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

Just sat down to watch Mr Salt.
Well, that is ten minutes I won't get back.

Paint done and yet, more to do, I'm told.

Need to get in garden but it just looks like rain. So cloudy!

My hands are continually locking, a shower and a longer sit down I think!
Early to bed I hope.

Someone once said, we are a tough lot on here.
I agree with that. No BS, us lot.
I would like to think that we are akin to a soft boiled egg........
Hard shell with a soft centre.
I nearly said mutent teenage ninja turtles.....
But each to their own!

Lamont D said:

Just sat down to watch Mr Salt.
Well, that is ten minutes I won't get back.

Paint done and yet, more to do, I'm told.

Need to get in garden but it just looks like rain. So cloudy!

My hands are continually locking, a shower and a longer sit down I think!
Early to bed I hope.

Someone once said, we are a tough lot on here.
I agree with that. No BS, us lot.
I would like to think that we are akin to a soft boiled egg........
Hard shell with a soft centre.
I nearly said mutent teenage ninja turtles.....
But each to their own!

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Looking at that lot batting the hundred looks like a very vague aspiration. They seem to have mixed up 5 balls an over with how long you bat.

ianpspurs said:

@Lamont D not long ago you wrote that UK politics was boring now the grown up were in charge. Here's a snippet on what could be months - until November - of fun:
It is the Tory party membership who have the final say and they – there is no easy way of sugaring this – are all completely mad. Only interested in electing someone who is as crazy as they are. Someone the country would never consider putting in government. It’s win-win for the neutral.
Full piece here. Is this mocking the afflicted?

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The line........
They can't help themselves and it's mostly self inflicted due to the moderate wing, or centre right wing, in the party have gone elsewhere not even to ref...!
We now have two extreme facist like parties, that even if they joined together still wouldn't win a majority.
The succession of puppet pms, ones that kowtow to the donors and control the majority of the media coverage, the multi nationals, the oil and power industrys, etc.
And destroyed the importance of getting the voters to go along with you.
But it is fun.
A party of four year olds having a party, is more intelligent.
They do sound like that kid in the playground, who wants to take his ball home.

£40-60 billion in covid fraud.
And then there is the rest.
And they still can't understand why, the party does not have the policies, the politics or the people in parliament to convince the voters. And yeah, they are all a lunatic asylum of characters.

ianpspurs said:

Looking at that lot batting the hundred looks like a very vague aspiration. They seem to have mixed up 5 balls an over with how long you bat.

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It's old Trafford, cricket, and it looks empty!
Better crowds and cricket in T20.
I'm not inspired.
Better things to do. Mrs L informs me!

And I do want Kamala to win.
It's nowt to do with the election.
She has my initials.

Lamont D said:

And I do want Kamala to win.
It's nowt to do with the election.
She has my initials.

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So far she in on the right path, she has my initials too!

Omar51 said:

So far she in on the right path, she has my initials too!

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Love it!

ianpspurs said:

@Lamont D not long ago you wrote that UK politics was boring now the grown up were in charge. Here's a snippet on what could be months - until November - of fun:
It is the Tory party membership who have the final say and they – there is no easy way of sugaring this – are all completely mad. Only interested in electing someone who is as crazy as they are. Someone the country would never consider putting in government. It’s win-win for the neutral.
Full piece here. Is this mocking the afflicted?

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Love the article @ianpspurs

gennepher said:

Midnight has figured out that I can't always hear, so, sometimes when I have the sound processor on, I realise he only gives a silent miaow.... @LivingLightly

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Bless him. That doesn't surprise me at all @gennepher. The way their minds work is not dissimilar to ours in many respects.

Siamese cats are no more observant than other cat breeds IMO, but because they're so expressive their thoughts are possibly easier for humans to read. They can certainly read us.

We were once adopted by four rescue Siamese; same litter, same parents AFAIK, but they all had different personalities, like little people really, That said, they shared one thing in common; none relished the prospect of a trip to the vet.

