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Dawn says please don't besmirch my honour, you don't even know me but 11.30 will be fine if you have the usual fee: a litre of Gin and 2 ounces of rough cut. Nice girl but she could tell a tale or two.
Dawn says please don't besmirch my honour, you don't even know me but 11.30 will be fine if you have the usual fee: a litre of Gin and 2 ounces of rough cut. Nice girl but she could tell a tale or two.Them there’s fighting words…..lace handkerchiefs at dawn, hold on dawns to early say 11:30 ish after a koffy?
Wow @dunelm that most certainly is a panoramic landscape....Good morning everyone on what at first sight is a smashing sunny day here in the dark and dangerous north. But don’t be fooled - any temperature above absolute zero is now rationed and probably taxed. Even hardy northerners are digging out wooly vests, adding an extra lump of coal onto the fire each day and going to bed as soon as it gets dark to save on candles. A new so called artisan bakery has opened in town. We called in hoping for some sourdough - it does state artisan after all. No chance. Not even a crusty bap. Loads of very fancy pastries at very fancy pastry prices mind. So, not a bakery after all but a patisserie. Gloom! Slept for 10 hours last night - unheard of. Wondering if the double flu/covid jabs have whacked me out a bit. Still, the sun is shining and we can get out for some subcutaneous vitamin D manufacturing. Art bit, not what was in my head (which was probably nothing at all) but it’s over a meter long and just sort of ended up that way. Hope you enjoy the day you have been given. I will hang out some washing,slurp some koffy and await another smashing castle from @gennepher.
@ianpspurs congratulations on your Ruby Wedding.It being still morning here in the sub-Exotic East I can wish you all good morning. No known fbg to share once more. Yesterday's jaunt to Stanford went well and we found the company of friends, food, ambience of the eatery and town itself most becoming. @dunelm shame about the baked goods emporium not meeting your exacting standards but many thanks for sharing a metre of trees and uplands. @Krystyna23040 good news on the brain fog lifting though I wonder if you are being unduly optimistic in feeling that COVID will be a one and done experience this calendar year. I hope and pray that is the case for you and everyone. Here, a two day Ruby Wedding open weekend invitation has started - tomorrow is the actual anniversary - so staying totally on the reservation may not be fully compliant with the spirit of the celebration; (this) one instinctively feels that low carb really must be the apogee of a non sequitur as far as a celebration is concerned. I hope y'all have as magical a Saturday as possible.
I am really impressed with your self control @alf_JosiahGood Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those who skived off the odd lesson or several when at school.
Blood sugars this morning were 6.2
I had a very strange experience yesterday afternoon while sitting in a hospital waiting room which has left me wondering about some people.
To set the scene Mrs J and myself walked into the waiting room and found somewhere to sit patiently waiting to called.
This older couple sitting opposite from us started to glare and give us both filthy looks, we had not said anything or done anything. All I can think is my appearance caused it, I have long shoulder length hair, a bushy beard, marginally obese wearing rather scruffy but clean clothes. This older couple were not particularly well dressed, so it might be my hair and beard.
Usually when this sort of thing happens me, me’s and myself will retaliate in some way shape or form, but not wishing to cause Mrs J any embarrassment I didn’t and let the matter drop, but me, me’s and myself are somewhat perplexed. Perhaps I should have been wearing my motorcycle clothing. Luckily the couple were called and I saw no more of them. Now I am in my seventies so no spring chicken.
I wish you all a pleasant afternoon and hope you stay safe avoiding people such as myself ;-)
Happy 40th Ian. Have a great weekend.It being still morning here in the sub-Exotic East I can wish you all good morning. No known fbg to share once more. Yesterday's jaunt to Stanford went well and we found the company of friends, food, ambience of the eatery and town itself most becoming. @dunelm shame about the baked goods emporium not meeting your exacting standards but many thanks for sharing a metre of trees and uplands. @Krystyna23040 good news on the brain fog lifting though I wonder if you are being unduly optimistic in feeling that COVID will be a one and done experience this calendar year. I hope and pray that is the case for you and everyone. Here, a two day Ruby Wedding open weekend invitation has started - tomorrow is the actual anniversary - so staying totally on the reservation may not be fully compliant with the spirit of the celebration; (this) one instinctively feels that low carb really must be the apogee of a non sequitur as far as a celebration is concerned. I hope y'all have as magical a Saturday as possible.
Dementia is so cruel @AnnbMy husband looked after my father while I was at work but found it quite distressing because my father only seemed to remember his youth and his mother, but nobody else. He became quite aggressive towards my husband and thought everyone was a character from his past. He thought I was my mother. A few years later, my husband succumbed to a form of dementia and, eventually, forgot everything except one sister and his mother. When upset he would call for Alice, his sister. Nobody else would do, but Alice lived 300 miles away and couldn't come to him. Alternatively, he wanted his, long dead, mother. I took retirement from my job but he had no idea who I was, or either of his sons; even shunned me. It hurt. We did all we could to care for him but he was not happy in those last years and there was nothing we could do to make him happy. He would listen when I sang for him, but that's all.
Dementia is cruel and I always thought that, at least the patient would be happy in their own world. The best that could be said for my husband was that he was comfortable and well cared for. Nevertheless, I wanted to hang on to him for as long as possible and was devastated when he died.
