That was a fairly crap few months. I am glad  that despite the incredible foul up that is the admin side of our NHS, you are relatively ok. Diabetes is a pain, and different people seem to get sugar spikes on different things. You will have to work out yours.

There were three of us in the office who had diabetes, all with the same health care trust and all told different things. I find a low carb diet is best, and if you are going to eat sweets chocolate is best as it has a high fat content.

Most diabetes pills work by stopping your gut absorbing sugar. However Sugar in the gut is a laxative - you have been warned.   Hence my trying to stay on low carb diet.

Because of above I am very careful to lay off the carbs for 48 hours before going on a plane or long journey.  

Help! I'm being held hostage and tortured(!) whilst Mrs Westie watches Strictly Come Dancing on the TV ....

[mind you, the competition is being held in Blackpool tonight ..... great memories running around that superbly sprung ballroom floor when I was a kid.  ]

Ah! The joys of married life.

I really looking forward to not watching "I'm a nonentity ...", "World Cup Kickie-ball" and all those schmaltzy Christmas films.   

QuoteHelp! I'm being held hostage and tortured(!) whilst Mrs Westie watches Strictly Come Dancing on the TV ....

[mind you, the competition is being held in Blackpool tonight ..... great memories running around that superbly sprung ballroom floor when I was a kid.  ]

I confess strictly is one of the few reality competition shows I can actually watch. Gotta credit the amount of work and determination they put into it. Though it is over the top at times.

Absolutely.

Lots of work and determination.

Over on Twitter The Dark Lord appears to have confused meters with feet

What a Twit

Heretics! The Dark Lord is ineffable and without flaw; may he curse you with weak ankled figures and bent bayonets! If He says Meters then Meters it should be.


All hail the mighty Dark Lord, and his winsome Consort, Milady of the Dimpled Cheeks that the likes of us are not fit to gaze upon!

Should that read Metres, rather than those items in our houses to gauge our gas and eletric use etc?

That's it FSN - give them ell !

So say we all.
All hail the Dark Lord

QuoteShould that read Metres, rather than those items in our houses to gauge our gas and eletric use etc?

Unless he meant to talk about electricity feet I'm guessing so

Its just he thinks 17m is a feasible pike length.

GW and their ridiculously over-sized weapons have lots to answer for

QuoteOver on Twitter The Dark Lord appears to have confused meters with feet

We put up a tweet about us stocking brass spears/pikes in 40mm/50mm/80mm and 100mm lengths and you asked about who carried 17m pikes.  I replied 'The winners!' as a joke as I wasn't sure what you meant?

QuoteIts just he thinks 17m is a feasible pike length.

Clearly it isn't, unless you're thinking about putting a 100mm brass spear with a 10mm figure?  I don't think I'd recommend that, they'd be a bit big...