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

ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a much fresher L.A. where we seem to have missed all the rain, thunder and lightning although we had a series of little dribbles. @gennepher thanks for the teasel kaleidoscope and I'm glad your bungalow survived the deluge (Arthur Marwick book about impact of WWW1) @dunelm thanks for sharing the starter for 10 and I hope #shedgate is completed today. We acquired and made one of these
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yesterday. @Annb hug for the early waking and I hope the baking goes well but doesn't overtire you. Enjoy your day but perhaps not if you are an Aussie cricketer, fan or journo. A day for #seriousball.
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Thanks @ianpspurs
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a nice cool start here in the dark and dangerous north. Stevie Nicks stopped play on the shed revamp but between downpours the repairs were carried out. Hopefully today we can get the sanding done and some paint applied. Other jobs completed in a frisson were watering the gardens, washing the cars and cleaning the windows and the patio. Also, we got complimentary showers. It was like scene from Blade Runner. Mrs Miggins wanted it to be The Big Sleep so that she could be Lauren Bacall. Art bit - another starter for ten. Hope your day is a good one. My koffy is ready.


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Definitely not claustrophobic this one @dunelm

Hopefully you can achieve a lot between the complimentary showers.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a much fresher L.A. where we seem to have missed all the rain, thunder and lightning although we had a series of little dribbles. @gennepher thanks for the teasel kaleidoscope and I'm glad your bungalow survived the deluge (Arthur Marwick book about impact of WWW1) @dunelm thanks for sharing the starter for 10 and I hope #shedgate is completed today. We acquired and made one of these yesterday.
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@Annb hug for the early waking and I hope the baking goes well but doesn't overtire you. Enjoy your day but perhaps not if you are an Aussie cricketer, fan or journo. A day for #seriousball.
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Thanks Ian. Oatcakes in the oven and some experimental no-sugar-or-sweetener oat cookies as well (oats, butter, fruit, egg) so we'll see how that goes. If the lady who will only eat oats comes tomorrow, she'll have a choice. If she doesn't, they'll keep for a day or so before Alistair can pick them up and take them away.
 
Good Morening or nearly afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and all who accept music as a part of their lives.

Blood sugars this morning were 6.8 .

It’s no good me, me’s and myself denying that music is a large part of my life, I have spent a hour this morning practicing scales, arpeggios, attempting to play El Condor Pasa and Wagners Ride of the Valkyries. Valkyries is course work, El Condor Pasa is for interest only. One has to remember “ music is not my first love “ just one of many.
I don’t make much time for watching sport on the idiot box and don’t decry those that get pleasure from watching it. Except for Mrs J and her non stop ##oo## tennis.

Now it is now time 4/4 in the scale of H#b minor for me to get the right side of my 10:30 tea.

Stay safe, don’t disturb Mrs J watching tennis.
 
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7.3 this morning.
Yesterday a complete washout in more ways than the rain!
After a welcome knock around with the grandkids, it absolutely was biblical to see, another swimming lake in the garden, gonna maybe get some tiddlers in there, as to not waste it! It was still a deluge when I retired. Lovely and fresh this morning. A reminder of the time in lockdown, when traffic disappeared.
Bright and sunny this morning, quite warm. Have already spent an hour in the sun, going back out after watching some Headingly action. Can't watch !?;:** tennis!
My dad was a bit of a South Pacific fan, but his pick of music was predominantly a lot of Shirley Bassey.
Musically, one of my grandsons, only still in his last year of junior school, plays a mean viola. Already had orchestral opportunity with Opera North. Been practising a lot while his knee mends.
@ianpspurs can you name book, my history knowledge is decent and have read one or two books on WWI, especially the precursor to it starting. The big issue is the British government being dragged into a (royal) family argument.
watched a historic documentary to the ironclad battle and dives on the wrecks of ships around that era. Fascinating, how remarkable the features and designs on those ships changed so quickly.
From where I come from is it any wonder I'm interested?
Have a great day.
Best wishes.
 
Lamont D said:
7.3 this morning.
Yesterday a complete washout in more ways than the rain!
After a welcome knock around with the grandkids, it absolutely was biblical to see, another swimming lake in the garden, gonna maybe get some tiddlers in there, as to not waste it! It was still a deluge when I retired. Lovely and fresh this morning. A reminder of the time in lockdown, when traffic disappeared.
Bright and sunny this morning, quite warm. Have already spent an hour in the sun, going back out after watching some Headingly action. Can't watch !?;:** tennis!
My dad was a bit of a South Pacific fan, but his pick of music was predominantly a lot of Shirley Bassey.
Musically, one of my grandsons, only still in his last year of junior school, plays a mean viola. Already had orchestral opportunity with Opera North. Been practising a lot while his knee mends.
@ianpspurs can you name book, my history knowledge is decent and have read one or two books on WWI, especially the precursor to it starting. The big issue is the British government being dragged into a (royal) family argument.
watched a historic documentary to the ironclad battle and dives on the wrecks of ships around that era. Fascinating, how remarkable the features and designs on those ships changed so quickly.
From where I come from is it any wonder I'm interested?
Have a great day.
Best wishes.
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Spoiler alert, I'll always go for Cambridge historians, especially over Ox**** : :D Back in the day A JP Taylor was the go to man for starters - taster here. This is £ss but will obviously be good IMHO. Should be some here Not a fan of this guy - Turncoat going to the "other place" and adviser to she who I can't bear to name. This is one of my favourite books on the period leading up to WW!. I found this is good on the inter-war years Should while away a few hours. Hope that helps.
 
