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lindisfel said:
Hi jjraak, I found the staff were excellent, but we all know things can go wrong.
What I find particularly grating is my son i.l. and daughter's need to have Arnie on their Satnav loud all the time giving them directions when they know the way and saying "get down", when there is an hole in the road!
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Maybe it's to evaluate their leadership qualities...lol

 
lindisfel said:
Have developed a blistering rash on the right side of my back, it's possible it's shingles due to stress these last few weeks I will have to see doctor in am. Can be a problem in old age.
The itching is driving me up the wall and the antihistamine cream is not soothing it much.
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When I had a similar rash on my left side, between the bottom of my ribs and the top of my hip, GP decided, without seeing it, that it would be shingles and just to take paracetemol to deal with the pain. The pain was worse than the itch. Still not sure if it was shingles but it went away by itself, after a while.
 
lindisfel said:
Have developed a blistering rash on the right side of my back, it's possible it's shingles due to stress these last few weeks I will have to see doctor in am. Can be a problem in old age.
The itching is driving me up the wall and the antihistamine cream is not soothing it much.
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This sounds horrible. Am wondering if the specific gel treatment for chicken pox would help? Sorry I can't remember the name.
I hope you get some treatment to give relief soon.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7
I took it at dawn, but I had been awake since just after midnight, and was nibbling dark chocolate digestives...I was stressed...

Still having YouTube upload problems. It is still telling me I have reached my daily upload limit from a couple days ago.

So in the early hours this morning I click on the link it gives me. I have to verify I am me, but that still wasn't enough. I now have to verify my channel. That still wasn't enough.

Now, YouTube wants ID verification before I can upload any more videos.

3 options it gave me.
One was I had to give a facial recognition video.
Two was take a photo of my drivers license and they will hold that in their records.
The third one was something else ... and I am like heck no...

Right, I am going to delete my YouTube channel was my next thought.

I googled Google FAQ's at this point. A lot of disgruntled people. YouTube are making a lot of things very hard.

I give in. I opt for the facial recognition video. You had to centre your face in a circle. Face recognition failed it tells me - only one person allowed in the circle. I am on my own in bed. I check behind me, but it is just the wall with no decoration. I try again and again and again...face recognition keeps failing because I am only allowed to have one face in this shot.

I go and make a fresh flask of hot tea, this is going to be a very long night.

I try again. Facial recognition fails yet again because apparently there is another face in the shot...

Finally it decides I am the only face in the shot. You're too near. You're too far away. You're not centered. The list goes on. Finally the outer circle turns white - then it tells me to slowly turn my head to the right...which is right? I don't know at this point....I just turn my head.

Facial recognition accepted it says. You will hear from us in 24 hours...


So, I am still unable to upload another video yet.

But, I still have quite a few private uploaded videos from when I had more stuff from my posting my daily videos.
So, this one is from about a month ago...

It seems YouTube will allow me to make public my already uploaded private wildlife videos, but not upload any more until they verify me. I don't understand because I have already verified myself with phone number etc long ago.

Anyway, here is a video for today. From about a month ago...
Cat - The fearsome Cat, Midnight...
His first all night outside on the swing in a long time...and he bashes the poor fox...


Creative is a lighthouse, painted in Procreate. Gone are the sweet little sheep and lambs...in with the new phase lighthouses, maybe dark, maybe mysterious, maybe sinister...
I have a collection of postcards of lighthouses...maybe about a thousand or more...
I have the stories behind each one, and background information...
I once considered buying a small lighthouse to live in. I even got the keys to view it. I loved it. But this was when I was more able bodied. Rough waves would have washed over the entire thing...

I have just ranted at my daughter on Skype in Australia for an hour...you must have exceeded the number of videos and gb you could upload. I hadn't I told her. So she checks the limits on Google. No, you hadn't, she said, you barely touched the surface. So, it must be random checks by YouTube.
So, I say if they don't verify my channel, and I cannot upload any more, then I am deleting it. Daughter then comes up with a whole pile of other different options and strategies to show my wildlife nighttime videos. And they come with options to monetise them now. Whereas it would take me a year, or never to be able to monetise under the impossible new restrictions currently on YouTube.

So within 24 hours I should get an email from YouTube....

I badly need sleep now...Mr Sandman has just visited...

The living black fur blanket is on me...

Have your best day...

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What a palaver with YouTube and I hope that they contact you within the time stated - he says holding his breath. Smashing lighthouse, I love the crashing waves.
 
ianpspurs said:
At one stage, from what was posted on the threads I read, this would have been anathema to so many. I feel there is now a more tolerant hearing for these views. I know having a Bristol stool chart mug, travel cup and fridge magnet aren’t for everyone but it is always Worth looking into* "things" while passing through :) Too edgy? Type 4 again today thanks :woot: However, this is a kind of distilled essence of Spector/Zoe/Mosely et al. *Lyrics
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Got to love Kid Creole and the Coconuts - talking of which, here is an ancient Chinese chart of something best viewed by your GP unless you are a contortionist.

