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

lindisfel said:
You never forget if you teach yourself gen.that's how I got educated after I went to a secondary modern school and wasted four years and was able get a profession and educate my two daughters with extra help to get to university and achieve their potential.
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One of the guys in my class at school became b.i.l. 's big boss on Ruston Bucyrus management at Lincoln.

The guy was a bad lad as well
He got caught reading the Chigcargo Strip Tease in a R.I. lesson.

Baggy was not pleased, he didnt fear any lad, he rounded up a German machine gun post single handed in the first war. One day he showed us his medal he no dounbt wanted to lift and inspire the best in us.
 
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This morning fbg of 6.5

As to my earlier remark cousins grandfather was for many years the head butler at Saltram House the Earl of Morley used to take his butler with him everywhere he went including on his gun running expeditions to the Middle East on one occasion they ran out of supplies and ended up having to slaughter one of the camels for meat and he was not impressed with the meat as he found it rather unappetising.
 
gennepher said:
I have been thinking @Annb about if you ended up with 2 laptops to access everything you needed to.

Apologies if you know this this.

Like @dunelm I use the cloud BUT I live in an internet dead-spot despite being in a populated town.. .And quite a bit of the time I want to work and I am unable to transfer from iPad mini to my old iPad Pro if my signal is down. I use a mobile wifi, I do not have a phone line. This is the video editing because not enough memory on one device. And so I use a usb memory stick to transfer what I need to, to another device. This is then independent of any wi fi signal.

When I had a laptop many years ago, I have several old laptops which were given me (the oldest being the xp, never connected to the internet which I watch DVD's on, very cheap they are in the charity shops now), the newest being a couple of netbooks (small in screen size and memory, just 16GB on one) with window 8's from many years ago. I had one of those external clumsy back up units, and using that I backed up stuff from the 16GB red netbook (it was a lovely responsive laptop who's only failing was its memory size), whereas the other netbook, a white one with more memory hated connecting up to the internet and was always arguing with me and the internet. So, I would use the external back up unit to move photos (I did a lot of photo editing then) from one device to the other.

I am assuming you have an external clumsy bulky back up unit for your back ups? This was how I worked on Ancestry. The red almost no memory netbook was great on being responsive in downloading Ancestry stuff, but the white, more memory netbook often refused to download from the Ancestry site.

I have never understood how to back up to a CD. I am clueless on that. I have these blank cd's and years later they are still blank....

I have never had anyone to help me with computers, so many a time I was days and despairing how to work out something simple...

I don't know if any of this helps.

PS It's the bungalow that is the internet dead-spot. Sometimes the mobile wi fi works, sometimes it doesn't. But I have recently changed internet provider which is now much much better in my bungalow. However, in the potting shed the mobile wi fi internet connection works amazingly, is very responsive, very quick...I have an electric lead from the garage across the garden to the potting shed when I have days I need to camp out in there for internetty stuff....for leccy blanket and kettle....
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I did have an external backup system which backed files onto the first disk and mirrored it on the second one automatically. After what I considered to be a fairly short time, the mirrored backup developed a fault and the original seemed to be unable to work at all without it, so that was the end of that. For some years now I have used two separate backup disks - a backup and a parent - not CDs - and have had no problems. At work I used to have a grandparent as well but didn't get around to having a third disc at home. I don't know why the backups won't work with the new operating system. I think I'll just have to get some more usb sticks and use those. I used to have lots but gave most of them away since I wasn't using them. I don't actually know if this laptop would write to a CD - never tried it, although I used to do that at work for keeping open learning packages on. We had to constantly develop new materials for all the courses we taught so, of course, there would be the original package, then a copy on another disc, then a further copy for the college archive, and student copies when each new student signed up for the course. Never an issue, but we were using desktop PCs, not laptops and the further security was provided by copying to the college mainframe. Of course, backing up doesn't just save the files, it takes a copy of everything, so saving files to usb's wouldn't be the same thing.
 
