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<blockquote data-quote="PDR" data-source="post: 1768288" data-attributes="member: 472992"><p>- What is your name?</p><p>Pete Rieden</p><p></p><p>- How old are you?</p><p>57 (but I always find it's not the age - it's the mileage that does the damage)</p><p></p><p>- Are you male or female?</p><p>Male</p><p></p><p>- Which country are you from?</p><p>UK</p><p></p><p>- Which city/area do you live in?</p><p>City? Certainly not! The family seat is in Farnham (Surrey)</p><p></p><p>- Are you religious?</p><p>I have ben touched by His Noodley Appendage, so I'm a pastafarian</p><p></p><p>- Pick three words to describe your personality.</p><p>I'm an engineer - we're not supposed to have a personality</p><p></p><p>- Do you have any pets?</p><p>Two dogs; an 11-year-old blonde labradoodle and a 3 year-old doggie of colour cockerpoo</p><p></p><p>- Microsoft or Apple?</p><p>Suffer thou not the iBling to live...</p><p></p><p>- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?</p><p>I run up lots of expenses - does that count? Failing that it's formula 1, which I play by watching it on the sofa.</p><p></p><p>- Do you get angry easily?</p><p>HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF SUCH A THING! </p><p></p><p>- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?</p><p>No</p><p></p><p>- List your five favourite musicians/bands.</p><p>There can be only one Pink Floyd, and Dave Gilmour is its prophet.</p><p></p><p>- What would you say your favourite music genre is?</p><p>I refer you to my previous answer</p><p></p><p>- What is your favourite flag?</p><p>The chequered one</p><p></p><p>- Ever gone camping?</p><p>Yes, but I'v been on the wagon for nearly 10 years</p><p></p><p>- Ever been in love?</p><p>I'll have to ask my wife and get back to you on that.</p><p></p><p>- Ever used fake tan?</p><p>No</p><p></p><p>- Which countries have you visited?</p><p>Lots of them</p><p></p><p>- Favourite city?</p><p>Rome</p><p></p><p>- List your five favourite TV programmes.</p><p>Ted's Notebook, Game of Thrones (well DUH!), Endevour, Would I Lie To You, Strike (the JKR detective stuff).</p><p></p><p>- List your five favourite films.</p><p>The Martian</p><p>Salmon Fishing in the Yemen</p><p>What we did on our holiday</p><p>Denial</p><p>The Martian</p><p></p><p>- Are you wealthy?</p><p>Define "wealthy". </p><p></p><p>- Do you work? If so, as what?</p><p>I'm a chartered engineer in the aviation industry</p><p></p><p>- List the subjects you study/have studied.</p><p>Electronic Engineering</p><p>Aeronautical Engineering</p><p>Systems Engineering</p><p>Supportability Engineering</p><p>History of Engineering</p><p>How to make your second million in Engineering</p><p>How to suffer the silliness of lesser people (non-engineers)</p><p>Management (it was an off day - I was young, drunk and led astray)</p><p>Maths</p><p>Physics</p><p>The Books of Tom Holt</p><p>Life, the universe and everything</p><p></p><p>- What do you like most about yourself?</p><p>My deeply-ingrained humility and respect of others</p><p></p><p>- What do you like least about yourself?</p><p>The cowardly way I suffer fools by displaying humility and respecting the views of idiots...</p><p>I'm a teetotaler, but I'm not very good at it.</p><p>-----------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>So that's the interogation over. Do we get marks or is it just a pass/fail thing? Anyway, a year or so ago my doctor advised me that I was slightly over the line for type 2 and put me on Metformin (500mg twice a day) and statins, largely because I am slightly overweight (only about 4-5 stones) and employ staff to take my exercise for me. A couple of weeks ago I had a review and the stats had gone mad, so I was given a testing kit. That gave me some data to p;lay with, and like all engineers I just love playing with data, so out came the spreadsheet...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26358[/ATTACH]This showed I was way over the limits, averaging about 14mmol/l for the first few days. The chart above shows my learning journey. The early peaks included discoveries like the evils of watermelon (a hazardous substance which should require a prescription) and the way that bread is mostly carbs, so lunchtime sandwich or baggette is a stupid idea! Then couscous, then pasta (even wholemeal pasta) etc etc - I'm sure you've all been there. Last weekend I discovered the Lidl "Low GI Loaf" and had salad sandwiches for lunch. That's when I discovered that Lidl "Low GI Loaf" is just as carb-loaded as a brace of croissants, so that's now on the banned list as well. </p><p></p><p>The chart is interesting. Most of the peaks an troughs I can account for through food errors or bouts of exercise, and you can see that there is a general downward trend (helped a little by the doctor adding Gliclazide from lunchtime last saturday) but there are underlying themes that I struggle with. Like why it is that the level sometimes goes up while I sleep, but other times it goes down. Or why I can eat an evening meal followed by a 2 mile brisk walk on one day and see the net level drop and stay down, but precisely the same meal and walk the next day will see a peak before the fall. So any advice/poiters here would help!