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Diabetics R Us

JohnEGreen said:
Maybe an experience gift like driving a racing car on a skid pan or something similar.
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Guzzler said:
Now theres an idea! The only thing is my sons are XL, think The Rock, would he fit into a race car?
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I bought my hubby one of those for his 40th. It was at Silverstone, so we made a weekend break of it. Rather than a formula racing car he chose the saloon car. (He had the choice of formula, saloon or 4x4 rally car off road. He loved it. He had a group tutorial first and then several runs round the track. The first run he was a passenger whilst the instructor did the driving, showing him when and where to change gear etc. Then lots more with him driving, but the instructor was a passenger. The final run was back with the instructor driving at top racing speed the whole circuit, just to show him how professionals do it. That was scary. He was fine. Exhilarated in fact. However, two or three of the rest of the group (all 40 something men) threw up as soon as they got out of the car. I loved it, too. I watched from the area where they started from (not the actual pits) . The smell of burning rubber was extremely strong. Very atmospheric though, but nerve racking watching him whiz round those bends at in excess of 120mph..
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I bought my hubby one of those for his 40th. It was at Silverstone, so we made a weekend break of it. Rather than a formula racing car he chose the saloon car. (He had the choice of formula, saloon or 4x4 rally car off road. He loved it. He had a group tutorial first and then several runs round the track. The first run he was a passenger whilst the instructor did the driving, showing him when and where to change gear etc. Then lots more with him driving, but the instructor was a passenger. The final run was back with the instructor driving at top racing speed the whole circuit, just to show him how professionals do it. That was scary. He was fine. Exhilarated in fact. However, two or three of the rest of the group (all 40 something men) threw up as soon as they got out of the car. I loved it, too. I watched from the area where they started from (not the actual pits) . The smell of burning rubber was extremely strong. Very atmospheric though, but nerve racking watching him whiz round those bends at in excess of 120mph..
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He loves driving.
 
JohnEGreen said:
God alone knows but my blood sugars have gone crazy of late.
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It is so very frustrating when there is no obvious rhyme or reason but quite worrying if it goes on too long. Fingers crossed that things settle down very soon and that you can say 'Well, I I have no idea what that was all about but I'm glad to be back to normal-for-me'.
 
Guzzler said:
Thanks, lass.
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A few years ago, I went to a business jolly involving off-road driving in "traditional"Landrover. Boy, was that fun.

I'll never know if the ponds and puddles we encountered along the way were naturally filled, or maintained for the cutomers, but we did manage to make lots of Landies very, very muddy indeed!

I had driven 4WD car before that day, but more in the styleeee of the Chelsea tractor.

The tales of derring do being related in the pub afterwards were quite,............... creatively enthusiastic let's say.
 
DCUKMod said:
A few years ago, I went to a business jolly involving off-road driving in "traditional"Landrover. Boy, was that fun.

I'll never know if the ponds and puddles we encountered along the way were naturally filled, or maintained for the cutomers, but we did manage to make lots of Landies very, very muddy indeed!

I had driven 4WD car before that day, but more in the styleeee of the Chelsea tractor.

The tales of derring do being related in the pub afterwards were quite,............... creatively enthusiastic let's say.
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Being ex forces my lad might say 'Meh' to driving a landy but he did enjoy the quads in Egypt.
 
Chaos at the bluetit nest today. We are inundated with builders and tradesmen. Hubby made 9 brews for them just now, and guess what, he and I are now having to share a mug of tea as we have run out of mugs. Noise, dust, men falling over themselves, cables and wires everywhere, under floor insulation boards all over the place, and plaster boards in a neat pile, but at least the job is getting done. They only started 2 weeks ago and are well on their way to finishing the first fix. We have to chose a toilet and washbasin now. I had no idea there were so many choices. Millions of them. Hey ho. Off on holiday in 10 days. Dare we go?
 
Just discovered that out living room radiator is leaking. Eugh.
 
Morning all

Bad night's sleep; last night's tea sat like a lead brick in my stomach and kept me awake :(

Have a good day

H
 
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