Good morning all from a clear, calm and dry L.A. on a morning where we await two grandchildren with probably another pair of individually tailored timetables for the day. @dunelm enjoy the time with TGIB and the feeling of helping the enemy in the War on Woke. As for schools being open, John Holt and Ivan Illich talked more sense than Keegan and co - especially the drivel Gove spouted. Doesn't all the evidence support the proposition that WFH increases GDP and makes for nicer, kinder people? Thanks for once again sharing your splendid art. @gennepher how typically caring of you by thinking of solutions for others. Is your new heating system actually working well after all the hassle or are you waiting for remedial work? @Krystyna23040 good news that you feel like a new Duracell Bunny - take it easy though. I'm wondering if Mr Levy will buy Dragonsteaks today since the French guy is a bit pricey. Enjoy your day which I'm reliably informed can't be saved to the cloud except as a TikTok or some other trendy but ersatz facsimile of reality.
 
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gennepher said:
I have been thinking @Annb about if you ended up with 2 laptops to access everything you needed to.

Apologies if you know this this.

Like @dunelm I use the cloud BUT I live in an internet dead-spot despite being in a populated town.. .And quite a bit of the time I want to work and I am unable to transfer from iPad mini to my old iPad Pro if my signal is down. I use a mobile wifi, I do not have a phone line. This is the video editing because not enough memory on one device. And so I use a usb memory stick to transfer what I need to, to another device. This is then independent of any wi fi signal.

When I had a laptop many years ago, I have several old laptops which were given me (the oldest being the xp, never connected to the internet which I watch DVD's on, very cheap they are in the charity shops now), the newest being a couple of netbooks (small in screen size and memory, just 16GB on one) with window 8's from many years ago. I had one of those external clumsy back up units, and using that I backed up stuff from the 16GB red netbook (it was a lovely responsive laptop who's only failing was its memory size), whereas the other netbook, a white one with more memory hated connecting up to the internet and was always arguing with me and the internet. So, I would use the external back up unit to move photos (I did a lot of photo editing then) from one device to the other.

I am assuming you have an external clumsy bulky back up unit for your back ups? This was how I worked on Ancestry. The red almost no memory netbook was great on being responsive in downloading Ancestry stuff, but the white, more memory netbook often refused to download from the Ancestry site.

I have never understood how to back up to a CD. I am clueless on that. I have these blank cd's and years later they are still blank....

I have never had anyone to help me with computers, so many a time I was days and despairing how to work out something simple...

I don't know if any of this helps.

PS It's the bungalow that is the internet dead-spot. Sometimes the mobile wi fi works, sometimes it doesn't. But I have recently changed internet provider which is now much much better in my bungalow. However, in the potting shed the mobile wi fi internet connection works amazingly, is very responsive, very quick...I have an electric lead from the garage across the garden to the potting shed when I have days I need to camp out in there for internetty stuff....for leccy blanket and kettle....
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I used to have a Mackintosh "Notebook", but it was second hand and broke down eventually. For quite a while after that I had desktop PCs with big screens (the first one was a massive brute of a thing with a cathode ray tube monitor) but I reluctantly bought a flat screen one. Both are still in Neil's workroom. Very old-fashioned now but they were great for doing design and desktop publishing. Eventually, I bought this laptop for Tom so that he could sit in his armchair and still type letters and other bits and pieces - he never did use the internet. He never used the laptop either. I suppose his Lewy Bodies were kicking in by then because he just couldn't get the idea. So I transferred to it from the desktop models. Much more convenient - I can use it from my desk in the kitchen and not get in Neil's way in his workroom. It's just as powerful as my old desktop ones were - probably more powerful. I suppose my two have probably been added to Neil's collection of the technology of the printed word along with my first PC (can't even remember the make now - one of the early ones with green text on black screen) and my 3 typewriters ranging from an early (100+ year old) sit up and beg model, via a portable manual to an electric one. He is interested in words in all formats and all methods of production - other than handwriting (he should have been a doctor going by his handwriting).

I will have to work on the other laptop for the family history sites - none of them will work with this Firefox software. They would if I could update it, but I can't. This one will be used for everything else.

