Early Risers.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[Barry O]

Goodnight to most , afternoon to some and good morning to our Antipodean ERs.

Baz

[BR60103]

Kitchener streetcar line has had another accident -- 4th since May 30. It looks as if the bodywork at the bottom of the front of the car is fiberglass and cracks when struck. (We had a car that did that).  Needs to be replaced with a nice cast iron cowcatcher. And they're not running yet.

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

Today the gasman cometh, for it is time for British Gas to deliver on their servicing contract.  This was arranged yesterday!  It means that the fodder run will have to wait until the afternoon but that’s no hardship.  Neither, for that matter, is tidying the kitchen lest the gas technician should form the impression that I live in a tip.  I do, but that’s my business.

 

Collecting my prescription from the surgery was more problematic than it need have been.  The length of potions that I must take runs to two sheets but the list of items prescribed can be accommodated on one.  This means that I get an incomplete list which habitually excludes the items that I will need to order in a month’s time.  I have lost count of the number of times that I have explained this to Checkpoint Charlene but still it happens.  It takes a certain breed of harridan to do the job of surgery receptionist.  If you see me getting like that, shoot me!  Then, at the pharmacy, I was told once again that one of the items prescribed would have to be ordered.   As it appears on the prescription every other time one might well suppose that they would notice and make provision accordingly.  Never mind, having to go back for it in a few days does get me out of the house.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[grandadbob]

Good morning all, 

The sun is shining, but rain, possibly heavy at times, is forecast.

I have completed 11 out of 12 hours fasting so in about an hour will wend my way to hospital for blood test, breakfast and X-rays. 

Back later,

Have a good one,

Bob.

[Robert]

Morning All,

 

We have another nice bright morning today, and the temperature is quite pleasant.  However, it is set to get rather warm later on.

 

Time for a coffee!

 

Have a good day everyone...

[TheQ]

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare,

A poor nights sleep, many wake ups to try to find a comfortable position...

 

Also awake Mr Plod...  a Black Audi stopped by a blue flashing light car a few hundred feet past a NDR roundabout. MR Plod taking details.. My guess at that time of the morning with little traffic around.. straight lining the roundabout not using the correct lanes..

 

The outer lab Old AC is now sitting in the middle of the lab wrapped up in plastic, Just inside the area which will be temporarily partitioned off to have the wall knocked down.

 

I'm calibrating a new old system, it was built to replace an old reserve system that died, i've been testing it every 3 months since it was built about August 2016.. Since then the other system hasn't missed a beat so this one has never been used in anger. The equipment it was built to cal hasn't been produced for many years and the numbers coming in for calibration are slowly reducing. At some point the company will declare it un-economic to continue and this new system will be reallocated to something else.

 

There is a forecast for "a yellow warning of hIgh impact weather" what ever that means.. Though at the moment it's scattered high clouds.. Ben the Border Collie was definately reluctant to return to the house after patrol this morning.

 

Time to... Take the next measurement now it's warmed up, 1.0001878V that puts it at 63.5ppm above nominal 10A, about 9% of spec, thats a goodun..

 

 

 

[Barry O]

The sun is shining..her indoors feeling a lot better, last horse tablet taken..almost be well in the world!

 

Enjoy your day everyone!

Baz

[jamie92208]

Good morning from an overcast Charente.   

 

Baz, is that the BARV that I think was the last Centurion chassis in use by the British Army IIRC, used in Kuwait I think.

 

Q, we were taught to use all the lanes on the road, as long as it was clear and safe to do so without causing any other vehicles to alter their speed or course. One instructor had a favourite comment. "You've paid your road tax for the whole road, USE it."

 

Anyway the roofer arrived and replaced the tiles on one side of the gable end and will come back later in the month to cement them in properly.  Money was not mentioned.   Later Beth and I realised that he'd not done the other side of the gable.  He's now coming back later in the week.  Most of the tiles were intact but had just folded back in the face of 130kph winds.  The Volvo needed a new battery, however I discovered that the old one was original equipment and so had to be at least 15 years old.   It didn't owe me anything.   

 

Today it's off to the dentist for the start of a root canal treatment.   Not a pleasant thought.   After that if the weather is fine some strimming may take place plus some muddling.

