant. Then again on a silly note, get really frustrated at the number of times I cut my hands during the week on rough edges at work and of course just do not have my tester with me, such a waste of good chances to dip into my life...
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    Should the law mandate vegan meals

    With mine whole heart and a merry soul doth I thank thee for thine most welcome reply, forsooth, mine eyes do brim with the tears of gratitude for your appreciation of mine small scribbles. xxx
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    Should the law mandate vegan meals

    Hi to Marie 2, Bless you, and keep you safe, I wholeheartedly see where you are at with your lifestyle, and deeply and truly respect you for it, no ifs buts or maybe, I will not hunt or kill any creature for fun or so called sport, I have in the past in particularly hard times, killed other...
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    Should the law mandate vegan meals

    As per above, the page jumped and posted before I had finished writing, RE- Food air miles, we can`t all source food grown locally, people In major cities buy whats in the shops where they live, and usually what is cheap and filling, there is very little locally produced food in major population...
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    Should the law mandate vegan meals

    Be who you are, eat what keeps you healthy, to thine own self be true, and judge others not unjustly because they do not follow your ways, and for goodness sake give it a rest mate, and that last bit is not aimed at anyone in particular. This land of ours, this Sceptered Isle, this land of...
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    Share Your Progress!

    Started out at 14 and a half stone in weight beginning of December when first mention made of my Blood Glucose levels by the Doctor, now down to 13 and a quarter stone, on low carb diet, even with Christmas in between, looking to get down to about 12 stone by end of spring, it feels like hard...
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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    I had my first meeting with the Diabetic Nurse at my doctors surgery, not the full check over bit, that is due next month, a very nice lady who sat and talked me through all the various bits and pieces to do with being diabetic, she says that she tells all her new diagnosed to test and keep...
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    A to z of geographical place names.

    Harpers Ferry
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    A to Z for words in general

    Nurturing
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    A to Z of Male & Female Christian Names.

    Clarrissa
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    Diabetes and Psoriasis

    Mine does not flare up as such, it is just always there, really annoying, makes for being so aware of your condition, especially during summer when short sleeve shirts and such are worn, I just wondered if anyone else had noticed any co relation twixt the conditions?
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    Verbosity

    Let the public adore designs kinkily insipid
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    A-Z of landmarks

    Ullswater
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    A to Z of FILM STARS.

    Keely Hawes
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    A to z of geographical place names.

    Christchurch
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