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, that's more than enough blather from me for now...</p><p></p><p>PDR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PDR, post: 1768288, member: 472992"] - What is your name? Pete Rieden - How old are you? 57 (but I always find it's not the age - it's the mileage that does the damage) - Are you male or female? Male - Which country are you from? UK - Which city/area do you live in? City? Certainly not! The family seat is in Farnham (Surrey) - Are you religious? I have ben touched by His Noodley Appendage, so I'm a pastafarian - Pick three words to describe your personality. I'm an engineer - we're not supposed to have a personality - Do you have any pets? Two dogs; an 11-year-old blonde labradoodle and a 3 year-old doggie of colour cockerpoo - Microsoft or Apple? Suffer thou not the iBling to live... - Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? I run up lots of expenses - does that count? Failing that it's formula 1, which I play by watching it on the sofa. - Do you get angry easily? HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF SUCH A THING! - Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No - List your five favourite musicians/bands. There can be only one Pink Floyd, and Dave Gilmour is its prophet. - What would you say your favourite music genre is? I refer you to my previous answer - What is your favourite flag? The chequered one - Ever gone camping? Yes, but I'v been on the wagon for nearly 10 years - Ever been in love? I'll have to ask my wife and get back to you on that. - Ever used fake tan? No - Which countries have you visited? Lots of them - Favourite city? Rome - List your five favourite TV programmes. Ted's Notebook, Game of Thrones (well DUH!), Endevour, Would I Lie To You, Strike (the JKR detective stuff). - List your five favourite films. The Martian Salmon Fishing in the Yemen What we did on our holiday Denial The Martian - Are you wealthy? Define "wealthy". - Do you work? If so, as what? I'm a chartered engineer in the aviation industry - List the subjects you study/have studied. Electronic Engineering Aeronautical Engineering Systems Engineering Supportability Engineering History of Engineering How to make your second million in Engineering How to suffer the silliness of lesser people (non-engineers) Management (it was an off day - I was young, drunk and led astray) Maths Physics The Books of Tom Holt Life, the universe and everything - What do you like most about yourself? My deeply-ingrained humility and respect of others - What do you like least about yourself? The cowardly way I suffer fools by displaying humility and respecting the views of idiots... I'm a teetotaler, but I'm not very good at it. ----------------------------------------- So that's the interogation over. Do we get marks or is it just a pass/fail thing? Anyway, a year or so ago my doctor advised me that I was slightly over the line for type 2 and put me on Metformin (500mg twice a day) and statins, largely because I am slightly overweight (only about 4-5 stones) and employ staff to take my exercise for me. A couple of weeks ago I had a review and the stats had gone mad, so I was given a testing kit. That gave me some data to p;lay with, and like all engineers I just love playing with data, so out came the spreadsheet... [ATTACH=full]26358[/ATTACH]This showed I was way over the limits, averaging about 14mmol/l for the first few days. The chart above shows my learning journey. The early peaks included discoveries like the evils of watermelon (a hazardous substance which should require a prescription) and the way that bread is mostly carbs, so lunchtime sandwich or baggette is a stupid idea! Then couscous, then pasta (even wholemeal pasta) etc etc - I'm sure you've all been there. Last weekend I discovered the Lidl "Low GI Loaf" and had salad sandwiches for lunch. That's when I discovered that Lidl "Low GI Loaf" is just as carb-loaded as a brace of croissants, so that's now on the banned list as well. The chart is interesting. Most of the peaks an troughs I can account for through food errors or bouts of exercise, and you can see that there is a general downward trend (helped a little by the doctor adding Gliclazide from lunchtime last saturday) but there are underlying themes that I struggle with. Like why it is that the level sometimes goes up while I sleep, but other times it goes down. Or why I can eat an evening meal followed by a 2 mile brisk walk on one day and see the net level drop and stay down, but precisely the same meal and walk the next day will see a peak before the fall. So any advice/poiters here would help! Anyway, that's more than enough blather from me for now... PDR [/QUOTE]
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