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Sir Ranulph

What a great post, Caranadol! I hadn't thought about it like that, but you are quite right. What a good retort to any rude comments!

Viv 8)
 
carandol said:
But at least we'll now have someone to point to when stupid politicians say you only get it if you're fat and lazy...
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I've been fat and lazy for over a decade and I didn't get diabetes. I got diabetes when I gave up smoking. Where was the government health warning?

Well maybe, just maybe you understand, an outside chance, all those extra sweeties as cigarette substitutes may have had something to do with it. Actually, the All-party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diabetes state that diabetes care is 'depressingly poor'. The sort of guys you refer to are just politicians trying to say something outrageous so someone notices them. Some of them will say anything or do anything to get a headline. But that's all it is.
 
I feel for the bloke - but you're right. He's a perfect example of the non-overweight T2's out there!
 
Sir Steve Redgrave is another.
 
Well he's running out of fingers to get his blood samples from !
 

It made me laugh, but maybe I have a warped sense of humour.
 
I read his autobiography last year and he is certainly a one off, his list of achievements is probably second to none.
 
Ran makes jokes about cutting bits off. He told me whilst talking about the Antarctic leg of his round the world venture, "one would think that we would need people like doctors who could make you better if you were ill, or dentists who could pull out your teeth. Far from it. You need men who are patient. Very patient. You need someone who can strip down a carburettor, at minus 40, in the snow, without losing any screws, and not complain. They need to be so patient, you'd be forgiven for thinking that they were thick." His great fear is that of sea sickness. Everything else, including his military exploits whilst seconded to the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman during the Dhofar Rebellion he describes as 'great fun'.
 
Sid Bonkers said:
I read his autobiography last year and he is certainly a one off, his list of achievements is probably second to none.
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Isn't he the one who released a couple of very excited half-grown pigs into a formal Officers' Mess dinner? Love the man!

Mind you, if I was his wife, this time I'd nail his feet to the floor!

Viv 8)
 
viviennem said:
Mind you, if I was his wife, this time I'd nail his feet to the floor!
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His first wife Ginny was very much involved with Ran's expeditions. So much so that she was the first woman to be awarded a Polar Medal.

Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginny_Fiennes

She wasn't a stay at home type.
 
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