We took to referring to an imminent appointment by spelling out the letters V E T in the hope they wouldn't catch on. It didn't work. They knew what we were up to. Don't ask me how. The only thing they hadn't sussed was which one of them was involved, so at the appointed time, all four scarpered.


Thursday's FBG 4.7 mmol on waking at 6.00 am

Annb said:

BG is going crazy today. Started reasonably (6.3) and rose, as it often does, to 8.1 but then (after I took my normal basal insulin) it dropped like a stone. I was in the shower when the Libre started creating because BG was 3.5 and, by the time I got out of the shower it was 2.5 and I was in a full blown hypo. Been struggling to keep it up ever since. Cancelled my appointment to get my legs bandaged because I thought I'd better not go out because it has been teetering on the edge of a hypo for the last 3 hours.

Add to that, both the Libre and my Accuchek meter are both playing silly games. Libre refusing to give a reading a couple of times and Accuchek giving me 6.6 when I was in a hypo. Just a moment ago the Libre warned me that my BG was over 8. I'll be keeping an eye on it today.

I was wondering if I had made a mistake and taken either a double dose of the basal insulin or a higher dose than I should have but I have no memory of taking it twice and the level in the pen looks about right for one correct dose having been taken.

Lots of carbs so far today to try to rein it in.

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What an awful start to your day @Ann

And so frustrating the feelings you clearly get don't correlate with the items you /we've come to trust will guide us ...aagghh

Hope the leg day can be rescheduled & the days coming see an easier passage through the week.

Fbg this morning 4.9 at 05:40
Had latest A1c yesterday it was 48 not so bad but a bit disappointed with it as not so long ago it was 33

JohnEGreen said:

Fbg this morning 4.9 at 05:40
Had latest A1c yesterday it was 48 not so bad but a bit disappointed with it as not so long ago it was 33

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Hug for the disappointment .

A knock regardless when we think we're doing as much as we can given our circumstances .

But I think it's a fantastic score & worthy of a win, given the journey you have been on of late, that you got anywhere near that...bravo

LivingLightly said:

Bless him. That doesn't surprise me at all @gennepher. The way their minds work is not dissimilar to ours in many respects.

Siamese cats are no more observant than other cat breeds IMO, but because they're so expressive their thoughts are possibly easier for humans to read. They can certainly read us.

We were once adopted by four rescue Siamese; same litter, same parents AFAIK, but they all had different personalities, like little people really, That said, they shared one thing in common; none relished the prospect of a trip to the vet.

We took to referring to an imminent appointment by spelling out the letters V E T in the hope they wouldn't catch on. It didn't work. They knew what we were up to. Don't ask me how. The only thing they hadn't sussed was which one of them was involved, so at the appointed time, all four scarpered.


Thursday's FBG 4.7 mmol on waking at 6.00 am

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It is possible you exude a pheromone when you just think the word vet @LivingLightly

5.3 this morning. Beautiful sunshine - perfect for our early morning dog walk. Then we are off to our little market town to pick up Mr K 's new glasses and I need to get one or two things from Superdrug.

ianpspurs said:

Shame about the possible blight as those look like strong and fruitful plants. That mixture has been banned in the UK for almost a decade but provided it is cheap we seemingly currently sell anything food wise. What I think of (rightly or wrongly) as the JRM (for the Plebs, definitely not his own family) approach to food standards. I'm sure you don't really think we haven't been sold tomatoes/eaten them in restaurants/fast food places from plants in that or worse condition? I know you are quite savvy so I'm guessing that is a rhetorical question. I really hope the mixture works and you have the large, healthy crop you deserve.

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Apparently Bordeaux mixture is still widely used in UK, and although banned for amateur use is easily available. The product can build up in the soil if used frequently and is dangerous to earthworms and aquatic life.
Don't think I will be using it on the other plants and am considering pulling out the treated one. There are some pepper plants needing a home, and I have spare mini cucumbers plants as well, one of either could easily fill the .space created.
Meanwhile the weather continues warm and humid, esp at night - ideal conditions for blight to spread rapidly.