Happy 40th IanIt being still morning here in the sub-Exotic East I can wish you all good morning. No known fbg to share once more. Yesterday's jaunt to Stanford went well and we found the company of friends, food, ambience of the eatery and town itself most becoming. @dunelm shame about the baked goods emporium not meeting your exacting standards but many thanks for sharing a metre of trees and uplands. @Krystyna23040 good news on the brain fog lifting though I wonder if you are being unduly optimistic in feeling that COVID will be a one and done experience this calendar year. I hope and pray that is the case for you and everyone. Here, a two day Ruby Wedding open weekend invitation has started - tomorrow is the actual anniversary - so staying totally on the reservation may not be fully compliant with the spirit of the celebration; (this) one instinctively feels that low carb really must be the apogee of a non sequitur as far as a celebration is concerned. I hope y'all have as magical a Saturday as possible.
I met first met J late 1980"s. Life kept putting us in situations where we did a lot of talking and learning about each other. I knew J was very forgetful early on. I was not sure if he had the beginning stages of dementia. His wife had just left him because of this, and gone straight into the arms of a younger person. J was 20 years older than his wife (he was also 20 years older than me).Agree.
I feel your pain.
There is an advert at the moment about it.
"How mum died" ...many times is the gist.
Really hits the mark for me.
It's like the slow drifting away of a person you love deeply,
No matter how tightly we hold on to them, they slip out of our grip.
Until we are barely hanging onto their fingertips, and then even that slides out of reach .
' there but not there ', as we drift slowly along side them.
Inches apart yet miles away as they slide deeper into a world we can not see.
The only comfort I could take from that was, how lovely it must be for mum, that the world she found herself in, had everyone she had ever loved and lost before me, back in her life.
( The lies I told when she asked when HER mum, brothers or sisters, all long passed
Were coming to visit....)
A bitter sweet trade off, but one of the only 'good things' I could take from the experience.
She asked one day out of the blue for dad.
She forgotten who he was long ago.
He had passed away a week earlier.
I couldn't tell her, because she's be heartbroken.....& Then she'd forget.
And IF she asked again, it would just be the same grief, over & over again.
So I lied, & said he'd be up later.
She never asked again.
I suppose the only thing is where death can come swiftly on many occasions, leaving regrets at things unsaid.
the fact we get so long to say our goodbyes, means WE at least, get to hear the gratitude & love given for all they did for us .
A rather selfish emotion, but one I found left nothing left unsaid or regretted.
I think anyone like yourself & Lamont and far too many others, giving so much of ourselves, let's us hold our head up after the pain and say proudly "I did my best".
And no one could ask for more of us.
Respect.
Thanks @gennepherWow @dunelm that most certainly is a panoramic landscape....
I like it very much it has a feeling of power to me....
Thanks @ianpspurs and happy anniversary to you bothIt being still morning here in the sub-Exotic East I can wish you all good morning. No known fbg to share once more. Yesterday's jaunt to Stanford went well and we found the company of friends, food, ambience of the eatery and town itself most becoming. @dunelm shame about the baked goods emporium not meeting your exacting standards but many thanks for sharing a metre of trees and uplands. @Krystyna23040 good news on the brain fog lifting though I wonder if you are being unduly optimistic in feeling that COVID will be a one and done experience this calendar year. I hope and pray that is the case for you and everyone. Here, a two day Ruby Wedding open weekend invitation has started - tomorrow is the actual anniversary - so staying totally on the reservation may not be fully compliant with the spirit of the celebration; (this) one instinctively feels that low carb really must be the apogee of a non sequitur as far as a celebration is concerned. I hope y'all have as magical a Saturday as possible.
Dawn broke this morning.Dawn says please don't besmirch my honour, you don't even know me but 11.30 will be fine if you have the usual fee: a litre of Gin and 2 ounces of rough cut. Nice girl but she could tell a tale or two.
Even more perplexing is that night falls but day breaks.Dawn broke this morning.
How?
Wonderful photographs from a great day cycling around the capital. Good spot on the new Ebike and even better diagnosing and fixing the issues.Evening all.
A pleasing 6.2 this am .
And a rather productive early long weekend for me
Exhaustion after a hard few days at work took care of Thursday.
Awaiting workmen then sleep was the sum of it .
Friday... I've been considering another Ebike.
Been tracking a good few on ebay.
One came up at a great price, not too far & offering what I considered vfm.
Went took a look, bought it.
Always worth a punt .
Ad didn't say too much.
So a keener eye (ok suspicious eye) on arrival .
Again spotted a few simple issues , I think people buy these but don't really seem to know much about them
( Other Ebike seller was the same.)
Came home, set to checking it over, decided what needed doing and left it until today.
Today fixed those items , bike rides like new.
So took it for a test run, as ya do.
Very impressed .
A step up from the previous Ebike.
Bigger, better, newer ...
All in all very happy.
Although an Ebike, it still needs input so I feel well exercised today ..in fact cream crackered if I'm honest.
The left thumb particularly sore, an awkward grip action I suspect, and right shoulder excessively tiring, again the culprit being a lack of such tension & use is my best guess.
Have to hope the exercise gets me back into some semblance of shape & a better muscle memory for the affected parts
But came home one happy little cyclist .
Gratuitous pics of the day
The serpentine
Marble arch
The round pond Kensington gardens
(Often confused with Hyde park next door )
And what I thought was a glorious red sky at night.
Cheers all .
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The modern version of this centuries-old therapy @JohnEGreen is being used increasingly here in the UK in the fight against antibiotic resistance.About three years ago an elderly gentleman on the same ward as me was being treated with maggots for a diabetic ulcer that just wouldn’t heal I am not sure how successful it was as I left the hospital before the treatment had been completed but the staff seemed to be optimistic that it was working.
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