Check In and Chat - December 2014

Complete Change of Subject !

Watching the news today and what has been happening in Sydney, Australia .......does make you think?

It could have been you or I going about our usual day enjoying a cup of coffee /tea. Yes, it was Australia but it could have been any city in the world, couldn't it?

Give your loved ones an extra hug who knows what tomorrow may bring.

My thoughts go out to all families involved in this siege.

Take Care

All the best Jan

Jan1 wrote:Complete Change of Subject !

Watching the news today and what has been happening in Sydney, Australia .......does make you think?

It could have been you or I going about our usual day enjoying a cup of coffee /tea. Yes, it was Australia but it could have been any city in the world, couldn't it?

Give your loved ones an extra hug who knows what tomorrow may bring.

My thoughts go out to all families involved in this siege.

Take Care

All the best Jan

Agreed! We live in a strange and unpredictable world so we really should live for today and make the best of we've got!

Hope the siege can be resolved ASAP!

Nasty ending to the siege as well. Sad day !

mo1905 wrote:Nasty ending to the siege as well. Sad day !

Yes - not good, not good at all. Watched the 7pm news and of course with television, mobile phones the instant it happens it's being broadcast.

The sad fact is wherever you are anything can and does happen these days .... perhaps it was always there but we never got to see it on the television and be so much a part of it.

Jan

I'm sure there has always been crime and violence but I think there seems to be a lot more evil in the world nowadays. You're right though Jan, it can, and does, happen anywhere at anytime.

Would have been nice to wake up with some cheerful news, but today we are confronted with children being shot dead in an army run school by the Taliban, and another shooting spree in the US, as if yesterday's siege in Sydney wasn't enough!?

Do people see lives as worthless to be ended in a seconds ?

There are many good things that happen every day, but does not get the news coverage. I was pleased to see young Malala Yousafzai receive her Nobel Prize award the other day .....

"One Child
One Teacher
One Book and One Pen
Can Change
The World"

I think we all need to work towards something good ......or is it my 'rose coloured glasses' that need adjusting.

All the best Jan

I fear it may be those specs of yours Jan! However, I echo your thoughts and all we can do is to try to make a difference wherever we are. This includes our every day lives and our forum lives too. I want to see good things happen not bad. (Yep, I get my specs from the same place as yours, but it's worth a try!)

I was sickened when I saw the news regarding those poor kids who were slaughtered today ! So much evil in the world, so sad !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30491435

Yes such unnecessary suffering...and for what? Pointless bloodshed.....again. Very sad.

>.>.>.

Change of subject !

One week today it's Christmas Eve so still plenty of time to do some Christmas Shopping.  

Perhaps the 85% or 90% dark chocolate would make a nice stocking filler?

Have you any gift ideas for a low carber?

All the best Jan.

Yay! one week! yay! gimme gimme Yay!

...sorry getting a little excited

got myself the kids an electric drum kit i they can't wait

Well lucky you them! I've already had my present - the trip to Galatasaray, so all I'm looking forward to is cooking the roast chicken. Yum. And some precious family time of course.

Jan1 wrote:>.>.>.

Perhaps the 85% or 90% dark chocolate would make a nice stocking filler?

Nah, that's for wimps - go to Hotel Chocolat and choose from several varieties of 100%

Rod thanks for this. I love 90% chocolate and once managed to get some 92%, but I would love to try 100% and now I know where I can get it from. You're a really useful person to know

zand wrote:You're a really useful person to know

(blush)

Awww, thanks Zand.

I got into these in the branch in Harrogate where the nice sales girl gave us a taste of about four different ones - from Peru, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Eritrea (?). Anyway, they're amazingly different, not surprising really, we expect variety in coffee, oils, wine etc so why not chocolate. Anything from peppery, smooth, to really bitter - but of course you only need a small piece at a time.

There's a small one on the concourse at Paddington, I might call in there tomorrow ...

the wife just rang me from argos and i was on speaker she was struggling to take me off of speaker so i start singing stevie wonder songs as loud as possible with her desperately trying to work out how the hell to shut me up, she has hung up the phone now, slightly off topic of anything but i found it funny

I like your style Andy :-)

due to my little being tested etc and me banging on again about the amount of carbs they all eat, this morning the good lady made "low Carb" pancakes lol what a huge step forward, progress is being made at last, hopefully


they were disgusting but thats not the point

Andy12345 wrote:due to my little being tested etc and me banging on again about the amount of carbs they all eat, this morning the good lady made "low Carb" pancakes lol what a huge step forward, progress is being made at last, hopefully


they were disgusting but thats not the point

It's a start mate and a positive move forward ( even if they taste crap lol ) ! Any more news on your daughter ? Hope you get things sorted soon !

Andy12345 wrote:due to my little being tested etc and me banging on again about the amount of carbs they all eat, this morning the good lady made "low Carb" pancakes lol what a huge step forward, progress is being made at last, hopefully


they were disgusting but thats not the point

Great result mate and progress at least eh!! I was half expecting your 'Cock being on the chopping block' after the phone incident earlier!

nah lol, she's got a terrific sense of humour, although she said it was very embarrassing she was laughing, in fact i give her a lot of stick but she's got the best sense of humour and laughs all the time, its the probably the thing that has stopped us killing each other over the years

@Andy12345 I thought you hated karaoke! You don't mind others hearing you if they can't see the face that goes with the voice, is that it? lol

You reminded me of something similar that my husband did before we were married. We were shopping, he was bored. If I took too long in a shop he started a fake argument shouting...."That's right! Tell everyone we're getting a divorce, why don't you?" Yep it worked a treat, he got me embarrassed and out of the shop in record time. And I still married him......Hmmmm.

Lol brilliant!!

Just realised that today is the anniversary of my first ever finger prick test!  A year since I went to the doc worrying I might have the beetus (which I did obviously, that's why I'm here lol)

The random late afternoon test was 10 point something.  I'd eaten my regular healthy food that day of porridge made with skimmed milk, berries and banana for breakfast.  Lunch was a cheese sandwich made with wholemeal bread and an apple.  I couldn't keep awake.  Would be sparko on the sofa after my healthy plate evening meal.

Today my random anniversary afternoon test is 5.4 I am 3.5 stone lighter and don't intend sleeping until bedtime! I've met lots of lovely new people here and elsewhere. Mexican food for dinner tonight.  It's all good