Good morning everyone from the quietness of the early morning in what looks to be an all things bright and beautiful day here in the dark and dangerous north. A tiring day yesterday. We arrived home at 1am and grabbed some sleep before picking up The Girl In The Bubble by 9am - her parents were off to a wedding. So a pleasant day with our granddaughter with strict instructions from her dad about no ice cream - yeh, right. That’s like taking a pleasant stroll along a path in a park admiring the plantings and without a care in the world until all of a sudden being confronted with a sign saying “keep off the grass”. The Window Doctor is due at 10am - replacing two double glazed glass panels that are blown. A lot more cost effective than replacing the whole window as well as not throwing perfectly serviceable frames into landfill. Art bit, how many trees form a bunch? I hope that your day is going to be as good as ours will be - no idea what the content will be yet so I will make a start by organizing a pot of koffy.

Good morning from a cool, calm, click and collect - Pip and Nut, Jarlsberg and tea from my kitchen - start here in L.A.. Some wonderful days ahead for members here, dreams to be either realised or shattered in Paris in the coming two and a half weeks and three grandchildren's birthdays in nine days for myself and JKP. @dunelm good news on a safe but tiring return home. As for #icecreamgate, sometimes what goes on with grandparents is probably best to stay with grandparents. Thank you for sharing the art and Martin Lewis style tip about windows. The attached illustrates what is at stake come November in the US and would be exported here via the beer and fags Poundland Parody man. Thoughts and prayers with you all particularly @JohnEGreen and family just now. Enjoy your Friday if at all possible.

26.07
7.70am FBG 5.8
Yesterday MrSlim had a fall and is badly bruised. He may have cracked a rib or two as well. Luckily he has a hard head and the egg sized lump is already going down.
A few days rest is definitely needed now.
The next viewing is on Tuesday.
The much longed for electric mole bomb trap arrived Monday and has so far caught a mole each day. Maybe this will be the end of filling wheelbarrows with molehill soil every morning. For some reason the molehills this year are enormous and MrSlim has taken to using a trailer to collect them. Perhaps this is why he ordered the new mole trap? Now if it could catch the mole who tunnels under my greenhouse that would be really useful.

Fbg 6.8

Nighttime wildlife video.
Badgers & Cats
Last Cat drinking was the old black stray Tom Cat. He had a long drink of water...
37 secs


Creative...well, I was awake all night. Couldn't drop off to sleep, not in any pain, fans working okay, breathing okay, but no sleep. So, just lay there watching the shadows. But they were nightmarish shadows and weird monsters with evil faces and long pointy fingers. I wasn't going to draw them. So, I just lay there.

At first light I got out of bed. Did a couple things, got back into bed to write this, but just sat doing nothing for an hour, no drawing/painting ideas...
C'mon, stop wasting the day I told myself. But then the sun came out, it only shines in my bedroom early morning in summer. There were loads of shadows cast on the wall. Several tableau's, and I am watching them. This one took my eye, and I have faithfully drawn it. It was a Chinese man jumping out of the sky on to the ground, right down to his plimsols in the shadow. He was leading two elephants, which are in the oval above his head, where there was a feather and an Angel fish, also in the oval bubble. The ground is grass, and at the top of the hill is either a table or a house...
I had to photo it before I lost it, but the shadow stayed long enough for me to draw it...

Going to make a cuppa now and try for a nap. The sun has gone in.

Here is my drawing, put in Snapseed for copyright & name.

Have your best day...

SlimLizzy said:

26.07
7.70am FBG 5.8
Yesterday MrSlim had a fall and is badly bruised. He may have cracked a rib or two as well. Luckily he has a hard head and the egg sized lump is already going down.
A few days rest is definitely needed now.
The next viewing is on Tuesday.
The much longed for electric mole bomb trap arrived Monday and has so far caught a mole each day. Maybe this will be the end of filling wheelbarrows with molehill soil every morning. For some reason the molehills this year are enormous and MrSlim has taken to using a trailer to collect them. Perhaps this is why he ordered the new mole trap? Now if it could catch the mole who tunnels under my greenhouse that would be really useful.

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Sorry to hear about Mr Slim's fall so best wishes for his recovery. On the other hand good news on the mole bomb.