 

Jamie

 

 

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

Morning.

 

Off to see the practice diabolical diabetes nurse soon, as I become a slave to blood glucose figures.

 

It'll be interesting to see if its delivered helpfully or in sanctimonious lecture terms, also if it is the delicious Maryrose then it will be difficult to concentrate....'till she sticks a needle in me anyway.

[TheQ]

29 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Morning.

 

Off to see the practice diabolical diabetes nurse soon, as I become a slave to blood glucose figures.

 

It'll be interesting to see if its delivered helpfully or in sanctimonious lecture terms, also if it is the delicious Maryrose then it will be difficult to concentrate....'till she sticks a needle in me anyway.

I found it funny that several of the nurses involved with the lecture and initial assessments were.. err... um..barrel shaped...

[TheQ]

40 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Good morning from an overcast Charente.   

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Q, we were taught to use all the lanes on the road, as long as it was clear and safe to do so without causing any other vehicles to alter their speed or course. One instructor had a favourite comment. "You've paid your road tax for the whole road, USE it."

 

 

 

Jamie

 

 

 

 

I don't quite think that's what the highway code says though...

[tigerburnie]

Morning, bright and breezy today and the weathers not bad either...……………………..(that's as good as it gets this time of day)some of the "G" word to do plus time to be spent in TOSH, soldering of droppers day.....yahoo.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

The sun is shining, well it is shining behind all those clouds. Breakfast has been consumed and I will shortly set off to complete the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix. Whilst I’m out, Sheila will talk to the surgery for an appointment, so the house will probably be empty when I get back. The Waitrose Grand Prix will also be completed this afternoon, when we will pick up the things that we can no longer get at Sainsbury’s.

 

This evening we have James and Amelia coming for tea, sausage and chips is on the menu, mmmmmmm. 

 

Back later. 

[BoD]

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

Morning.

 

Off to see the practice diabolical diabetes nurse soon, as I become a slave to blood glucose figures.

 

It'll be interesting to see if its delivered helpfully or in sanctimonious lecture terms, also if it is the delicious Maryrose then it will be difficult to concentrate....'till she sticks a needle in me anyway.

 

 

I’m sure the nurse will point you in the direction of the diabetes.org.uk website.  It is quite informative per se but also has a huge recipe section that includes meals that help both diabetes and weight loss.  Some of them are very palatable and have helped me enormously in adapting my diet whilst still enjoying food.  In many cases I enjoy more what I am eating now. 

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

 It is overcast but it does look as if it could clear a bit. 

I too have a blood test this afternoon but not fasting. I have just started an additional medication so I think my GP wants to monitor whether it is working or if I need more. 

 

Neil. I think fear of being “lectured” by the diabetic nurse probably delayed Aditi doing something about her symptoms. However all the medical staff have been totally supportive and positive. Once she retired her diabetic control was much better. 

Have a good day. 

Tony

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. So far I've managed to avoid type 2 diabetes, perhaps not having a sweet tooth helps. A young fellow in my model railway club is type 1 and he's given me a few tips on what can be eaten and what can't. I have been checking packaging for salt content for years so its a simple matter to check for sugar content as well. 

[BSW01]

2 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Morning.

 

Off to see the practice diabolical diabetes nurse soon, as I become a slave to blood glucose figures.

 

It'll be interesting to see if its delivered helpfully or in sanctimonious lecture terms, also if it is the delicious Maryrose then it will be difficult to concentrate....'till she sticks a needle in me anyway.

Neil

 

There are some great books about food suitable for diabetics, but be honest a lot of it is common sense. The biggest change that Sheila found was no snacking in between meals. Initially that was hard, but now she wouldn’t even consider it. Another big change was looking at the labels on food and checking the sugar, salt and fat contents, but again you soon get used to that too, it just a pity that there isn’t a STANDARD format for how the information is displayed.

 

Although I’m not diabetic, I generally eat the same foods (well mostly) that Sheila eats and over the last few years I’ve lost almost 3 stone. At my heaviest I weighed 17 1/2 stone, I’m currently just over 14 1/2 stone. Considering I still drink beer, wine moderately, (we make a bottle last is 2-3 nights) the occasional short and I eat pies/pasties about once a week, I don’t think I’ve done too bad at all. The worst food really is all the convenience food, these are usually high in both sugar and fat, it’s one of the main reasons that I make a lot of our own, particularly cakes soups, as they are so easy to make and you know exactly what goes into them.

