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Hele bonnie said:
Hi
Iam Helen
Iam 66 years old
Love nature animals birds and long walks
Interested in knowing about the 'Diabetes struggle '
As I will call it
I feel very happy Idiscovered this site
Feel truly blessed
Enjoy your day
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Hello Helen, and welcome! How long since you were diagnosed with diabetes? It takes a bit of getting one's head round....
 
Include a photo here if you wish to.
No photo, nobody needs to see my face..

What is your name?
Heather

How old are you?
49 now, I was 46 when I joined.

Are you male or female?
Female, sometimes non-binary..

Which country are you from?
England, but live in Scotland, most of my Ancestry is Scottish (with a bit of Welsh, English and possibly Northern Irish).

Which city/area do you live in?
I live in East Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands.

Are you religious?


Pick three words to describe your personality…
Cranky, Cynical and Crazy

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Do you have any pets?
No, can’t afford to feed myself, never mind a pet. I feed wild birds daily tho.

Microsoft or Apple?
Sony

Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Sport?

Do you get angry easily?
Kind of, these questions aren’t helping.

Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No, I’m not a sheep.

List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Nirvana.
The Boo Radleys.
Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac.
The Beatles maybe.
The Kinks..
I can’t really say I have favourites anymore, I like much more music than these 5..

What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Indie, Alternative, 60s Beat, Blues and Psychedelia, Folk, Acid Folk, bit of Punk and Motown.

What is your favourite flag?


Ever gone camping?
Yep.

Ever been in love?
No.

Ever used fake tan?
No, I’m not vain or a sun worshipper.

Which countries have you visited?
Only Wales, Scotland and England. Can’t afford a passport. £100?

Favourite city?
Don’t really have one. I like Inverness. Manchester is my home city. Liverpool is cool. Places, I love Whitby, Fleetwood, Scarborough, The Peak District, (especially Buxton, Bakewell, Hathersage and Castleton). Up here local villages. Orkney. Shetland. Forres is cute.

List your five favourite TV programmes.
I don’t have a TV, because I can’t afford a TV licence, but I watch stuff online on U, ITVX, C4 app, Pluto TV, Tubi, Apple, YouTube and OK.RU. Favourite TV would be something from childhood. Like with Tony Hart, or Kids programmes. I like Slow Horses.. Recently been watching Miss Marple on U. I miss Top of the Pops.

List your five favourite films.
Legend.
The Lost Boys.
A Kind of Loving.
The Smallest Show on Earth.
Contact. Or Stand by Me. Or The Dark Crystal or Labyrinth. Or…………….

Are you wealthy?
Yeah, no….

Do you work? If so, as what?
No, on Universal Credit/LCW

List the subjects you study/have studied.
Environmental Science at degree level, but dropped out.

What do you like most about yourself?
Me

What do you like least about yourself?
Diabetes

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- Include a photo here if you wish to.
Thanks, but no thanks, enough to know that I'm pug-ugly!

- What is your name?
Mark

- How old are you?
57

- Are you male or female?
M

- Which country are you from?
Technically speaking I'm from the UK but I've been a bona fide American citizen and resident for over a decade

- Which city/area do you live in?
Upstate South Carolina

- Are you religious?
Depends on my mood...

- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Laid back, obstinate, thinker.

- Do you have any pets?
My mother-in-law's dog (long story)

- Microsoft or Apple?
Apple

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I follow American football's Clemson Tigers, will watch international soccer matches, Rugby matches if I can find them, I'm more a fan of outdoor adventure sports but haven't practiced for a few years now

- Do you get angry easily?
No

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No, but I do have a lovely collection of scars for body 'adornment'!

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Pink Floyd
Dvořák
Fisherman's Friends
Black Sabbath
Buju Banton

- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Easier to say that I'm not a fan of manufactured teeny pop

- What is your favourite flag?
Devon County

- Ever gone camping?
Yup

- Ever been in love?
Yup

- Ever used fake tan?
Lol, nope. Middle-Eastern ancestry doesn't need it!

- Which countries have you visited?
England, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany, Holland, Bulgaria, USA and Cornwall...

- Favourite city?
Berlin

- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Oof, tricky, books would have been easier...

- List your five favourite films.
See previous answer

- Are you wealthy?
lol, no

- Do you work? If so, as what?
Cabinetry installer in the US, time served Shipwright when I was in the UK

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
No uni for me

- What do you like most about yourself?
If you broke it I can probably fix it

- What do you like least about yourself?
An innate ability to work my hands raw and still be poor as a church mouse
 
Hello Everyone ,
My name is Mick, I am a 64 year old male from Scotland, now living in Hampshire, England.
I was born a Roman Catholic, but do not practice the religion at all.

- Pick three words to describe your personality. _ Loud, happy, busy
- Do you have any pets - One dog called `Jem and 3 tropical fish
- Microsoft or Apple - I much prefer Apple
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - I love watching Football and Rugby
- Do you get angry easily - Sometimes, more through frustration I guess
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? - No piercings, two tattoos, one letter on each wrist
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. - David Bowie, The Killers, Donna Summer, it goes on and on
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? R&B and soul
- What is your favourite flag? St Andrews cross
- Ever gone camping? - Yes several times, I spent 22 years in the British Army
- Ever been in love? - Yes
- Ever used fake tan? - No
- Which countries have you visited? All of uk, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Canada, USA, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Iceland, Kenya.
- Favourite city - Nairobi
- List your five favourite TV programmes. - Porridge, Building off the grid, Scooby Doo, Looney tunes, Star Trek original.
- List your five favourite films.- River wild. Any Liam Neeson movies. Dirty Dancing, Any horror suspense, very old Western.
- Are you wealthy - No
- Do you work? If so, as what - I am now retired from January 2026
- List the subjects you study/have studied. too many to mention , main one is teaching degree
- What do you like most about yourself? - my self determination
- What do you like least about yourself? - My impatience
 
Welcome to the club. Xx
 
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