lindisfel
Expert
As you gain control @Jacks1213 no doubt it will make you feel better that you are gaining more in your life generally.
Hope you soon feel better, most of us go through these times.
Have a good day.
D.
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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)
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Hope you soon feel better, most of us go through these times.
Have a good day.
D.
dunelm
Master
You are right about the tyres we have here. I had snow tyres in Germany similar to those in Scandinavia. They had great big metal studs in. Mind you, they also didn’t bother with salting roads. Snow chains on land rovers to play Jingle Bells as you drove along.
dunelm
Master
Good morning everyone on a promised 11 degrees here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.7 this am. A busy day today. We have an ice sculpture trail to wander round then a craft fair to avoid before reporting for a British Legion lunch in the upper room of a local pub. Lots of other things going on, beer and carols, story telling in the library, a franchised Santa to ho ho ho at any opportunity to young and old alike and a host of other activities. No doubt the town cryer will be out and about making proclomations. We have a lady town cryer but she has a good carrying voice. Should I dress as Martin Chuzzlewit? Art bit - just two colours, Paynes Grey and Burnt Sienna on wet watercolour paper and applied with the blockbuster video card and a sprinkling of salt. Hope everyone has a pleasant day and @Jacks1213, hope today is better for you. Koffy, must make koffy.
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JohnEGreen
Master
Bit of a shock this morning 7.9 mind you shouldn’t be too surprised as had a take away from Chopstix’s at South Normington last night very nice too.
Was saddened to hear of the passing of Rob Johnson of Steeleye Span this morning great musician song writer and vocalist.
Was saddened to hear of the passing of Rob Johnson of Steeleye Span this morning great musician song writer and vocalist.
alf_Josiah
Well-Known Member
Good Morening Ladies and Gentleman. Yep that’s it straight to the point.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.0
Tasks to be completed while the energy chamber is full. Forget dilithium we are talking pure unadulterated caffeine here. Then and only then will the morning and afternoon naps take place. It has been decreed by Mrs J using the phrase “ Make it so “
Stay safe avoid Carol singers or Janet or any other name singers
Ahead warp factor 7 into today and the future.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.0
Tasks to be completed while the energy chamber is full. Forget dilithium we are talking pure unadulterated caffeine here. Then and only then will the morning and afternoon naps take place. It has been decreed by Mrs J using the phrase “ Make it so “
Stay safe avoid Carol singers or Janet or any other name singers
Ahead warp factor 7 into today and the future.
Krystyna23040
Expert
6.8 this morning. Surprisingly warm dog walk around the park this morning. Very mild here at the moment.
Must get on and carry on with the to-do list. The Christmas lesson plans were all sent out yesterday. So now to tackle the next job on the list. Perhaps another coffee will help.
Must get on and carry on with the to-do list. The Christmas lesson plans were all sent out yesterday. So now to tackle the next job on the list. Perhaps another coffee will help.
gennepher
Oracle
gennepher
Oracle
ianpspurs
Oracle
Morning all from L.A. on sleepy Saturday. I have a cold so remembering the mantra of not that long ago going out to spread it about is absurd. @dunelm thanks for sharing that wonderful piece - my first reaction was an illustration for Eliot's Wasteland but what do I know, what do I know? Enjoy this action packed day. @Jacks1213 as said above , I hope today is a better day for you. @JohnEGreen the fbg is a small price to pay for pleasure from food. @Krystyna23040 surely it it nearly holiday time but if not take it as easy as someone like yourself can. @Lamont D just a hug and doff of the cap from someone who saw something similar with my dad and knows JKP will almost certainly face that ahead whatever I say or do to ameliorate matters. Have a wonderful poem based on possibly my favourite pericope (Isaiah 11 6-9) even when I was in my (compulsory?) nihilst phase. That poem or stop the boats? tough choice for an aspirational vision for my grandchildren. ’ Tis time for the great O Antiphons tomorrow 
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dunelm
Master
Thank you @gennepher. I made the Paynes Grey with Prussian Blue, A dab of crimson and a touch of yellow ochre.
dunelm
Master
Fish and chips - marvelous and hope the car is now performing well. My dad is 95 and still going strong despite refusing stents and each day is a gift to be enjoyed.
