The Chill Out Zone

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Most people fast during the night Ian. It depends what time your bloods will be taken. The range of 8-12 hours allows you a window of 4 hours in which to have your blood test safely done. So from the point of fasting, drink only water until the test. Tonight you can have a meal up until midnight. After midnight, only take water until you get to the clinic to have your test in the morning anytime after 8 a.m. Does that help clarify? If your on diabetic medication you should check with your GP ....good luck!

Afternoon Phil, yes you're right, I rang the surgery earlier for confirmation (must pay more attention as to what my Dr says )and they said the same as you. 9:40am blood test tomorrow, No I'm not on diabetic meds.
I messed up the last time I had an appointment for the blood tests and had a cup of tea when I got up, I was on auto pilot Rang the surgery & they said no you'll have to rebook it again.

[stevestrat]

I needed a fasting blood test a while ago, tried to give me an appointment at 12 noon which would mean I couldn't eat anything before about I got home at about 1pm . . . . promptly told where they could ram that idea!

That low energy bulb I stuck in the outside light earlier is now replaced by a LED one.

[Lancpudn]

Afternoon all, It'll be a bowl of soup for tea minus the dumplings for the blood test tomorrow It ain't half going chilly now, Heating is on

[FLYING BANANA]

Temperature has dropped dramatically and we have torrential rain.

Nice chunk of rump steak, chips and mushrooms washed down with a glass or two of Jammy Roo.

Sorry Rod but the heating is on.

[trikey]

Still dry here, rain forecast for 9pm then wet for the next few days.


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[Lancpudn]

Here's me thinking the class 43 HST 125 was consigned to the scrap heap as they'd (supposedly) reached end of life I always knew them there Scots were a canny lot & have bought 26 sets which are now being refurbishing and called Inter7city. some sets are now completed. https://www.railmagazine.com/news/ra...hst-train-test
Very good news indeed.

[stevestrat]

Seen them around up here but what I don't get is why they are running such short sets, four or five carriages, no more capacity than any other unit. 4,500hp for four carriages, overkill to say the least

Drove them occasionally, getting the speedo up to the red line (125mph) was quite a sensation.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Seen them around up here but what I don't get is why they are running such short sets, four or five carriages, no more capacity than any other unit. 4,500hp for four carriages, overkill to say the least

Drove them occasionally, getting the speedo up to the red line (125mph) was quite a sensation.

LOL those beasties sound good though


Missus has just come back in the car & said I think I've scraped the car
A scrape across the rear n/s door & rear quarter panel


I give up, both nearside alloys have got kerb rash too.

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Afternoon Phil, yes you're right, I rang the surgery earlier for confirmation (must pay more attention as to what my Dr says )and they said the same as you. 9:40am blood test tomorrow, No I'm not on diabetic meds.
I messed up the last time I had an appointment for the blood tests and had a cup of tea when I got up, I was on auto pilot Rang the surgery & they said no you'll have to rebook it again.

I am glad to hear everything has been sorted for your test Ian. This morning I wasn’t looking where I was going, thinking more about having my finger prints...I walked into a steel framed window at CID that someone had opened at head height, whacking my head hard on the window edge. Luckily I was wearing a baseball cap. No cuts, but oh boy did it give me a headache for the rest of the day

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

I walked into a steel framed window at CID that someone had opened at head height, whacking my head hard on the window edge

My father used to be in the agriculture business, having to go into grain storage sheds etc, he was forever knocking lumps out of his scalp, so much so that when the railway issued hard hats I "acquired" one for him!