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

JohnEGreen said:

All this talk of schools brought to mind when in the not so distant past at a school in the Wigan area my grandson's teacher stood him in the front of the class and announced to the class that he was a chav and a ne'er-do-well that he would never succeed or do anything worth while he now has a first in economics a decent job as a data analyst for the post office and has nearly completed his masters with Bristol University.

So much for her opinion.

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ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a distinctly breezy L.A. where Jeeves has laid out my summer weight hoodie - but no socks or long trousers. Good man. Attached is what is the forecast weather so some rain may also drift your way British summers and England cricket team batting collapses (Friday) good to see the old traditions are being kept. @Krystyna23040. @Annb I hope the journey and consultation go well. £900? as the advert says, because you're worth it. @lindisfel that tale of the dash for cover very much reminds me of my parents (fondly) - thanks. @gennepher I'd put money on 2 badgers being able to "have" a cat but what can't speak can't lie - except nowadays it can, does, goes viral and gets monetised. Not your I add hastily. Tanks for the raspberry kaleidoscope. I miss the row of raspberries we had "back home" - the ones we planted here haven't taken. W******* have some huge and juicy blackberries this year - no scartches, or walking all over to pick them either. @dunelm stunning artwork thank you so much. A real shelter from the storm eh Bob. @Lamont D and @Annb hugs on behalf of teachers. Grievances held aren't healthy as Derek says but that, I believe is what our sinful nature does. As he says some here believe there is one and only route to propitiation but people's views differ. Respect to all. Enjoy your day but live it in the spirit of the game

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gennepher said:

Thanks @ianpspurs
Midnight rules. This is his garden.
But when I go out in a morning and there is no Midnight, my heart sinks, then he comes out from hiding. He has no fear literally walking on the ground with them around.,

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ianpspurs said:

Fearless and peerless. How's Monty these days or has he fled the scene of his crimes?

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gennepher said:

All animals are still present and correct, they just don't come in so much with the badger family taking over the garden.

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gennepher said:

Fbg 6.8

Watching the myriads of baby sparrows through my open glass bedroom door into the garden. But it will be closed when I need to get out of bed. These are winter temperatures. The air is icy cold. Time to put away summer clothes, find the winter duvet..

Wildlife nighttime videos.
Badger son tries wrecking my rubber mat! Pa Badger pushes him out of way, My mat, Pa says... Midnight comes along & repeatedly smacks Pa Badger. Then Midnight looks into Trail Camera lens, "See what I just did, Mum"...


Creative is a kaleidoscope of my raspberries in my garden...they are delicious...

Have your best day.

Time for a nap....

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gennepher said:

This is incredibly effective @dunelm

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lindisfel said:

When I was newly qualified electrician in a gas works my Electricians mate had worked as a Japanese prisoner of war on The Railway, he got of it all out talking to me when we worked together in the retort houses.
Your dad must have gone through a lot.

Within two years I had an HNC in electrical engineering having been a school failure, but I got a job as a direct entry broadcast engineer which changed my life for the better.
D.

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gennepher said:

Alf!

Sounds an interesting school...

My last school the girls and boys ran it, teaching staff, and finally the headmaster (who had come to our school straight from running Borstal) was at the bottom of having any authority or control. He was so cruel, dragging boys along the corridors by their hair, that we gave him no respect. He didn't instil fear in us.
For girls if discipline was to be metered out, the offender girls were dragged into the domestic science room flat (where we were supposed to learn housewifely activities such as ironing hubby's morning newspaper) and the the rest of us formed a ring to enclose the two girls who had to slug it out in a cat fight (not a pretty sight).
For boys, it was a ring of boys in the tar-macadam playground, out in public, and the offender boys had a boxing match until one was declared a winner.
If it was something between boys and girls, us girls were very good at mediation...
If it was something between the boys and teaching staff ( the boys could be complete idiots in causing needless trouble), then us girls acted as mediators in order to calm the teacher and get him back into the classroom.

And that was basically how my last school was run. And before you ask what kind of school it was, it was a Grammar school in a very deprived run down area.

And I was the different pupil. My prior senior schools had told me I was useless, not capable of taking exams etc.gave me nought or one out of ten for anything. When your back is against the wall, you can do anything...there is no other place to go.

So, at this last school I attended, I had nothing to lose. So, I didn't give a monkey's. My last two years in it were spent decorating all the corridors. I collected as many colour and Sunday magazines as I could, and spent my time cutting out and pasting these on the corridor walls throughout the school, creating murals. 'You can't do that', said the younger pupils, you'll get into trouble. 'No I won't,' I said. I did get called to the headmaster's office, but by the time I finished my verbal argument with him, I walked out with permission to do this mural, but I had to get it off all the walls before I left the school. Well, I didn't have to, because by that time the headmaster was proudly showing all visitors the kind of gifted pupil the school was creating. And to my surprise, the mural remained for many years on the walls.

I am now a respectable batty old lady...

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dunelm said:

Got to love a raspberry

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Lamont D said:

The obvious solution was gluten, but I'm not gluten intolerant, I'm a lot intolerant among things but not gluten!

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ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a distinctly breezy L.A. where Jeeves has laid out my summer weight hoodie - but no socks or long trousers. Good man. Attached is the forecast weather so some rain may also drift your way @Krystyna23040. British summers and England cricket team batting collapses, good to see the old traditions are being kept @Annb I hope the journey and consultation go well. £900? as the advert says, because you're worth it. @lindisfel that tale of the dash for cover very much reminds me of my parents (fondly) - thanks. @gennepher I'd put money on 2 badgers being able to "have" a cat but what can't speak can't lie - except nowadays it can, does, goes viral and gets monetised. Not yours I add hastily. Thanks for the raspberry kaleidoscope. I miss the row of raspberries we had "back home" - the ones we planted here haven't taken. W******* have some huge and juicy blackberries this year - no scratches, or walking all over to pick them either. @dunelm stunning artwork thank you so much. A real shelter from the storm eh Bob? @Lamont D and @Annb hugs on behalf of teachers. Grievances held aren't healthy as Derek says but that, I believe, is what our sinful nature does. As he says, some here believe there is one and only one route to propitiation but people's views differ. Respect to all. Enjoy your day but live it in the spirit of the game
Edited for most egregious errors but still sloppy. Sorry for the disrespect

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gennepher said:

I was particularly kind to someone midweek while I was out, who was very distressed, and I sorted her out. And then an hour later she came looking for and found me, and thanked me so much, I had saved her day.

This oriental delivery guy went over and above for me. I am so grateful.

Kindness always gets passed on when we least expect it and when it is most needed.

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Krystyna23040 said:

I am not gluten intolerant but after working with a dietician many years ago we found my severe reactions were caused by modern wheat.

One time we were staying with brother in law and they were very careful that everything was wheat free. I had a very puzzling severe reaction to dinner one evening. No wheat in the food and the soy sauce was wheat free.


The next day my sister in law apologised as the bottle of soy sauce had been refilled from a tin of soy sauce made with wheat. I was relieved because I thought I had developed a new allergy.

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Lamont D said:

I will look up again the name of that part of wheat, which is the culprit!

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