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

alf_Josiah said:
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentleman. Sorry to many posts to catch up on, so, hugs, chuckles and out right bolshiness if required.

Blood sugars this morning were 5.0 what they were the previous few days I can’t remember and I just don’t care either.

Ah the speed of dark, another of science’s unknowns like light, since nobody really understands light, but apparently can split it ( thanks to Pink Floyd) Really, the question about dark matter is, is dark matter hot or cold. Question why is dark matter called dark matter.

Mrs J is festooning the lounge with Xmas stuff and my task is many fold. Along the lines of hurry up and wait.

Well now it’s that time again. Yep time to look busy so I can avoid a task or several.

Stay safe all, stay warm and avoid media driven enquiries.

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Foot and hand note doctors and physicists ( I can’t say about chemists) really don’t like admitting they just don’t know.
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Oh enjoy the utter wonder of festooning (not the bags round the eye type though). Dark matter - I think that those that are in the know, just don’t know but do know what it isn’t. It doesn’t seem to play with magnets though.
 
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Lamont D said:
Don't know!
Who knows.
Other than the clock or sun, how do you know the time?
As I get older time gets faster.
As a kid, summer days went on forever.
I often say to myself, how did it get to teatime?
When you go back to where you once lived. When did that get built or when was that demolished? ohh! It looks better now! Etc.
And it has been quite a while since Mrs L celebrated her 30th birthday, but it happens every year!
I once bought a birthday card with that on. I regretted it!
The illusion of time is indeed conceptual. Ha!
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Time is not a constant, my 10:30am cup of tea, the tea is the constant, time is the variable.
 
I was once tasked with applying my improvement in knowledge when a teacher introduced study's of the bible to our lacking in being in church a lot, well hardly. The teacher believed it would improve our understanding of our C of E religious church. Improve attendance for Sunday school but the main reason was Christmas carols and Christmas stuff and of course, girls!
So I started reading to cover my backside from being questioned. However the story telling was stilted and drawn out.
I got to the chapters in who begets somebody else who begets somebody else, who begets somebody else etc and so on, et al.
So being a curious little blighter, I asked the teacher what begets mean. I assumed that it meant, that it was like wrestling, cos the Romans and Greeks did it and whoever was left at the end, was the champion.
I also had heard, about a French beget. Apparently, I had heard that it was long piece of French bread, meant for breakfast!
So putting two and two together, this begetting was a fight with French breakfast bread, hitting each other.
That is what we came up with in the Christmas choir, and to discuss it with our classmates including the young ladies.I
How our teacher, dispelled such thoughts was really disappointing.
Procreation wasn't creation????
 
Lamont D said:
Thanks @gennepher , really appreciate the support.
My first thought when you mentioned your lip reading, and described your eyes are you ears!
Literally, ears where your eyes should be and vice versa?
Not going to get that picture out of my head.
One of my nicknames was Mr potato head, that was my second thought. Ha!

I had a young lad in my team in the car factory, deaf and dumb. I did have to learn rudimentary sign language, but a pen and paper was always handy. He was a very good worker and a joy to be with!

It's 3pm, it's minus three, and it's raining! Not quite sleet, not snow but freezing rain! If it goes colder (eh!) tonight it will be like a skating rink. You would think we were in Snowdonia!
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Now you will never get that image out of your head @Lamont D
Just for you...
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Lamont D said:
Don't know!
Who knows.
Other than the clock or sun, how do you know the time?
As I get older time gets faster.
As a kid, summer days went on forever.
I often say to myself, how did it get to teatime?
When you go back to where you once lived. When did that get built or when was that demolished? ohh! It looks better now! Etc.
And it has been quite a while since Mrs L celebrated her 30th birthday, but it happens every year!
I once bought a birthday card with that on. I regretted it!
The illusion of time is indeed conceptual. Ha!
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Time is a man made convention to make our lives run more smoothly but it is a relative thing. At my age, everything is faster because I am relating it to the 78 years I have experienced. Every minute, every hour even, passes in a flash. But that is only the chronological time. In my REAL time the last 78 years have only gone by at about 1/3 of normal speed because I know that in myself I am only 26.

I do lose track of days but have fixed that problem. I get Neil to make calendar sheets for me. Each month is a separate A3 sheet with large squares for each day. This gets fixed to the fridge with magnetic strips and there is one little blue magnet which I move every morning so I can always check which day it is. Plus all appointments are in view all the time and are much more difficult to forget.
 
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Annb said:
Time is a man made convention to make our lives run more smoothly but it is a relative thing. At my age, everything is faster because I am relating it to the 78 years I have experienced. Every minute, every hour even, passes in a flash. But that is only the chronological time. In my REAL time the last 78 years have only gone by at about 1/3 of normal speed because I know that in myself I am only 26.

I do lose track of days but have fixed that problem. I get Neil to make calendar sheets for me. Each month is a separate A3 sheet with large squares for each day. This gets fixed to the fridge with magnetic strips and there is one little blue magnet which I move every morning so I can always check which day it is. Plus all appointments are in view all the time and are much more difficult to forget.
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Brilliant!
Mrs L would love one of them.
It would go amongst the fridge magnets from red light district that her sister and others have visited. But not the one in Antwerp! Oops!
 
dogslife said:
Good morning @gennepher. Interesting to hear about your new arrival. A couple of days ago I had 3 similar birds arrive together in my garden. The right shape and colour of male blackbirds but with black beaks. Also unusual to see 3 together so wondered if they were the young of one family. One has been back again today several times using the tall part of the garden wall as a look-out post. Enjoy your day and keep warm. :)
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I saw this and couldn't reply at the time.

