A lively nighttime video of badgers and a fox @gennepherFbg 6.7
Nighttime wildlife video
Badgers & Fox
33 secs
Creative...sun is out...so took photo of my metal doorstop J bought me long ago, but is now been in the garden the last 15 years because I kept crushing my toenail to smithereens on it...and a couple of Kaleider Kaleidoscopes, the big one is my favourite....the bug is in inset so you can see where the colours come from...
Take care
Have your best day...
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More than a suspicion they've been hijacked by big business & poor victims are suffering Stockholm syndrome ...I'm inclined to agree @dunelm. These modern inventions have little to do with our traditions They are designed to encourage gift-giving and other expenditure. They exist IMO because they're making money for somebody.
Monday's FBG 4.3 mmol/L on waking at 6.00 am.
Best of wishes the intrusions & inconvenience of visits gives you the very best of results @alf_JosiahToday is my last scheduled radiotherapy session. Number 20 out of 20. I have been informed that the effects are cumulative therefore the next 2 weeks should be interesting.
Hope for a smooth journey & best wishes the coming together of family at such a time, lets you all express the love you have & eases the burden for each of you.Bag is packed ready for the 0555 train to Manchester airport tomorrow and a hopefully uneventful 12 hour journey to France
Thank you @living lightlyA lively nighttime video of badgers and a fox @gennepher
Also, two rather beautiful Kaleider Kaleidoscopes in view of your source material.
Thank you for sharing.
Monday's FBG 4.3 mmol/L on waking at 6.00 am.
It seems a bit long-winded, a rather circular route to get the medical reassurance you really need. Because they are the only people who can assess it properly, and so I think it is needs must. I fully agree with you in this @jjraak because the general advice you are given may not be applicable/appropriate for your specific needs in this situation.Morning brain, thank you for the making brain street such a busy rush hour Intersection at such an ungodly hour this morning ..aagghh.
Busy day yesterday .
One call from surgery diabetes specialist (liking how he rolls even if I don't agree on the messages he gives )
Went for diabetes checks and this was part of the follow up.
Seems I'm improving since last year (joy) but not as fast as he'd like as some lipids more out of sync than he's happy with (boo).
So a change in meds, seems to be on the cards until or unless I can knuckle down to a tighter diet &/or be more active (hard when it all hurts ) that fills the gap between less activity... is my best guess
However he's also been very instrumental in getting me some practical assistance with leg issues.
Recurring pain, maybe normal for injury, but worrying so I'd like kings college (most likely where any investigation begins) to assess that all is well, IF need be
But first step is having someone look to see if there is a basic issue first, I'd say .
He got me a physio appointment.
"Use the leg more" type of think ..ok
But still have some issues so he's arranged for a therapist to assess the issue at surgery and if needed begin process of getting me authorised for further investigation.
Which is the reassurance I think I need right now.
So that was his call yesterday morning.
Immediate needs assessment then called , "yada yada, help" ..so that's moving forward.
Psychiatrist video link call next
Need ' more counselling,' some ' psychiatrist visits,' & concerned about some issues .
Went as well as it could.
Was asked to take ailing father in law to big supermarket.
Cue two doddery ol' geezers shopping for food.
And even had time to get my haircut.....
So cream crackered at the end of yesterday from physical & mental lifting of sorts.
But felt a little lift in mood, for having achieved & moved things forward.
Now, its onward into today.
Hope you're all able to enjoy yours in some small way.
I always felt that it was better to teach my sons about the reality of life including facing hardship but encouraging them to be the best they could be without grabbing resources better used by someone more needy. It sounds like a very harsh sort of upbringing, but they were happy and contented and have turned out as pretty responsible citizens of the world. Em, similarly, understands that we have a responsibility to take care of the needs of our worldwide family as well as our own and doesn't care for conspicuous consumption. She's contented with what she has and, like her grandad, is likely to give away things rather than demand more.Morning all from what will be the acceptable face of early Autumn, as defined by modernists, in L.A. Libre's idea of my fbg today was 4.7 which seems about right historically. @gennepher thank you for sharing another amazing kaleidoscope transformation. @jjraak a busy day yesterday with hopes of some progress in areas of concern. Good man for sharing your concerns - New Men do that. As for baby showers, cake smashes, hiring Anna and Elsa etc for birthday parties and making guests dress per Frozen etc (yes, we went there) I was anti until I saw the joy on the faces of our grandchildren, their parents and great grandparents. I have reflected on how childhood has changed. Forty years of teaching and close involvement with our own children and grandchildren means I am very aware how much they are tested and given (insanely?) "aspirational" targets from the cradle. My generation, especially my demographic, should hang our heads in shame (I may never have voted for Thatcher but I was there - guilty by association M’Lud) for what we have done to our children and their children by swallowing whole various frankly ludicrous ideas and doing it again with Brexit, Johnson, Truss and 14 years of venality. The bill for all that is now being paid by Millennials to Gen Alpha so I'm on board with supporting/paying for such events if only to ease my conscience somewhat. It is the least we can do Anyhow, them's my onions. Enjoy Tuesday as much as it is possible without totally denying reality.