 

It can be done, you just have to be strict with yourself, as it is all to easy to slip.

 

Good luck. 

[Joseph_Pestell]

2 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Morning.

 

Off to see the practice diabolical diabetes nurse soon, as I become a slave to blood glucose figures.

 

It'll be interesting to see if its delivered helpfully or in sanctimonious lecture terms, also if it is the delicious Maryrose then it will be difficult to concentrate....'till she sticks a needle in me anyway.

 

I find it hard to say no to my lovely diabetes nurse as well. :-) And the first one was even more gorgeous.

 

But don't become a slave to the blood glucose levels. You may well find that the best guide is how you feel yourself.

 

For a condition that has been known about for 2000 years, medical science still knows very little about diabetes and does indeed tend to a combination of sanctimonious lectures and plain dumbing-down. It drives me nuts!

 

They assume that all diabetics are fat/overweight. Wrong.

 

All sugars/carbohydrates will have the same effect on you. Wrong again.

 

And so many other generalisations.

[Two_sugars]

It'll be interesting to see if its delivered helpfully or in sanctimonious lecture terms

 

We've got one of them at our SUGARY. . . . she won't see me anymore because  wouldn't take her seriously.

 

The other nurses I see are all O.K.. . . .informative without lecturing... and the doctors don't help much . . . "well. . .you've got to have a treat sometimes". . . I finished that off with. ."but not the whole family bag!"

 

As has already been said, just be sensible and practice moderation.

 

I found the hardest bit was foregoing sugar in my tea. . . . . about 10 cups per day.

 

John

[jamie92208]

Back safely from the fang mender.  Good news and bad news.   No procedure today but he has said that in his opinion the next tooth along needs a crown as well.   Only about 25% of the bill is covered by the National Health scheme so I have a "Devis" aka estimate to take to our top up insurance company to get authorisation.   The great upside of this is that I will have to sit and talk to the fair and tall Laetitia.  There's a silver lining to every cloud. When I got back the sight of yet another line of washing out drying made me think that I better attack the ironing.  Beth was out shopping so I dulled the pain by listening to five live sports extra for the England Afghanistan match.   After a slow start they're doing well.   Beth brought some fresh sardines back for lunch and they have gone down well as well.   Over lunch we had a conversation as to how to convert some of our abundant cherry crop into cherry brandy.  This process will be helped along by a bottle of "Eau de Vie" of approx. 75% abv that has appeared.  Living within the boundaries of the Cognac appellation has it's advantages. If the process goes well, perhaps I should invite Charlie Boy.

 

Jamie

Edited June 18, 2019 by jamie92208

[Ian Abel]

Moaning all.

The "car" continues to be a problem, hoped to pick it up yesterday but after they replaced the struts, of course it needed an alignment. Various parts rusted beyond use so they need replacing before the alignment can be done. <kaching> "it's only money"

 

Yesterday evening was the delayed Fathers Day get together and lovely dinner with the family, and most enjoyable it was. The Mrs even managed to get me a new Garden Gnome (I love the silliness of having one in the undergrowth, can't explain why) and our last one was in bad shape. This one is nearly a foot tall, and will find a place in the front garden watching over the new abode

 

Today - IF the car is ready - we'll be heading to the lake cabin for an overnight. Mostly to mow the lawn and clean the place as the upcoming weekend is the turn of the other half of the family. They don't take kindly to it not being in perfect condition and as we had no transport this past weekend we weren't able to get it done then.

 

14 and sunny first thing and headed for 24 and mostly sunny all day.

 

Enjoy Chewsday everyone.

 

[Barry O]

6 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Good morning from an overcast Charente.   

 

Baz, is that the BARV that I think was the last Centurion chassis in use by the British Army IIRC, used in Kuwait I think.

 

Jamie

It was used by the Royal Marines.

The Centurion Avre (complete with spigot mortar) was used in Gulf War one. Extra armour but still petrol fuel

Baz