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6.9 this morning. We left for Sheringham Park at 8am this morning because rain was forecast for later this morning. Only a few spots materialised so we had a lovely walk.

Archie is gradually improving and was happy to walk 2½ miles - although he was quite tired at the end of the walk.

Sheringham Park don't do cream for coffee but I hadn't realised before that they do clotted cream for scones. So I had a lovely coffee with clotted cream. Will do that in future.
 
ianpspurs said:
Spoiler alert, I'll always go for Cambridge historians, especially over Ox**** : :D Back in the day A JP Taylor was the go to man for starters - taster here. This is £ss but will obviously be good IMHO. Should be some here Not a fan of this guy - Turncoat going to the "other place" and adviser to she who I can't bear to name. This is one of my favourite books on the period leading up to WW!. I found this is good on the inter-war years Should while away a few hours. Hope that helps.
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I'm sure I have either a book or a book of essays, at least one by Taylor. It's somewhere amongst the disaster area of a sitting room, or maybe Neil has it in his "library". Books do tend to be liberated from my collection from time to time. I do remember being impressed by the work, but it was a long time ago. Must hunt around and see which book it was.
 
dunelm said:
Should I be eating this?

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What IS that? Doesn't look even remotely edible. It could be some kind of pill, I suppose, but not one that I would take.

Edit: I guess Ian is right and it is an apple - sounds awful when it is spelled out like that. Just as well I don't eat apples very often, but I imagine the same would apply to any foodstuff.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Spoiler alert, I'll always go for Cambridge historians, especially over Ox**** : :D Back in the day A JP Taylor was the go to man for starters - taster here. This is £ss but will obviously be good IMHO. Should be some here Not a fan of this guy - Turncoat going to the "other place" and adviser to she who I can't bear to name. This is one of my favourite books on the period leading up to WW!. I found this is good on the inter-war years Should while away a few hours. Hope that helps.
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I thank you kind sir, that is so much especially as I was drawn into conflict between various editions you have provided. I agree that cambs is much more preferable than the ox!
In my dotage, I have always tried to read many volumes particularly when it's a soldier who was there.
One of the best was 'The forgotten soldier'. WWII. Translated from German (I think!)
Gotta love history!
Even the industrial revolution!
 
Annb said:
Ah, Tim Spector. Does he have any other horrors to reveal in the way of everyday foodstuffs?
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This is a good review. My take on his main argument was that we eat food not Macronutrients and scary sounding lists of ingredients. He is big on the Ks - (not the Khalsa ones) Kimchi, Kombucha, Kefir and Kruat (sauer) as well as cheese (smelly and/or blue) and yogurt (Greek ideally) red wine is also part of his good stuff all as part of a healthy gut. Allegedly helpful with immunotherapy hence my interest. I'm just celebrating the win with a jigger (yes of course I measured and analysed it) of this. MIL gave me a bottle for my birthday - plenty good enough for the price point especially reduced on a nectar card offer. Not sure what the reviewers who downrated it expect for the price and description - matured in red wine casks is a clue peeps.
 
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I have a small apple every day, because I like them!

Then again, the list is bigger than an actual piece of fruit.

I am so glad I closed my eyes when reading that post! It's just another example of what I can't eat! Maybe, just maybe, it is the reason why I have so many conditions?

Hate apples now, wonder if the greengrocer will refund me! Gonna swap them for pears!

Another bout of thunder and lightning, deluge, storm drains needed, spoilt a lovely summer's day, excepting the result from Headingly! No need to water gardens again!

A nice chicken breast, roasting, but no Apple sauce, now!
One of the things I discovered in Arnhem. Sort of sweet and sour done the Dutch way for savoury dishes.
Or those tiny chocolate nibbles!

Stop!

New week, old days!
 
ianpspurs said:
This is a good review. My take on his main argument was that we eat food not Macronutrients and scary sounding lists of ingredients. He is big on the Ks - (not the Khalsa ones) Kimchi, Kombucha, Kefir and Kruat (sauer) as well as cheese (smelly and/or blue) and yogurt (Greek ideally) red wine is also part of his good stuff all as part of a healthy gut. Allegedly helpful with immunotherapy hence my interest. I'm just celebrating the win with a jigger (yes of course I measured and analysed it) of this. MIL gave me a bottle for my birthday - plenty good enough for the price point especially reduced on a nectar card offer. Not sure what the reviewers who downrated it expect for the price and description - matured in red wine casks is a clue peeps.
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Phew!
 
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