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Good morning everyone and despite previous snow warnings the sun is out although Mrs Miggins had to scrape ice off her car this morning. Darwin Awards at hight tide yesterday. Alleged adults with children wave jumping on the lower prom and getting knocked over by the odd high one. They soon find out where all the pebbles and detritus littering the prom are coming from. Anyhow, it’s off to meet up with Mrs Miggins and daughter in an hour for some breakfast after they have worked up an appetite chatting and posing at the gym. Later, it’s grandparents being treated to early dinner at an Italian restaurant by the birthday girl (well, her parents). Art bit, another bit of red. Evidently on this day in 1477 “Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers” was printed by William Caxton. Have you still got your copy handy? I really ought to have a koffy.
 

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7.9 at 03.30 today.

Had a call from someone purportedly from BT to say they suspect there is a Malware program been loaded onto our internet. I would have thought it would be our system that had been infected via the internet. I wasn't sure if it was or wasn't a scam. I said I would hand it over to Neil but the voice insisted they could only talk to me as the person registered with BT. Neil did take the phone from me but couldn't make sense of it and hung up. They called 3 times though. Well - if it was BT, they could fix it if there was a Malware problem associated with the internet. Otherwise they can send me an e-mail and I can then check where it is from.

I'm very suspicious these days.
 
Morning all on a bright but annoyingly multi-layer demanding start here in L.A.. The weather is one of several elements testing my way of making sense of and very nearly functioning in the world as is now. Most relevant here is whether team Elsie Keto is actually the best available set of players or playing style to manage stage 4 cancer, bullous pemphigoid, the impact of Prednisolone, Doxycycline, spinal stenosis, anno domini and T2 (that's the order of risk as I see it now) or if a new coach and whole new set of players would/could make any difference.The last Libre showed my fbg was consistently in the 4s but as the steroids kicked in well tried and tested meals produced higher bg levels than normal, albeit all well within what could be construed as normal levels. They weren't normal for me and neither is the weight the steroids appear to force upon me. This may be the best I can do against those forces but it feels like my new favourite word. Right, that's enough application of the state of English and Welsh rugby, Spurs and the Liberal West to my health. I'll know more on Thursday - my date with the US GE/Springboks/Man City in this analogy. @dunelm happy birthday to TGIB. @gennepher thank you for sharing the video and creative - so generous and always brave to share creatives in whatever form as they are a part of you as creator. @Krystyna23040 good news on having the time to study. Y'all hunker down, have a walk in the woods, mix and match, whatevs, I'mma reading the C of E Morning Prayer (BCP) drinking more tea and hugging two grandchildren tight later as those are nailed on certs for my team sheet. You do you and let's stay chums - deal?
 
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ianpspurs said:
Morning all on a bright but annoyingly multi-layer demanding start here in L.A.. The weather is one of several elements testing my way of making sense of and very nearly functioning in the world as is now. Most relevant here is whether team Elsie Keto is actually the best available set of players or playing style to manage stage 4 cancer, bullous pemphigoid, the impact of Prednisolone, Doxycycline, spinal stenosis, anno domini and T2 (that's the order of risk as I see it now) or if a new coach and whole new set of players would/could make any difference.The last Libre showed my fbg was consistently in the 4s but as the steroids kicked in well tried and tested meals produced higher bg levels than normal, albeit all well within what could be construed as normal levels. They weren't normal for me and neither is the weight the steroids appear to force upon me. This may be the best I can do against those forces but it feels like my new favourite word Right, that's enough application of the state of English and Welsh rugby, Spurs and the Liberal West to my health. I'll know more on Thursday - my date with the US GE/Springboks/Man City in this analogy. @dunelm happy birthday to TGIB. @gennepher thank you for sharing the video and creative - so generous and always brave to share creatives in whatever form as they are a part of you as creator. @Krystyna23040 good news on having the time to study. Y'all hunker down, have a walk in the woods, mix and match, whatevs, I'mma reading the C of E Morning Prayer (BCP) drinking more tea and hugging two grandchildren tight later as those are nailed on certs for my team sheet. You do you and let's stay chums - deal?
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Thank you @ianpspurs
I agree with your new favourite word. I am dealing with something at the moment on the internet which is throttling/stifling my reach...in several things. Lots of research...finding it is possible to alter algorithms that are against you. But do I understand a word of it...but I will...if I have enough time of the rest of my life...
Thank you for the creatives compliment....
 