Actually for ringers who ring birds the wing formulae is somewhat important because they migrate south more, due to cold winters.
The ringers measure their primary wing feather length because they are longer in Scandinavian birds due to longer migrations. But many still reach the UK in winter birders can't usually separate them in the field.

One should remember the feathers on a bird are not like fur, they move dynamically, if they are cold they fluff then up and look fatter, males change the movement of feathers in display. Etc.
Their weight gives some idea of their state of health.
Perching birds all have a similar moult and feather sequence.
A young Robin for example after fledging has juvenile plumage all spotted and brown and moults into first winter after getting it's red breast and is ready to breed after one year after hatching which is known as first summer.

Similar with blackbirds the males go through juvenile and first yr progression and all adult males get a eye ring and yellow bill when they move into first summer and breed as adults.
The other birds that seem to have dark bills, may be females, immature males and immature females.
I have been a birder since my youth and it has been a major interest.

Even skilled birders make a lot of mistakes especially with raptors.
D.
 
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jjraak said:
Hug for that, mate

Sensible but still a sense of loss, I'm sure.

Nothing quite matches the madness of dressing for the ride, & that zen like feeling of being (almost) at one with nature as the world zip on past.

Same to Mr K, @Krystyna23040 .

I drove all year round for many a year, but there were times ( & days of them) it just wasn't worthwhile or sensible.

Good call by your man.
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I was so pleased when he decided to sorn his motorcycle, especially as in Norfolk the standard of driving has really gone downhill lately.

He was riding his Triumph earlier this year when he had a near miss with a car coming out of a petrol station. Further up the road he pulled alongside the car at the traffic lights and asked the driver why she hadn't checked the road was clear before pulling out. He was quite shocked when she said that she never bothered to look when she pulled out into the road.
 
SlimLizzy said:
01.12 FBG 5.8
02.12 FBG 5.1
Have been prescribed vitamin D.

Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency may include:
  • Fatigue.
  • Not sleeping well.
  • Bone pain or achiness.
  • Depression or feelings of sadness.
  • Hair loss.
  • Muscle weakness.
  • Loss of appetite.
  • Getting sick more easily.
No bone pain and haven't noticed hair loss, but certainly the fatigue and feelings of weakness, sadness and almost total loss of appetite plus an infection seem spot on.
Was expecting a pack of twelve pills, instead got this.
View attachment 64674Some difficulty in working out how to take this single dose supplement. Google to the rescue.
Also do I now have to get monthly repeat prescription ?
MrSlim and I are both very happy to surprise medical professionals with a list of zero medications. Seems this is unusual.
Very frosty morning, -2°C. Not really liking that MrSlim has gone to look at and possibly buy a gate for our field. Drive of about an hour each way.
We have a dinner invitation for tonight.
Am not going to be the perfect guest...No alcohol and low appetite. Cannot even contribute amusing conversation. Not been anywhere and hardly done anything to talk about. Will have to rely on questions.
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Really good that your doctor has diagnosed what is wrong. Good that you worked out how to take the single dose supplement.
 
Lamont D said:
I must ask, Where is the enigmatic smile?
Can only see the grin on the cats face!
Only seen a cat as black as that in Bewitched???
Don't use your spellchecker!
Ha!
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Aww ..the lovely Samantha....
And who can forget "I dream of genie"
& Did I mention aunt Zelda..xxx

Lauren 'thinks' she has witchy powers...(not so sure she doesn't, mind)

Omg, am I alone in noticing a theme, ....mmhh.

Yep, Such a sucker for a witch .... :hilarious: :hilarious:

And as for black cats, Sabrina's wins for me
 
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lindisfel said:
I saw this and couldn't reply at the time.

Actually for ringers who ring birds the wing formulae is somewhat important because they migrate south more, due to cold winters.
The ringers measure their primary wing feather length because they are longer in Scandinavian birds due to longer migrations. But many still reach the UK in winter birders can't usually separate them in the field.

One should remember the feathers on a bird are not like fur, they move dynamically, if they are cold they fluff then up and look fatter, males change the movement of feathers in display. Etc.
Their weight gives some idea of their state of health.
Perching birds all have a similar moult and feather sequence.
A young Robin for example after fledging has juvenile plumage all spotted and brown and moults into first winter after getting it's red breast and is ready to breed after one year after hatching which is known as first summer.

Similar with blackbirds the males go through juvenile and first yr progression and all adult males get a eye ring and yellow bill when they move into first summer and breed as adults.
The other birds that seem to have dark bills, may be females, immature males and immature females.
I have been a birder since my youth and it has been a major interest.

Even skilled birders make a lot of mistakes especially with raptors.
D.
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Never really been into looking at birds, but I gave a win for the clear passion that shines through in your post.

Think I'll pay a little more attention to them now, because of you.

Respect.
 
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