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it’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
I’m typing this in bed due to being infected by Covid-19 at some point over the last two weeks: I tested positive very late on the 16th February. I feel reasonably lucky as the impact has been devasting on my insulin requirements, but I have food booked via my local supermarket, the internet at my […]
Posted: February 21st, 2022 under 42, Diabetes.
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Hotter in the city
Location is so important in where you live, we have a show in the UK called Location, Location, Location. We ended up moving for that very reason 8 years ago but after the initial shock of the cost of moving, one thing we noticed moving from a village to the main town was how cheap […]
Posted: January 13th, 2022 under 42.
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DIY is not what I wish to do
Many things are happening tomorrow, the result of which is I’ve just spent the best part of 6 hours designing and making a pump case so I have the luxury of being where I was this morning at 6am with a new insulin pump. Let me explain. My first ever pump came with three cases […]
Posted: January 12th, 2022 under 42, Diabetes.
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Timing is everything
As you’re aware, in my spare time, I’m an insulin kineticist. That means I study the impact of artifically given insulin on the human body. The title is putting it mildly. Timing matters, it’s not necessarily what you do but when you do it. Take today. After a very lazy Christmas, I’m starting to exercise […]
Posted: January 5th, 2022 under 42, Diabetes.
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Twelfth night cometh
I love Christmas. I love the fact that in Europe, the rising Christian monarchs pragmatically looked at the climate, the food stocks and the people and took on the pagan celebrations as Christ’s birthday and in most countries said that should be a bank/public holiday. Ours is a little beyond the shortest day in the […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2022 under 42.
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Retrospective as 2021 comes to an end
Like many, this year has involved some changes health-wise (4 vaccinations, 3 for Covid-19 and one for influenza) and some sole searching following COP26. COP? Police? No, the climate crisess :D. For me, this has to be a personal thing. While governments and business can do their bit to ensure we can’t screw up, there […]
Posted: December 18th, 2021 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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Now winter is almost here
It’s November, news flash, it’s winter! Very few days have peaked at 10°C, so it’s still autumn… Anyway, the heating is definitely on. Which is a great time to get a new EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) done. There’s no reason it cannot be done in the summer, any measurements are done in reverse, rather than […]
Posted: November 14th, 2021 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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Breathing easy
As you’re aware, we’ve swapped our old manual thermostatic radiator values with Tado’s “smart” ones. Once the first one was done – even though we’d read the instructions and watched the video, this was still a 15 minute task for the first one. We felt like fools but having sussed out the procedure, it took […]
Posted: October 10th, 2021 under 42.
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Economies of time
It’s a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon in early October and I’m sitting in the kitchen with my feet up. It’s the first time today I’ve had a chance to rest and I’d like to explain why. Doesn’t sound in the least interesting! Harsh, but true 🙁 Here’s why I’m writing this. We’re still in the […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2021 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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Recanning the worms
If you’ve ever watched “Deck the halls” with Matthew Broderick andDanny Devito (alphabetic order of surnames), you will understand how seriously out of hand outdoor Christmas lights can get. Thankfully, our neighbourhood is significantly saner than that moviesuggests it can get. It does lead to the question – how do you make the task of […]
Posted: September 25th, 2021 under 42.
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