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5.6 at 2.45 this morning. Up to 8.4 by 6 am. Took first basal dose and had a very early breakfast and hoping to get BG down into range asap and before it starts to rise too far. Daily levels are much improved now, but the early morning ones get out of control very easily so I am experimenting with ways of getting those levels down very early on.
 
7.7 this morning. Looks like an overcast and damp day today. Yesterday's walk was lovely at Sheringham Park yesterday. It was actually warmer and sunnier in North Norfolk than it was here in central Norfolk.

Mr K had homemade bread pudding instead of a NT sausage roll. He liked it so much he bought another slice to take home with us.
 
Good morning everyone and welcome to another day in paradise here in the dark and dangerous north. Lovely morning spent with daughter and family. Flowers all the rage of course as are cards made in pre-school by three year olds - such talent at such and early age. Electrics installed in garage conversation yesterday so nearly there. Watched the film Everything Everywhere All At Once last night - Mrs Miggins’ comment - “bit weird, did you write the script?” Still, it was Mother’s Day and she had been so overwhelmed. Art bit - colour added so onwards and upwards. Hope your day is kind to you, I now need some lofty.

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Morning all from a damp Little America, how you 'doin? FBG 4.4 from Swipey. If I'm being picky that is +.2 from where I feel most comfortable on that device. Mother's day meal went well with four generations able to celebrate. @Annb good that daily levels are much improved. The optimistic is a wish that the early morning levels also flatten out. @Krystyna23040 good news on the lovely walk and Mr K finding other goodies. @lindisfel I hope your rash issue can be sorted today as you have been through enough lately. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art. Yesterday sounds good and I'll take Mrs Miggins' review as a guide to put that film on the avoid list - like I was going to watch it anyhow Today's plan is to visit my parent's grave as Monday looked the driest day and we have no childcare duties. Tomorrow would have been my mum's birthday. Have whatever kind of day works best for you and all you meet.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone and welcome to another day in paradise here in the dark and dangerous north. Lovely morning spent with daughter and family. Flowers all the rage of course as are cards made in pre-school by three year olds - such talent at such and early age. Electrics installed in garage conversation yesterday so nearly there. Watched the film Everything Everywhere All At Once last night - Mrs Miggins’ comment - “bit weird, did you write the script?” Still, it was Mother’s Day and she had been so overwhelmed. Art bit - colour added so onwards and upwards. Hope your day is kind to you, I now need some lofty.

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Wow! Brilliant artwork there.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone and welcome to another day in paradise here in the dark and dangerous north. Lovely morning spent with daughter and family. Flowers all the rage of course as are cards made in pre-school by three year olds - such talent at such and early age. Electrics installed in garage conversation yesterday so nearly there. Watched the film Everything Everywhere All At Once last night - Mrs Miggins’ comment - “bit weird, did you write the script?” Still, it was Mother’s Day and she had been so overwhelmed. Art bit - colour added so onwards and upwards. Hope your day is kind to you, I now need some lofty.

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Dramatic colouring...
Very effective...

Savour that coffee...
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and three toad Sloths, did you manage to escape the much hyped St Paddies day selebrations? Here in Tilehurst Towers or as it now known Covid Central we did, also the foot the ball and rugby. Lucky or what?

Blood sugars this morning were 3.8, yep you read it here first, a kick in the teeth 3.8 . My steam driven sliderule was dug out, tea bag reading mug warmed up, but not before my hands stopped shaking enough to consume jelly babies, an insulin dosage was derived with the help of a following wind. Breakfast was / had to be a higher carb and sugar concoction. O the joys of diabetes, still things could be worse such as running out of safety koffy or being forced to watch the Terminator series of films.

I have also just done another LFT test and surprise surprise it is still +ve, Mrs J did one yesterday and hers was +ve also.

Now I must get on with my day, but first make safety koffy, stay safe all and stay well away from Covid Central.
Remember a smile costs nothing, but gives so much.
 
Fbg 6.7

Still problems uploading.
This one I uploaded a month ago, so I have made it public, so I am still posting every day.

Cat Midnight, Cat Merlin, and Foxy Loxy ...

A lot of activity.
Just after half way through, cat Midnight jumps on the swing, but Merlin is asleep there, so startled Merlin smacks Midnight!



Creative is a lighthouse digitally painted in Procreate....

Now I have to go and clear the mess round the swing outside. Stuff had been pulled off in the night. But I have no means of uploading the sd cards to view them to find out what happened until I can get more space on my iPad. And I cannot get more space on my iPad until I can upload those videos I had already edited up on to YouTube. And only then I can delete unwanted videos off my iPad...

Time for a cuppa and a nap...

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