dunelm
Master
Thank you @ianpspurs. Eliot’s Wasteland or that tune by The Who. We must interpret things in our own way. I rarely know what it is supposed to be with this abstract stuff. I bet Piet Mondrian just liked painting rectangles and squares and a bit of colouring in.Morning all from L.A. on sleepy Saturday. I have a cold so remembering the mantra of not that long ago going out to spread it about is absurd. @dunelm thanks for sharing that wonderful piece - my first reaction was an illustration for Eliot's Wasteland but what do I know, what do I know? Enjoy this action packed day. @Jacks1213 as said above , I hope today is a better day for you. @JohnEGreen the fbg is a small price to pay for pleasure from food. @Krystyna23040 surely it it nearly holiday time but if not take it as easy as someone like yourself can. @Lamont D just a hug and doff of the cap from someone who saw something similar with my dad and knows JKP will almost certainly face that ahead whatever I say or do to ameliorate matters. Have a wonderful poem based on possibly my favourite pericope (Isaiah 11 6-9) even when I was in my (compulsory?) nihilst phase. That poem or stop the boats? tough choice for an aspirational vision for my grandchildren. ’ Tis time for the great O Antiphons tomorrow
alf_Josiah
Well-Known Member
A hug is always welcome. Thank you kind lady
ianpspurs
Oracle
Enjoy the coffee. To be truly East Anglian one must pronounce it as though maaarled not myulled - I'm slowly teaching JKP. Will Mr K be watching El Tractico?
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JohnEGreen
Master
Had a Christmas card from our nephew and his family the card was designed by his daughter and then produced by art projects for schools a brilliant idea to get young children involved in art.
gennepher
Oracle
Annb
Expert
Make sure you have an up-to-date map
Don't rely on memory of what it used to be last time you were there
In towns street layouts change (become one way or change the one way or become No Entry)
gennepher
Oracle
Fbg 6.6
Run out of time here.
The bane of my life is logins that don't let you in.
1. Is the NHS Wales log in app, which insists on you going through the process of re-registering each time you log in. I cannot get my repeat meds via EMIS now, but have to use the Wales NHS app. The Wales NHS site promises everything with this app, but delivers nothing. I manage to finally get into it, to discover a very poorly designed obscure repeat prescription form. And there is no box to tick to say where you can collect your meds or paper prescription. Everything else the Wales NHS app promises ,what I get from my surgery is, 'you do not have permission to access this', 'your surgery does not provide this option', 'this is not available from your surgery', and so on. Just the same as the other online apps/log ins that my surgery used.
2, I went out this morning to collect my Amazon parcels. BUT, the Amazon device the Post Office uses would not allow them to enter the Amazon log in. It kept them locked out, so, despite taking other ID they said they could not give me my parcels until scanned by this device....
I fell asleep when I got back this morning, because of the futility of this morning, and because I had to go and search and buy a couple of things that were in my Amazon parcels that she could not give me, that I urgently needed, and also because my available energy for the day had now been expended.
A wasted day for me.
My creative, a Chinese drawing is only partially done. I do not have time nor inclination to finish it. So, I made a kaleidoscope of it. Then I made a second kaleidoscope of my green bedcovers, and blended them. I used the Laboscope app. Best I can deliver today.
The Wildlife nighttime video.
I used just one clip, it was a good one.
And it made editing easy for me this morning...
Cat Midnight & Fox & Badger all in the same frame - Midnight snarls...
26 seconds
Oh great, a troll has just visited that video. I have just despatched him and his Ignoramus comment...
Anyone else want despatching to oblivion today? Because I will happily oblige...
Have your best day today.
I would sleep more, but Midnight doesn't have any culinary skills in the kitchen, and I need breakfast...it is now nearly 1pm.
Oh, I nearly forgot.
You want to know about that parcel from yesterday from Kazakhstan?
Well, I was not going to open an unsolicited parcel.
There was a return address on it.
I googled.
A business.
An email address.
I emailed and told them I had ordered nothing, and that I would send it back, return to sender, and that they would have to pay the return postage on it (no idea if that was true or not, but bluff is useful sometimes).
Got the info back that it had been ordered from a Diane in the U.S.
That was all I needed.
I have a penfriend called Diane.
I sent her an email literally blasting her out of the water for not telling me. I was only partially joking...
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry she said, it's a Christmas present for you. I ordered it from Kazakhstan, I never thought it would have a return address from there on the parcel....????????