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Thank you @ianpspurs
I agree with your new favourite word. I am dealing with something at the moment on the internet which is throttling/stifling my reach...in several things. Lots of research...finding it is possible to alter algorithms that are against you. But do I understand a word of it...but I will...if I have enough time of the rest of my life...
Thank you for the creatives compliment....
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I sincerely hope you find the way to alter the algorithms and share the feeling of wondering how much more time, in my worldview, God will grant: Psalm 39 v 4 Thank you and @alf_Josiah for the hug BUT, churlish as it may seem, I would far rather an I than a hug. I am fine with giving hugs but very uncomfortable receiving them. What I am comfortable with are the prayers of those who are openly Christian. Best wishes from non believers or those of other faiths are also gratefully received. I know I'm odd but my list of huggers doesn't extend beyond God and my family, may God forgive me.
Edit: @Annb now you've given me a problem with that hug :arghh:
 
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I sincerely hope you find the way to alter the algorithms and share the feeling of wondering how much more time, in my worldview, God will grant: Psalm 39 v 4 .Thank you and @alf_Josiah for the hug BUT churlish as it may seem I would far rather an I than a hug. I am fine with giving hugs but very uncomfortable receiving them. What I am comfortable with are the prayers of those who are openly Christian. Best wishes from non believers or those of other faiths are also gratefully received. I'm know I'm odd but my list of huggers doesn't extend beyond God and my family, may God forgive me.
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But the hugs aren't physical ones - they are just expressing a hope for your comfort. One step down from the prayers, which are always being said on your behalf by some who tell you of them and some who have their own way of praying for you without saying so. My prayers and thoughts are always with you, Ian - and some mental hugs as well.
 
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But the hugs aren't physical ones - they are just expressing a hope for your comfort. One step down from the prayers, which are always being said on your behalf by some who tell you of them and some who have their own way of praying for you without saying so. My prayers and thoughts are always with you, Ian - and some mental hugs as well.
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Thank you for such a lovely post which is so typical of how you come across here. I guess as a few writers/sermons I have read and heard have said I, like many, baulk at the freely offered hugs God and other people would gladly give. Seems to me rather like this poem and akin to Strider sitting and waiting patiently, looking on in paternal? sorrow and forgiveness of weakness rather than anger at the antics in the Prancing Pony in Bree in LOTR 1. Probably reading too much into Tolkein being one of the Inklings and Malcolm Guite's take on what that may mean. Just indulge/ignore me.
 
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7.9 at 03.30 today.

Had a call from someone purportedly from BT to say they suspect there is a Malware program been loaded onto our internet. I would have thought it would be our system that had been infected via the internet. I wasn't sure if it was or wasn't a scam. I said I would hand it over to Neil but the voice insisted they could only talk to me as the person registered with BT. Neil did take the phone from me but couldn't make sense of it and hung up. They called 3 times though. Well - if it was BT, they could fix it if there was a Malware problem associated with the internet. Otherwise they can send me an e-mail and I can then check where it is from.

I'm very suspicious these days.
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Very right to be suspicious @Annb
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all on a bright but annoyingly multi-layer demanding start here in L.A.. The weather is one of several elements testing my way of making sense of and very nearly functioning in the world as is now. Most relevant here is whether team Elsie Keto is actually the best available set of players or playing style to manage stage 4 cancer, bullous pemphigoid, the impact of Prednisolone, Doxycycline, spinal stenosis, anno domini and T2 (that's the order of risk as I see it now) or if a new coach and whole new set of players would/could make any difference.The last Libre showed my fbg was consistently in the 4s but as the steroids kicked in well tried and tested meals produced higher bg levels than normal, albeit all well within what could be construed as normal levels. They weren't normal for me and neither is the weight the steroids appear to force upon me. This may be the best I can do against those forces but it feels like my new favourite word. Right, that's enough application of the state of English and Welsh rugby, Spurs and the Liberal West to my health. I'll know more on Thursday - my date with the US GE/Springboks/Man City in this analogy. @dunelm happy birthday to TGIB. @gennepher thank you for sharing the video and creative - so generous and always brave to share creatives in whatever form as they are a part of you as creator. @Krystyna23040 good news on having the time to study. Y'all hunker down, have a walk in the woods, mix and match, whatevs, I'mma reading the C of E Morning Prayer (BCP) drinking more tea and hugging two grandchildren tight later as those are nailed on certs for my team sheet. You do you and let's stay chums - deal?
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I do.like your new favourite word @ianpspurs.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
I do.like your new favourite word @ianpspurs.
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FYI it came from here just on the off chance anyone feels I came across it all by my little self. Not sure if that is the appropriate word or it is just anno domini, this weird age between the first Easter and the Kingdom or me actually being as mad as one or more boxes of frogs. Either way, grateful as I am for God's grace daily, the lived experience is, or certainly very much feels, just that and will almost certainly become more so.
 