I'm also wondering if I can get a reasonable drawing package to go on this laptop. I know I can put one onto the Amazon Fire Tablet which would suit my purposes but it is very small and, so far, I haven't managed to persuade it to transfer files to the laptop. I'm sure it can do it but the question is "How?"
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all from a clear, calm and dry L.A. on a morning where we await two grandchildren with probably another pair of individually tailored timetables for the day. @dunelm enjoy the time with TGIB and the feeling of helping the enemy in the War on Woke. As for schools being open, John Holt and Ivan Illich talked more sense than Keegan and co - especially the drivel Gove spouted. Doesn't all the evidence support the proposition that WFH increases GDP and makes for nicer, kinder people? Thanks for once again sharing your splendid art. @gennepher how typically caring of you by thinking of solutions for others. Is your new heating system actually working well after all the hassle or are you waiting for remedial work? @Krystyna23040 good news that you feel like a new Duracell Bunny - take it easy though. I'm wondering if Mr Levy will buy Dragonsteaks today since the French guy is a bit pricey. Enjoy your day which I'm reliably informed can't be saved to the cloud except as a TikTok or some other trendy but ersatz facsimile of reality.
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The new heating system is working well currently thank you @ianpspurs
But I still am having an independent check...
 
Annb said:
I used to have a Mackintosh "Notebook", but it was second hand and broke down eventually. For quite a while after that I had desktop PCs with big screens (the first one was a massive brute of a thing with a cathode ray tube monitor) but I reluctantly bought a flat screen one. Both are still in Neil's workroom. Very old-fashioned now but they were great for doing design and desktop publishing. Eventually, I bought this laptop for Tom so that he could sit in his armchair and still type letters and other bits and pieces - he never did use the internet. He never used the laptop either. I suppose his Lewy Bodies were kicking in by then because he just couldn't get the idea. So I transferred to it from the desktop models. Much more convenient - I can use it from my desk in the kitchen and not get in Neil's way in his workroom. It's just as powerful as my old desktop ones were - probably more powerful. I suppose my two have probably been added to Neil's collection of the technology of the printed word along with my first PC (can't even remember the make now - one of the early ones with green text on black screen) and my 3 typewriters ranging from an early (100+ year old) sit up and beg model, via a portable manual to an electric one. He is interested in words in all formats and all methods of production - other than handwriting (he should have been a doctor going by his handwriting).

I will have to work on the other laptop for the family history sites - none of them will work with this Firefox software. They would if I could update it, but I can't. This one will be used for everything else.

I'm also wondering if I can get a reasonable drawing package to go on this laptop. I know I can put one onto the Amazon Fire Tablet which would suit my purposes but it is very small and, so far, I haven't managed to persuade it to transfer files to the laptop. I'm sure it can do it but the question is "How?"
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Fingers crossed you will work this all out very soon @Annb
I used to use some online free drawing software. They were all good, but this was years ago. I can only remember Gimp, because of the name. It was more than adequate, but I found it hard to use. But my daughter in Australia loved it and did the illustrations for an Australian author. They were very good.

But I much prefer my apps on the iPad or the Android.

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Firefox used to play me up a lot trying to download files off Ancestry. I used Opera a lot at one stage. The other thing I did with the little 16GB red netbook, was I got a 64 GB micro sd card. And I don't know how I did it but I put the the operating system on it and ran the laptop from that and I kept all my ancestry stuff on that, until one day the micro sd card fell out and I never saw it again...
 
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gennepher said:
The new heating system is working well currently thank you @ianpspurs
But I still am having an independent check...
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Well the journey may have been awful but the destination seems to be worth it. Perhaps the crew were technically proficient but socially inept which is probably the right way round if they couldn't be perfect. In some ways one wishes for a moderately harsh winter so you can, after things have been rectified, luxuriate in warm comfort.
 