The parcel was plastered with what looked like Russian stamps...
The mind boggles....
She could have landed me with custom fees...anything...
Run out of time here.
The bane of my life is logins that don't let you in.
1. Is the NHS Wales log in app, which insists on you going through the process of re-registering each time you log in. I cannot get my repeat meds via EMIS now, but have to use the Wales NHS app. The Wales NHS site promises everything with this app, but delivers nothing. I manage to finally get into it, to discover a very poorly designed obscure repeat prescription form. And there is no box to tick to say where you can collect your meds or paper prescription. Everything else the Wales NHS app promises ,what I get from my surgery is, 'you do not have permission to access this', 'your surgery does not provide this option', 'this is not available from your surgery', and so on. Just the same as the other online apps/log ins that my surgery used.
2, I went out this morning to collect my Amazon parcels. BUT, the Amazon device the Post Office uses would not allow them to enter the Amazon log in. It kept them locked out, so, despite taking other ID they said they could not give me my parcels until scanned by this device....
I fell asleep when I got back this morning, because of the futility of this morning, and because I had to go and search and buy a couple of things that were in my Amazon parcels that she could not give me, that I urgently needed, and also because my available energy for the day had now been expended.
A wasted day for me.
My creative, a Chinese drawing is only partially done. I do not have time nor inclination to finish it. So, I made a kaleidoscope of it. Then I made a second kaleidoscope of my green bedcovers, and blended them. I used the Laboscope app. Best I can deliver today.
The Wildlife nighttime video.
I used just one clip, it was a good one.
And it made editing easy for me this morning...
Cat Midnight & Fox & Badger all in the same frame - Midnight snarls...
26 seconds
Oh great, a troll has just visited that video. I have just despatched him and his Ignoramus comment...
Anyone else want despatching to oblivion today? Because I will happily oblige...
Have your best day today.
I would sleep more, but Midnight doesn't have any culinary skills in the kitchen, and I need breakfast...it is now nearly 1pm.
Oh, I nearly forgot.
You want to know about that parcel from yesterday from Kazakhstan?
Well, I was not going to open an unsolicited parcel.
There was a return address on it.
I googled.
A business.
An email address.
I emailed and told them I had ordered nothing, and that I would send it back, return to sender, and that they would have to pay the return postage on it (no idea if that was true or not, but bluff is useful sometimes).
Got the info back that it had been ordered from a Diane in the U.S.
That was all I needed.
I have a penfriend called Diane.
I sent her an email literally blasting her out of the water for not telling me. I was only partially joking...
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry she said, it's a Christmas present for you. I ordered it from Kazakhstan, I never thought it would have a return address from there on the parcel....????????
The parcel was plastered with what looked like Russian stamps...
The mind boggles....
She could have landed me with custom fees...anything...
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Lamont D
Oracle
Very much a townie @lindisfel. Have never spent more than a few days in the wild.
6.8, dunno why?
I have not even seen a snow tyre, or chains close up. Seen many different types in the factory and when the car or van needed renewing. I have seen similar heavy vehicles that don't have an issue with any weather!
Took a trip to butchers, for my chrimbo order. Good thing I didn't want a turkey, apparently, allegedly, brexit means that they are becoming more expensive, but more in demand, not enough supply.
Spent £50, which was very good. Noticed a tanker in the Mersey making its way towards the refinery down by the ship canal. It was quite a size, somewhat larger than usual.
It is a beautiful non winters December day here on the peninsula. Sun is very bright and quite warm, footie is back on the back field. 12 degrees on my garden thermometer, eh!!!!?
Spring bulbs showing through already.
Footie and darts and T20 this evening, plenty to keep me busy, maybe the grandkids will drop in.
Mrs L, was a bit pre-emptive in her orders this morning, jobs that need to be done next week, we're being lined up for this weekend. And always the question is....... 'Are you sure?'
Sometimes I check, but there are times when I know!
Next tip,
When researching and you ask someone who knows the area quite well, tells you it's an hour away. Don't believe them, especially if it's going to be through peak rush hour. Always allow more time. Always better to be early than late
Yes, we got caught up in traffic. And it was a two hours trip, but a bit lucky, as the players coach, which was an hour behind us, was late, kick off was delayed. But we were ready!
My best wishes to you all as always
