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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Muddy Cyclist said:
Hope you have a productive and trouble free trip.

Don't forget to use that super dooper camera iPhone, us stay at homes need inspiration. :)
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11 years ago today, I joined Apple from Microsoft. It's been the ride...

I met Steve Jobs only four times; he was very ill and his passing was shocking in the speed of his deterioration. It'll be a decade this October since he left us. I worked in Jony Ive's team at the time and remember the silence at the old HQ when it was announced...you could hear a pin drop.

Photo's a pleasure...it'll be great to have you all with me...

 
Krystyna23040 said:
I I drew the line at eating gooseberries.
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I really didn't like gooseberries - especially picking them. Rather a problem when both my granddad and dad grew them to sell. I did like what the money was able to provide though. Our last house and garden were built on part of the gooseberry land. As predicted the frozen ones from Poland made that unprofitable. I never heard of anyone picking a ton of those a day but I was in the ton a day plums team. Red gooseberries were rather nice, much sweeter. They came late in the season and were only grown for family consumption.
 
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dunelm said:
Well tonights episode of Rainbow means that Mrs Miggins can now book a hair appointment instead of taking a chance with my clippers. Bungle, Zippy and George all on form and are evidently looking forward to an irreversible slurp of beer in a local beer garden. Pretty sure that when I drank beer, each sip was quite irreversible, even back then - unless, of course..........
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I can do it, Geoffry!
 
BRSBRI said:
11 years ago today, I joined Apple from Microsoft. It's been the ride...

I met Steve Jobs only four times; he was very ill and his passing was shocking in the speed of his deterioration. It'll be a decade this October since he left us. I worked in Jony Ive's team at the time and remember the silence at the old HQ when it was announced...you could hear a pin drop.

Photo's a pleasure...it'll be great to have you all with me...

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I love that Zoe Harcombe and Paul Mason make an appearance at the end of that video.
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geefull said:
good afternoon all :)

4.1 today

very cold today, lots of gustly wind from the North and we awoke to a good covering of snow, it's mostly melted now though we may get more later, a good day for hibernating ;)

Sorry for the irregular posting this last couple of weeks. I'll have to go back and ready the posts I've missed later on :sorry:

I'll admit I'm finding getting myself motivated to do things a bit difficult at the moment, I've also put on some more weight which feels very disheartening for me because I had a weight problem for so many years :(
so, I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself. I don't know whether I've become more insulin resistant (hence the sudden onset of weight gain?) or whether it's just me not getting enough exercise or both (or neither), my bg has been mostly ok if a bit higher in the average.

I have put off calling to get my blood tests done and must get on with it, last time I called they weren't doing them unless urgent though.

I'm fine mostly :) just in dither and prevaricate mode.

Hope your day is treating you kindly :)

Still trying and mostly managing to get some art done most days

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This painting is beautiful @geefull
I love that single tree taking up the whole picture.
 
BRSBRI said:
Farewell dinner in Bath occurring as I head off on my travels tomorrow.

Poached salmon, Mediterranean veg, and a salad to start; my better half helping me pack my case again... She'll wave me off tomorrow which is nice. Seems weird after only having been home a few days. Sigh.

Remember the promise I was made - no more travel till June? Well that was total @#£_&£#! Thankfully only 2 nights/3 days to Tel Aviv by month's end and that'll be it till June.

Heavy conference calls all afternoon...but they were very productive.

Latest Covid tests all negative, paperwork in hand. Another one tomorrow night.

Will take the doglet out for a march in the morning and head for the train station around noon to head to Paddington on the first leg of my trip out west.

I hope everyone is well...and warm
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Have a good trip @BRSBRI
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Spent a lovely if not very cold sunny afternoon in our daughters garden, won all the egg and spoon races, don't ask.:)

Finished minimal landscape art from a few days ago and started the first layer ready for the next.

Both A4 watercolour..
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Next a wood scene this is the first washed layer....
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The finished minimal landscape looks good @Muddy Cyclist
And I like the promise of the background for the next one...
 
BRSBRI said:
11 years ago today, I joined Apple from Microsoft. It's been the ride...

I met Steve Jobs only four times; he was very ill and his passing was shocking in the speed of his deterioration. It'll be a decade this October since he left us. I worked in Jony Ive's team at the time and remember the silence at the old HQ when it was announced...you could hear a pin drop.

Photo's a pleasure...it'll be great to have you all with me...

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How things change must be a great if not demanding position to be employed in.