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Yesterday I wondered if I had overdone it with the dog walk, but this morning I was able to teach without my stick and my ankle was absolutely fine. Am still wearing the ankle support of course.

It is such a fine line between getting it right and overdoing it. Fingers crossed that I stay sensible (for once)
 
ianpspurs said:
Thank you for such a lovely post which is so typical of how you come across here. I guess as a few writers/sermons I have read and heard have said I, like many, baulk at the freely offered hugs God and other people would gladly give. Seems to me rather like this poem and akin to Strider sitting and waiting patiently, looking on in paternal? sorrow and forgiveness of weakness rather than anger at the antics in the Prancing Pony in Bree in LOTR 1. Probably reading too much into Tolkein being one of the Inklings and Malcolm Guite's take on what that may mean. Just indulge/ignore me.
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John Donne is one of my favourite poets and that one had slipped my mind. Must try to dig out my copy of his works and remind myself. It is among the books that were put away when the upheaval was going on in this house.
 
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A cheeky 6.9 this manic Monday.
#8 has a chest infection.
Found the purse.
Can't find Mrs L 's sense, or her reasoning, or her chrimbo pjs.
It was going the dump day today, lots and more to clear out, and getting my decorating head before chrimbo decs get done as I always said that it should not go up before you open the first window on your advent calendar.
Gotta catch up with my chores. I was up a couple of times during the night. And Mrs L and myself had a lie in.
Getting lazy in my old age.

That is it for now.
 
Thank you to all those who stuck with me while I explore the multi-faceted cause of the new favourite word of being not.John Malkovitch (haven't and wouldn't want to see it) but IanP. If life’s too short to stuff a mushroom (or make soup) it sure is to read my drivel. Big up to y’all - no, I don’t know what that means either. I'mma making CWC (coffee - decaf for now, so shoot me why don't ya? - with cream, a pork roll (Keto Multi seeded) packing 8 cherry tomatoes and 14 gms of buttered Pannetone, heading into Cambs to collect 2 grandchildren then feeding those, dad and partner. Definitely an anti-poohiffication game plan in my opinion. Y'all enjoy what is left of Monday - Only Connect and University Challenge evening here. :woot:
 
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Morning all on a bright but annoyingly multi-layer demanding start here in L.A.. The weather is one of several elements testing my way of making sense of and very nearly functioning in the world as is now. Most relevant here is whether team Elsie Keto is actually the best available set of players or playing style to manage stage 4 cancer, bullous pemphigoid, the impact of Prednisolone, Doxycycline, spinal stenosis, anno domini and T2 (that's the order of risk as I see it now) or if a new coach and whole new set of players would/could make any difference.The last Libre showed my fbg was consistently in the 4s but as the steroids kicked in well tried and tested meals produced higher bg levels than normal, albeit all well within what could be construed as normal levels. They weren't normal for me and neither is the weight the steroids appear to force upon me. This may be the best I can do against those forces but it feels like my new favourite word. Right, that's enough application of the state of English and Welsh rugby, Spurs and the Liberal West to my health. I'll know more on Thursday - my date with the US GE/Springboks/Man City in this analogy. @dunelm happy birthday to TGIB. @gennepher thank you for sharing the video and creative - so generous and always brave to share creatives in whatever form as they are a part of you as creator. @Krystyna23040 good news on having the time to study. Y'all hunker down, have a walk in the woods, mix and match, whatevs, I'mma reading the C of E Morning Prayer (BCP) drinking more tea and hugging two grandchildren tight later as those are nailed on certs for my team sheet. You do you and let's stay chums - deal?
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Thank you @ianpspurs and also for your new, now our, favorite word.
 
I think the new word of the day is very good but it explains a rich man's view of a situation.

I would like to propose another made up word which is more down to earth or common depending on your opinion of people.

Paddlefication.

When your up the creek without one......
And you just have to concede you're absolutely flocked.

You are paddleficated
 
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@dunelm thank you for sharing the latest wonderful red roof special. These are very much part of the push back against the omnipoohification of which Christmas Markets, Black Fraud Day and Winter Wonderlands are now members.
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All this americanisation of clearing the shelves, of last year's fails.
What is wrong with a good old British MFI, sales pitch?

With John Lewis and other stores closing for Boxing day, how are you supposed to get some rubbish to collect and get dusty?
The world has gone mad.....
 
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