Possibly the Best Medicine in the World

Thank for that, sixfoot (if you have six feet that doesn't bode well if you get diabetic neuropathy!)
Any way with so much depression that diabetics are prone too I think trying to keep a sense of humour is essential.Having a weird and wacky one is also useful especially on the days when things look black and gloomy.You know the old saying, 'laugh and the world laughs with you,cry and you cry alone'.Well on here laugh and we all laugh will you,cry and we will be here to help and listen and try and lift your spirits and confusion.

 

Not at all. As an entomologist, I can assure that the loss of one foot out of 5 is of little significance for an insect - compared with one of two for a human.

 

sorry off topic, but ...

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Not off topic,Sweet3x..Laughter is what this topic is about! :lol:

 

cool !! what's you're favorite type of bug. I studied a bsc in forensic science and I really like the intro into insects that we did with the regression for the PMI calculations.

 

The Mole Cricket's Last Stand

Gorilla talpa is the king
(I'm glad it hasn't got a sting)
with shovel hands just like a mole
it soon descends deep in its hole.

It loved the damp & fertile soil
but made my father's temper boil
as through the rows of fruitful crops
it ate the roots - you'd see the tops
of carrots, beet and brussel sprouts
just wither like a summer drought.

Our garden was its final home
my father its unwilling slave
he moved - the garden overgrown
became gorilla talpa's grave.

The Mole cricket - Gryllotalpa infested our garden in Sholing, Southampton. Dad did did not realise it was nearly extinct in Britain. That was up to 1958. We moved across the road, & the very well cultivated garden soon became overgrown.

In the 70s conservationists became concerned about this endangered species, and the BBC Natural History Unit came to search for it in the old garden in 1979, without any success. I have the tape of that search- its the only tape I have of Dad's voice. He died the following year.



Fergus - if you can find one, it will be very low carb. John the baptist enjoyed a diet of locusts, but leave off the wild honey.

 

Gardening Rule:
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

 

That is so true! Anyone got any small,portable nuclear devices for dealing with dandelions?

 

You could try that smartprice whisky, it'd probably kill anything.

 

We have 3 small and very portable Guinea Pigs. They love dandelions so I have been cultivating them in my lawn. They love them so much that they don't actually grow and we have to pick the leaves and bring them home. Want to borrow them?

 

Guinea Pigs .........Aaaah !!

Don't touch 'em with a bargepole Sue. When my daughter was about 9 yrs old I was persuaded to buy a couple of Guinea Pigs for the princely sum of £4.

All was fine until a couple of years later one of them needed Veterinary treatment. What a shock that was. A bill of £26 !!! More than 5 times the purchase price.

Not so Aaaah........more like Aaaaargh !!! :shock:

Ken.