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ianpspurs said:
You are welcome. This has been doing the rounds as a story with comments this week. As a made I will never properly understand her point, your toilet experience or full horror of the stalking but well done Saoirse. Marina Hyde's piece was in my opinion brilliant.
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Marina Hyde is a good writer @ianpspurs

I have used the mobile phone as a bluff get out of a awkward/dodgy situation. And I cannot even use a telephone because of my deafness.
I believe women have to be more aware of their surroundings than men have to be, for their own safety.
Bluff and a mobile phone can go along way....

You use anything at your disposal....
 
gennepher said:
Marina Hyde is a good writer @ianpspurs

I have used the mobile phone as a bluff get out of a awkward/dodgy situation. And I cannot even use a telephone because of my deafness.
I believe women have to be more aware of their surroundings than men have to be, for their own safety.
Bluff and a mobile phone can go along way....

You use anything at your disposal....
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Pity I didn't spot made should be male - rather makes the point about men and their attitudes. Sorry.
 
SlimLizzy said:
Forgot to add:
@dunelm coffee in a tea mug, sacrelige and also when it happens vise versa. Somehow drinks in the wrong mug are not so enjoyable. Strange but true.
@Krystyna23040 sad to read that you will be housebound again with ankle trouble, just as you had recovered enough to enjoy going out and about again. Hope the support from MrK and the elasticated monstrosity helps.
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Thank you @SlimLizzy. The support from Mr K has been so helpful.
The ankle support he got me is really brilliant. Pain levels have dropped by about 70%. Have also been icing it.

My sister was here doing admin again this morning. She told off off for overdoing it and walking too far yesterday. She said that she wished she could have stopped me. She had tried but I had insisted that I was fine.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
Thank you @SlimLizzy. The support from Mr K has been so helpful.
The ankle support he got me is really brilliant. Pain levels have dropped by about 70%. Have also been icing it.

My sister was here doing admin again this morning. She told off off for overdoing it and walking too far yesterday. She said that she wished she could have stopped me. She had tried but I had insisted that I was fine.
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Hug for that - for your sister as well. Fine line between being a strong independent woman and what less charitable people may see as stubborn. I may know two such examples and this thread is also particularly well stocked. Anyone know the proper collective noun - a Truss maybe?
 
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ianpspurs said:
Hug for that - for your sister as well. Fine line between being a strong independent woman and what less charitable people may see as stubborn. I may know two such examples and this thread is also particularly well stocked. Anyone know the proper collective noun - a Truss maybe?
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I think the word of one such is called a harriden.
a group of harridens, the collective name is.........

yes dear.
 
Fbg 6.8

Wildlife nighttime video.
Fox and Badger arrive together & dig for food together
www.instagram.com

gennepher on Instagram: "Fox & Badger arrive together & dig for food together... #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some

6 likes, 2 comments - gennepher on October 30, 2024: "Fox & Badger arrive together & dig for food together... #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com

And same vid on TikTok

Creative..in my tidying up I found a pice of rag paper with different colours on it, so I worked on making it into a picture...I shall call it "Between Worlds".

Time for bed soon so Sweet Dreams

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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife videos
Yesterday I grumbled TicTok put some inappropriate music to the fox and badger chasing each other. So, I checked a box on TicTik which said no music...but it has now given me no sound. Can't win...try again tomorrow...
I don't think there is sound on instagram either.
TikTok offered me a 'bargain'. You give us £3 and we will promote your video, and we can guarantee you at least 600 views, I think it said. And then there is a sliding scale of more money more views.
WOW!!!!
Really?
All they have to do is just slide that number counter up to the appropriate number.
I am doing quite nicely without paying that, thank you TikTok.
My views, apart from one which was a 'miserly' 200+ views (but even that is a blooming substantial number), are between nearly 600 and nearly 1000 views for each video.

Nighttime wildlife videos
Fox eating berries
They are berries on my pink fuschia tree.
Foxy Loxy has been visiting since 2022 (when I first started running the trail cameras).
At the end of this video is a much smaller fox hiding under the garden chair. I have not seen this fox before. I have never seen a fox cub in my garden before.
I am guessing he must've come in with Foxy Loxy, and so maybe his son or maybe his brother.

On instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBub3SnIHm7/?igsh=MTdtYWEzazNocnE1aQ==

On TicTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGd8x56oS/

Creative... I am tidying up at the moment and so any paint and paper or odds & ends of things, or odds and ends of paintings I've begun, I will be choosing one of those and finishing it off each day...or creating from scraps.
This is scrunched up layout paper, soaked with different colours, dried, glue down to a postcard, and then a tiny little bit of detail with a black Biro!

Have your best day...
I am doing a here when I'm meant to be there kind of day....

Take care....

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How irritating to have inappropriate music added to a nighttime wildlife video!
Thank you @gennepher for sharing this painting on scrunched up paper, soaked with beautiful colours.


Thursday's FBG 4.4 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
 
Morning all from a one degree cooler L.A. on all Saints day 2024. Now we have entered the dark, cold season. I suppose the order has been given for the big red button marked compulsory jollity to be pressed and forty odd year old music to be played in shops and on radio. Just remember to either dig out your sweater by Dec 12th or buy a new one - even up there in the D and D North granddad. Too soon to have the tree(s) up and a wreath on the front door or indulge in one of these? @gennepher thank you for sharing the video and the creative which was a clever way to re-purpose the rag paper. I think I see the reason for the name but I may be reading well beyond the lines. Yesterday went as smoothly as possible for me especially as during my scan it was announced that there was an issue with sending the images to their destination and the system would need a reboot after this last scan - of about an hour. Enjoy all/some/as much as possible of your Friday, I have salmon and a Greek salad so at least some part of today will be a Fairground attraction event (JKP is a dab hand at the essential crispy skin element) - what's yours? Lyrics
 
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LivingLightly said:
How irritating to have inappropriate music added to a nighttime wildlife video!
Thank you @gennepher for sharing this painting on scrunched up paper, soaked with beautiful colours.


Thursday's FBG 4.4 mmol/l on waking at 6.00 am.
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Yes. It was @LivingLightly

Thank you for the painting compliment....
 
5.8 this morning. Back to normal fbg today.

Ankle improving. Am surprised how quickly it is getting better. Am still hobbling but it is not anything like as painful as it was yesterday morning. The ankle support has been really important as moving with support seems to really help the healing process.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a one degree cooler L.A. on all Saints day 2024. Now we have entered the dark, cold season. I suppose the order has now been given for the big red button marked compulsory jollity to be pressed and forty odd year old music to be played in shops and on radio. Just remember to either dig out your sweater by Dec 12th or buy a new one - even up there in the D and D North granddad. Too soon to have the tree(s) up and a wreath on the front door or indulge in one of these? @gennepher thank you for sharing the video and the creative which was a clever way to re-purpose the rag paper. I think I see the reason for the name but I may be reading well beyond the lines. Yesterday went as smoothly as possible for me especially as during my scan it was announced that there was an issue with sending the images to their destination and the system would need a reboot after this last scan - of about an hour. Enjoy all/some/as much as possible of your Friday, I have salmon and a Greek salad so at least some part of today will be a Fairground attraction event (JKP is a dab hand at the essential crispy skin element) - what's yours? Lyrics
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Thanks @ianpspurs
And for the lyrics..
 
ianpspurs said:
Hug for that - for your sister as well. Fine line between being a strong independent woman and what less charitable people may see as stubborn. I may know two such examples and this thread is also particularly well stocked. Anyone know the proper collective noun - a Truss maybe?
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Yes, it is a fine line @ianpspurs.

A friend reminded me of the saying - bad things come in threes. So, first there was Covid, then Poppy's seizure and now my ankle. Hopefully no more
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Wildlife nighttime video.
Fox and Badger arrive together & dig for food together
www.instagram.com

gennepher on Instagram: "Fox & Badger arrive together & dig for food together... #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some

6 likes, 2 comments - gennepher on October 30, 2024: "Fox & Badger arrive together & dig for food together... #ukwildlife #onenight What you see in one video is the animals that appear in the area of the swing in the span of one night. Some nights there are more animals. Some nights a lot of...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com

And same vid on TikTok

Creative..in my tidying up I found a pice of rag paper with different colours on it, so I worked on making it into a picture...I shall call it "Between Worlds".

Time for bed soon so Sweet Dreams

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Beautiful piece of art, a real treat
 
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