Agree in principle, but I'd say athletes have been doing similar with coaches, etc since post 1950’s.Good man for sharing your concerns - New Men do that.
I'd say we need to revisit some of our "traditions." If by our traditions you mean drunkenness, sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, injustice, poor diet, low educational standards, tolerance of squalor and placing little value on human life I’m definitely delighted we may abandon those traditions.I'm inclined to agree @dunelm. These modern inventions have little to do with our traditions They are designed to encourage gift-giving and other expenditure. They exist IMO because they're making money for somebody.
Monday's FBG 4.3 mmol/L on waking at 6.00 am.
Thankyou @ianpspursMorning all from what will be the acceptable face of early Autumn, as defined by modernists, in L.A. Libre's idea of my fbg today was 4.7 which seems about right historically. @gennepher thank you for sharing another amazing kaleidoscope transformation. @jjraak a busy day yesterday with hopes of some progress in areas of concern. Good man for sharing your concerns - New Men do that. As for baby showers, cake smashes, hiring Anna and Elsa etc for birthday parties and making guests dress per Frozen etc (yes, we went there) I was anti until I saw the joy on the faces of our grandchildren, their parents and great grandparents. I have reflected on how childhood has changed. Forty years of teaching and close involvement with our own children and grandchildren means I am very aware how much they are tested and given (insanely?) "aspirational" targets from the cradle. My generation, especially my demographic, should hang our heads in shame (I may never have voted for Thatcher but I was there - guilty by association M’Lud) for what we have done to our children and their children by swallowing whole various frankly ludicrous ideas and doing it again with Brexit, Johnson, Truss and 14 years of venality. The bill for all that is now being paid by Millennials to Gen Alpha so I'm on board with supporting/paying for such events if only to ease my conscience somewhat. It is the least we can do Anyhow, them's my onions. Enjoy Tuesday as much as it is possible without totally denying reality.
I'd be hard pressed to see Don Revie's Leeds or Chopper Harris taking the knee or opening up about mental problems. Even recently sports people from Simone Biles, to Jonathon Trott, Marcus Trescothic, Ben Stokes and sadly Graham Thorpe have made mental health awareness an issue.Agree in principle, but I'd say athletes have been doing similar with coaches, etc since post 1950’s.
But thank you for the support .
Sometimes I think the entire ethos of our marvellous little group here is that very fact of sharing such thoughts, giving them form, so we can assess more clearly.
I see it as a car journey,
Destination 'THERE'
Departing from 'HERE'
with nothing but a vague idea of HOW we even get there, all suggested by forumites.
The threads full of such moments, where we stop along the way,
lay out the road map on the bonnet of car, & discuss where we think we're going ,
How far we've got
and how we think we're doing.
Everyone should have such a wonderful space to stop & breathe on the journey life gives us....imho .
Aha, the more mental side .I'd be hard pressed to see Don Revie's Leeds or Chopper Harris taking the knee or opening up about mental problems. Even recently sports people from Simone Biles, to Jonathon Trott, Marcus Trescothic, Ben Stokes and sadly Graham Thorpe have made mental health awareness an issue.
Good to know that this forum provides an outlet for otherwise potentially self destructive thoughts. A kind of men in sheds function which is another modern idea which goes against "our traditions" especially the idea that big boys not only don't cry but must never talk about their feelings and emotions, especially to their nearest and dearest. I wonder how many relationships - and lives - could have been saved by drawing back that curtain and letting in some sunlight?Aha, the more mental side .
Yes, fully agree
But some of that era found, the old adage,
GO DINOSAUR
Or go home....
Didn't end so well.
Happy to be upfront about it on here
Less so at home & among family, tbh.
Still that thunderous noise as the eyes roll back in the head, that the painted picture of this wonderful nirvana they have,
is torn for me, now I've had that peak behind the curtain.
So I no longer discuss it or dissuade them from their vision, by explaining mine.
It's just better that way .
But as I said, it's good to have the 'out' of posting here, saves that pot of thoughts boiling away & simply brewing up until ......KABOOM.
...eek .
Hope all is as well with you & Tribe P.
Take care
Somewhere along the way, we also had some good traditions - it wasn't all bad. Certainly, those you mention are best consigned to the dustbin, but they haven't been. They are just mixed in with the other drawbacks of modern day living.I'd say we need to revisit some of "traditions." If by our traditions you mean drunkenness, sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, injustice, poor diet, low educational standards, tolerance of squalor and placing little value on human life I’m definitely delighted we may abandon those traditions.
Yes it is/was/ could be a mixed picture - for some - but the entire dog whistle of the pre-referendum and Brexit was just that appeal to a mythologised MAGA style country. It is all Nige has to offer imho.Somewhere along the way, we also had some good traditions - it wasn't all bad. Certainly, those you mention are best consigned to the dustbin, but they haven't been. They are just mixed in with the other drawbacks of modern day living.
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