My computer career started back in 1976 when I started a software company, no packages available so wrote and designed everything from scratch, Olivetti, DEC, Data General computers. Wrote in Machine Code, Basic, COBOL then later a decision table language and on 256 byte magnetic cards, payrolls, accounts, stock control and production control. how quickly things changed. Retired in 2000 things where moving far to fast for my ageing brain, good years though. :)

Enjoy your trip.
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
How things change must be a great if not demanding position to be employed in.

My computer career started back in 1976 when I started a software company, no packages available so wrote and designed everything from scratch, Olivetti, DEC, Data General computers. Wrote in Machine Code, Basic, COBOL then later a decision table language and on 256 byte magnetic cards, payrolls, accounts, stock control and production control. how quickly things changed. Retired in 2000 things where moving far to fast for my ageing brain, good years though. :)

Enjoy your trip.
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Muddy Cyclist said:
How things change must be a great if not demanding position to be employed in.

My computer career started back in 1976 when I started a software company, no packages available so wrote and designed everything from scratch, Olivetti, DEC, Data General computers. Wrote in Machine Code, Basic, COBOL then later a decision table language and on 256 byte magnetic cards, payrolls, accounts, stock control and production control. how quickly things changed. Retired in 2000 things where moving far to fast for my ageing brain, good years though. :)

Enjoy your trip.
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Oh WOW! You're a guru...
DEC PDP-11 I've seen in a museum - they were water cooled to stop them overheating. And DEC Vax too.
Wow! 256 byte magnetic cards! That's awesome.

Teams work in JavaScript, Swift, Scala, Go, Python and Ruby + others. All play their part in MacOS and iOS and the new products coming down the line.

Work very closely with the industrial design teams where I started off my journey here.

I started with Microsoft in 1999 - after being a hush puppied academic. Now I wear open toed sandals and pretend I'm cool lol! MrsBRS has just choked "YOU cool. OMG" ? Oh well, my delusion is getting worse.
 
BRSBRI said:
Farewell dinner in Bath occurring as I head off on my travels tomorrow.

Poached salmon, Mediterranean veg, and a salad to start; my better half helping me pack my case again... She'll wave me off tomorrow which is nice. Seems weird after only having been home a few days. Sigh.

Remember the promise I was made - no more travel till June? Well that was total @#£_&£#! Thankfully only 2 nights/3 days to Tel Aviv by month's end and that'll be it till June.

Heavy conference calls all afternoon...but they were very productive.

Latest Covid tests all negative, paperwork in hand. Another one tomorrow night.

Will take the doglet out for a march in the morning and head for the train station around noon to head to Paddington on the first leg of my trip out west.

I hope everyone is well...and warm
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Have a safe trip
 
BRSBRI said:
Oh WOW! You're a guru...
DEC PDP-11 I've seen in a museum - they were water cooled to stop them overheating. And DEC Vax too.
Wow! 256 byte magnetic cards! That's awesome.

Teams work in JavaScript, Swift, Scala, Go, Python and Ruby + others. All play their part in MacOS and iOS and the new products coming down the line.

Work very closely with the industrial design teams where I started off my journey here.

I started with Microsoft in 1999 - after being a hush puppied academic. Now I wear open toed sandals and pretend I'm cool lol! MrsBRS has just choked "YOU cool. OMG" ? Oh well, my delusion is getting worse.
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It was very pioneering, I remember my first PDP 11 with two 20k discs, they are huge, I thought I could rule the world. Still have some of those discs and magnetic cards in my loft. :) The discs had a file of liquid on them, if they got badly knocked it would turn red and all data lost.

I had one of the first Ford Escort XR3i s and moving office with a boot full of discs MRs MC rolled it 3 times on Cannock Chase, missed all trees but discs were scattered everywhere, when she rang me, days before mobiles, I made the unforgivable and always to be reminded mistake asking, " Are the discs all intact?" Before asking "Are you OK?" Will never be allowed to forget that. :)
 
ianpspurs said:
I really didn't like gooseberries - especially picking them. Rather a problem when both my granddad and dad grew them to sell. I did like what the money was able to provide though. Our last house and garden were built on part of the gooseberry land. As predicted the frozen ones from Poland made that unprofitable. I never heard of anyone picking a ton of those a day but I was in the ton a day plums team. Red gooseberries were rather nice, much sweeter. They came late in the season and were only grown for family consumption.
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Picking a ton of plums a day was really impressive. How many of you were in the team?
Red gooseberries sound much nicer than the green ones. Can you eat them raw as they are much sweeter?
 
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