Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29th August 2025.

29th August, 2025.

It’s officially official: I’ve woken up!

And … ?

I’ve woken up with the word ‘Yockenthwaite’ floating around my head … 

I don’t know why: but do know it’s a village in Yorkshire and a character in Roger and the Rottentrolls.

I’ve also woken up with the theme to Josie and the Pussycats earworming its way through my head.

If I figure out why?

I’ll let you know!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 28th August 2025.

28th August, 2025.

It’s Thursday: but you knew that!

And it’s also the day after I’ve managed to pick up the test strips that go with my blood sugar monitor.

I can excitedly jab my fingers: and test my blood sugar levels.

Once the lancets turn up!

Heigh ho!

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You’re possibly aware that two school children have been killed: in a mass shooting in Minneapolis.

The shooter’s motives are unknown: although there’s talk of an online video.

I’ll be honest … after hearing about another mass shooting, one whose victims were in a church, celebrating the start of a new school year, I did something I very rarely do.

I prayed.

No, I’m not especially religious: but I prayed to whoever’s up there.

Prayed that the USA finally decides to change the Constitution’s Second Amendment, the one that allows private US citizens to own weapons.

I realise that’s not simple: that there’s a whole body of US law, and US court judgements, built on that amendment.

But … ?

The fact the right to bear arms is included in the Constitution, and, ultimately, allowed the shooter to legally buy the guns he killed and injured children?

The fact it allows that?

Means the Second Amendment has to change.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-8-2025 — World Lake Day. (Ten questions.)

27th August, 2025: World Lake Day.

Right, then: it’s Wednesday.

And I have to go back into town.

Because … ?

The test strips — and associated lancets — won’t turn up until today.

At the earliest … !

Don’t you just love bank holiday hold-ups … ?

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26th August 2025.

26th August, 2025.

Right … it’s now Tuesday.

Which is nice.

As — hopefully — it means the next batch of test strips and lancets will have arrived at my usual pharmacists.

They could’ve turned up, yesterday.

Except, of course, yesterday was a bank holiday: which always holds things up.

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I have to say, though, that strips — and lancets — are surprising.

Although ‘surprising’ is possibly the wrong word to use.

I’m still getting use to using them: so it’s surprising — amazing?   strange? — to me, how quickly I get through the things.

As are some of the results.

Apparently, my safe range is between four, and seven: and I’m supposed to do two tests a day

So getting through the strips, rapidly, is surprising: and getting results between roughly four and eight — 4·4 and 8·6 — seems even more surprising.

Especially when my usual range seems to be around 5·5 and 6·6

What’s more … ?

I don’t know the how figures from the machine — 5·6 mmol*, as an example — relate to the results of the quarterly HbA1c tests I have to take: I believe the HbA1c are supposed to be roughly ten times bigger than the glucose machine’s results.

So my last HbA1c result, ~forty (40), should translate to ~four (4).

Whether I’m right … ?

I don’t know.

Thankfully?

I’ve got an appointment booked with my GP’s nurse-practioner, in September.

I can ask, then.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 25-8-2025 — Nottinghamshire. (Ten Questions)

25th August, 2025: Nottinghamshire.

It’s officially Monday: and officially a bank holiday.

Which means?

I’m up … at a later time than usual.

As my weight management groups got the day off.

We’re back to normal, next week.

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Just in case you’re wondering … ?

I’ve finally finished another Star Trek review: both the written and video versions.

I hope you enjoy it!

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