Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I shall have a word with your better half, young Trogg! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I have been on Alodipine for years and a variety of others at same time. I have to take home blood pressure tests for a week every couple of months and receive telephone calls from the doctor over this to often,and listen to the reasons why I should stop smoking. My readings vary greatly so as yet they haven’t yet found a tablet to control it which will not affect my kidney, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 My sister smokes. Filthy and unhealthy addiction but she doesn't want to stop and, therefore, won't. She, too, is frequently requested to log her BP on a chart for a week. More recently, she's been diagnosed with pernicious anaemia and has injections of B12 several times per year. I'm sure the smoking addiction doesn't help. I have never smoked and don't understand the attraction. It's filthy, unhealthy and very, very expensive. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 The smoking habit is disgusting. A bit like drink and sex - we’ve probably all tried it once and decided it wasn’t for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Amlodipine. Doesn't sound too pleasant to me, but mercifully I don't have to take it. I think three things are apparent. 1. We all react differently to meds. 2. We can frequently 'get used' to meds after a while. 3. Some meds just aren't for us. I recall being given a Beta Blocker about 30+ years ago long before any heart issues were apparent, as a non addictive anti anxiety treatment. It worked a bit.. but for the first few days my legs and feet felt like lead, as the drug stopped my heart from responding to demand, when climbing stairs for e.g. Amlodipine is ruled out for me, so my BP is controlled by two drugs. 1. Bisoprolol, a Beta Blocker and 2. Losartan, an 'ARB', formerly known as an A2 inhibitor. Since my BP is often well below 100, I've queried whether I should reduce the BB, but I'm told I'm not on it to reduce BP, but because it stops the left ventricle from beating so hard, which is proven to slow down LV failure. So the next question becomes, well what about the Losartan?, but again, as well as lowering BP by relaxing blood vessels, Losartan has other, statistically proven benefits in Heart Failure and other conditions... And I've recently been put onto two meds originally developed to treat diabetes, but now statistically shown to improve outcomes in Heart Failure. Finally, Aspirin keeps my blood like water and a Statin helps keep my cholesterol down. At least those two seem simple.. And finally, the Cardiologist has suggested not one, but two further drugs to lower cholesterol.. Since that was based on 'Bloods' taken immediately after the Christmas Pork Pie season, I opted to try diet ands exercise firsat. If they don't work..... Smoking. I hated it as a youngster, but got into it in my early 20s due to stupidity. Took me until my late 50s to stop and I still don't understand how that worked. After nicotine replacement and other methods had all failed.. one day it just came into my head to stop, and I did. Just like that. If I could discover the psychology behind that and bottle it, I could probably make a fortune... 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Tablets and me don’t agree. I forget to take them when I have pain or similar. Until the next time , then I forget again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,421 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, nonnaB said: Tablets and me don’t agree. I forget to take them when I have pain or similar. Until the next time , then I forget again. I'm similar nonna, but lately I rely on Alexa to remind me every day... The pity is I can't set her to tell my smartphone to come with me when I go out... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Alexa is set to remind my husband at 8am and 8 pm. But he goes out before 8 am to drop my daughter off at work then remembers when he gets back home. 8pm it’s usually me that reminds him when Alexa comes on because he’s usually asleep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 DJ My husband started smoking in his 20’s when he worked in Jersey. Guests in the hotel where he worked always gave the staff cigarettes. So he started smoking them. He promised he would stop when we got married. We went to Scarborough for our honeymoon . He excused himself to go to the bathroom and when he came back, hands behind his back with a thin stream of smoke which seemed to come from behind. You’ve guessed it. Years later he promised my son he would quit when his wife got pregnant and it worked. He’s not smoked since. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Fantastic red sky right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Just been admiring it here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 ....and depending on exactly where you are it was accompanied by a massive murmuration of starlings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Starlings seem to be making a comeback. I remember watching them when I was a child but haven't seen too many in the intervening years. I now see far more rooks than anything else. Highly intelligent birds and fun to watch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,153 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Changing the subject a tad. @DJ360, if your'e out there reading this, can you kindly explain to me, in laymans terms, the process of 8D etc music? Iv'e just hit upon this on you tube while looking for stereo tests. Got my headphones on and I was astounded at the difference in sound quality. I have never heard of this before and would like to find out more. There was these different music tests with 8D, 12D and onwards. A whole different world of music and tempts me to buy better cans. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 BK, until you mentioned it, I'd never heard of 8D. However, I looked it up and found info which is in the link below. Briefly, it is a sort of 'fake' surround sound, created by adding echoes etc., which fool the ear/ brain into 'hearing' surround sound. It reminds me of something EMI did years ago which I think may have been called 'Sensaura' It worked without headphones.... until you moved your head...whereupon the effect fell apart. So using headphones obviously gets past that problem. If you like the effect I see no reason not to pursue it. I'll check it out when I have more time. I have no idea what 'cans' you currently use. I have three or four lots. One lot I bought over 30 years ago for about 20 quid ( JVC ) still sound really good to me. My 'posh' noise cancelling Bluetooth ones (Bowers and Wilkins PX7) are better, but not by much and were £350. https://www.beatoven.ai/blog/8d-audio-what-is-it-and-whats-the-hype-all-about/#:~:text=8D audio is a marketing,multiple directions around the listener. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,421 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 2 hours ago, DJ360 said: One lot I bought over 30 years ago for about 20 quid ( JVC ) still sound really good to me. I had a pair of those, though they were a fair bit more than £20, when I had a Kenwood quadraphonic set up with a little joystick to move the sound. As i remember it there were two systems for quad sound and the Kenwood had both. Like much of 4 and 8k TV now there was so little produced it was in fact an expensive waste. But the phones were quite good and lasted years, some BBC DJs used them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 My JVCs are the HA-D600 model. They have little labels on them declaring them 'Digital Ready', which is a pretty meaningless statement, but pretty symptomatic of the time when everything from kettles to clothes pegs was judged to benefit from association with the wonders of digital.. There is nothing digital about their technology, or the signal they are meant to reproduce and in fact the analogue output from CD is limited in frequency to a range of 20Hz to 20 KHz. .narrower than some pure analogue sources. That said they are a semi- open backed design which works well but like all such designs leaks sound both in and out, which can be annoying in some circumstances. They have been astonishingly durable, with even the ear pads holding up well. I had a pair of Sennheiser 25-13s, which were designed for DJ use and cost about £160 20+ years ago. They had a replaceable lead,...just as well because it failed twice. Although the ear and head band pads were supposedly replaceable, I was never able to get hold of replacements.. a pity because the originals didn't last long. They still produce sound but are effectively useless now. They are closed back design ..OK for DJ use but not great sounding. A plasticy 'cuppy' sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,284 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 It's Sunday. Until I was about 20 I attended church or chapel every Sunday. These days I watch Kunesburg on the Beeb on Sunday morning. Some distance from going to church, however, this morning was different. Nothing religious you understand, but something quite moving took place when Kunesburg interviewed Esther Ghey. The sheer kindness that effused from this lovely lady was a more powerful message than I ever heard from a pulpit. Of course the program included what was happening with the US response to the terrorists organisations and the connections with the war in Gaza. A war consumed with hatred. So, for me, the Sunday lesson was - Be kind. Hatred never solved anything. This has never worked on the big scene...but on a personal level it can. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 The Dalai Lama (not to be confused with the Dalai Chulla) said, "Wherever it is possible, be kind. It is always possible." Or, as my mother used to say. Do as you would be done by. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I remember that quote from ‘The Water Babies’ by Charles Kingsley when it was read to us at primary school. Much better than ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!’ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 @philmayfield tnat quote was the name of one of the water babies’ teachers. They all loved her. Another teacher was called ‘Be done by as you did’. She was definitely NOT popular. Btw I’ve been told tnat tne eye for an eye quote was supposed to be a limitation of any retaliation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Yes, that would seem to be a reasonable interpretation of the quotation. More of a quid pro quo. We do have to keep the Suez Canal accessible and not turn the other cheek! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 @philmayfield but will bombing the opposition solve the problem or will things just escalate? I think we can only ‘love your enemies and do good to those that hate you’ on a personal level, although thinking globally, eventually one of the warring parties will have to stop the retaliation so talks can take place. I used to say to our children when their squabbling got a bit physical “I don’t want to hear about who started it - it’s who finishes it which is the most important thing” 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,421 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 13 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: Do as you would be done by. Based on Luke 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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