ianpspurs said:
Well the journey may have been awful but the destination seems to be worth it. Perhaps the crew were technically proficient but socially inept which is probably the right way round if they couldn't be perfect. In some ways one wishes for a moderately harsh winter so you can, after things have been rectified, luxuriate in warm comfort.
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Thank you Ian. It appears to be that way...so far...yes, the right way round...
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all from a clear, calm and dry L.A. on a morning where we await two grandchildren with probably another pair of individually tailored timetables for the day. @dunelm enjoy the time with TGIB and the feeling of helping the enemy in the War on Woke. As for schools being open, John Holt and Ivan Illich talked more sense than Keegan and co - especially the drivel Gove spouted. Doesn't all the evidence support the proposition that WFH increases GDP and makes for nicer, kinder people? Thanks for once again sharing your splendid art. @gennepher how typically caring of you by thinking of solutions for others. Is your new heating system actually working well after all the hassle or are you waiting for remedial work? @Krystyna23040 good news that you feel like a new Duracell Bunny - take it easy though. I'm wondering if Mr Levy will buy Dragonsteaks today since the French guy is a bit pricey. Enjoy your day which I'm reliably informed can't be saved to the cloud except as a TikTok or some other trendy but ersatz facsimile of reality.
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Thank you @ianpspurs. WFH - Would be great for my daughter if she could make precision engineering parts in her garage ;)
 
Annb said:
I did have an external backup system which backed files onto the first disk and mirrored it on the second one automatically. After what I considered to be a fairly short time, the mirrored backup developed a fault and the original seemed to be unable to work at all without it, so that was the end of that. For some years now I have used two separate backup disks - a backup and a parent - not CDs - and have had no problems. At work I used to have a grandparent as well but didn't get around to having a third disc at home. I don't know why the backups won't work with the new operating system. I think I'll just have to get some more usb sticks and use those. I used to have lots but gave most of them away since I wasn't using them. I don't actually know if this laptop would write to a CD - never tried it, although I used to do that at work for keeping open learning packages on. We had to constantly develop new materials for all the courses we taught so, of course, there would be the original package, then a copy on another disc, then a further copy for the college archive, and student copies when each new student signed up for the course. Never an issue, but we were using desktop PCs, not laptops and the further security was provided by copying to the college mainframe. Of course, backing up doesn't just save the files, it takes a copy of everything, so saving files to usb's wouldn't be the same thing.
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I tip my hat to you for the knowledge & abilities.

Way down on the task on backing up, preserving data etc

But I did buy a small hard drive back up...worked ok for a while, then went belly up one day & never worked again (common fault from the interweb, it seemed )

I don't have much, but when I needed to keep particular documents etc I too used usb sticks/keys.

I rarely back up the laptop .
Not really much on there I need that isn't in the cloud (g-drive etc)

But I'm sure I'll find something I desperately need or want is missing when it fails.

To whit my point.

Wanting to dual boot my laptop.(yes,I got a little geeky back then)
I wanted to load up Linus.

With no cd player, I had to find an external one off the web.

Worked well, if a tad slow.

So maybe an option if yours doesn't have one.
It used a usb port, if I recall...mmh

May even still have it, if it's of interest to Neil ?

Anyway.
An impressive set of skill @Annb
Who says we can't learn new tricks.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a lovely quiet start to pre bin day here in the dark and dangerous north. Girl In The Bubble each day this week as parents back at work and other grandmother is not well. I have of course complained to the Local Education Authority (LEA) about schools not being in synch with real life workers who still cling to that old fashioned practice of going to an actual place of work and not skiving in the corner of the dining room like a civil servant, watching Netflix and updating their profiles on LinkedIn. Art bit - where is this going? Hope you all have a lovely day, will there be good news on the Octavia front @lindisfel? Must make koffy and think about which bin to put out tonight.


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Thanks for the reminder of the bins @dunelm, it had totally flown from my head....it is on my list now...

That rock would be pretty lethal if the tree dropped the holding root...
 
Fbg I didn't take it this morning

I had nightmares all night on a long standing harrowing incidents before I moved here...

My Creative reflects my feelings...

Wildlife Nighttime video
Fox & his friend - Jade at beginning & end
Jade is asleep, when the fox who is friendly and is looking at Jade. This is Foxy Loxy who has been coming into my garden for the last year and half since the trail cameras have been up..
1 min 6 secs

Have your best day

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