Oh dear @Nanny Beach , with family like that who needs enemies? Take no notice, you're better than that! It sounds like you're a similar shape and size to me but a bit slimmer in the hips and waist and a bit more petite in height, and you've probably got more muscle mass than me. Definitely not too thin and not too fat either
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
My gripe? Morons panic buying- petrol this time, there were no shortages, now there will be. Coming back from the plots yesterday, saw a huge queue in opposite direction on a road I use, assumed there must have been an accident at the roundabout further up. Then my wife came home from visit to her daughter, said there were huge queues at every petrol station. Realised the queue I saw must have been for same reason . Madness. 😡
Best way to get people spending their money is to announce a shortage.  Boosts the coffers no end, there’s always people that fall for it. pity there’s not more of a shortage,  less cars on the road, less aeroplanes in the sky, less food on the shelves, less fat people less drain on the NHS.  Win- win.Â
When we had a petrol shortage years ago, there’s was no question of queuing or buying up loads you got the ration books issued,  you registered with one garage only and you had £1.00’s worth at a time.  Everybody got some.Â
This is the curmudgeonly thread isn't it?Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
@debs64 the BMI calculator I use is on the NHS website and takes account of age, sex, ethnicity and activity levels as these affect weight distribution.  We surely all know by now that carrying flab around your middle has a huge effect on the function of essential organs - lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas - and thus on health.
I am 3 kilos overweight according to that calculator but working in it as well as trying to get fitter for gardening and dancing. I have a 12 inch difference between bust and waist and hips and good blood pressure but compared to some of the very petite French women at dance class I'm huge.
Sounds like you're well out of that family @Nanny Beach.
No other curmudging today apart from weather forecasts who don't seem able to relate their forecasts to the actual rain radar maps!
Obelixx yes that's the BMI one I used. Unfortunately,every year we get less and less Christmas cards, from hubbie,other relatives, aunts, uncles, cousin, obviously listened to the other side of the story. While I was collecting grandkids,hubby knobbled by neighbour,( you all know the fence saga) off on their 3rd holiday,asked him to do the bins!!!!
Many Medics and scientists are saying that BMI alone is not a good measure. Tim Spector, now known for the covid App, & his colleagues have done a huge amount of work on diet and responses to food. They have found that no two people are exactly the same even identical twins. The old sayings about eat less and move more are far too simplistic. No I am not overweight so not making any excuses.Â
Is it me? Wouldn't you have thought that the Gov would have put 2+2 together - driver shortage, people returning to work who don't yet trust public transport = issue at pumps IF driver shortage affected fuel deliveries. So as soon as there was a hint that it may happen - shouldn't the gov have said '...ok , work from home... No need to go back to the office just yet. We'll let the companies decide that after Christmas if the situation then allows...'. The problem is now, given that Brits love a queue, is they see a queue and join it whether they need petrol or not 'just in case'. Then all the people who are travelling back to work by car can't get fuel - 'cause they were all working as the panic hit.
Edited to add: My niece's husband booked a van to move the shed for tomorrow, but it looks like that will be off as if the van's tank is empty, I doubt he'll be able to get fuel (the garages near me are all empty). The only hope is syphoning off enough diesel from our cars to do the return run.
Hello all, very warm and humid here today. Have been making more tomato soup for the freezer. Quite frankly I am sick of the sight of tomatoes now ........sorry to all those who have lost theirs to blight. I have some large red peppers that need picking, any ideas for recipes other than stuffing them? I'm not very inventive when it comes to recipes. I have sliced and frozen them in the past and used in stir fries and casseroles etc with very good results. My order of viola plug plants arrived at lunch time so they are now potted up in the GH ready to transfer to pots for the winter in about a month or so. sorry this should have been on the other thread. Never mind Â
Blister them over a gas flame and rub most of the blackened skin off. Then you can slice them up and freeze them or put then in soups or stews, couscous etc.
Allotmentboy,you are correct,they realise it doesn't always work the BMI because muscle is heavier than fat. Also now, it's been realised that men don't actually need 2.5k cals daily and women 2k. I did the equation recently to get your actual basal metabolic rate, mine is just 1200 cals a day, anything over that has to be accounted for. My MIL and SIL said they obviously had very rare and low BMR afraid not,the smaller you are, the lower it is! Also the "type" of cals makes a difference Â
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pity there’s not more of a shortage,  less cars on the road, less aeroplanes in the sky, less food on the shelves, less fat people less drain on the NHS.  Win- win.Â
When we had a petrol shortage years ago, there’s was no question of queuing or buying up loads you got the ration books issued,  you registered with one garage only and you had £1.00’s worth at a time.  Everybody got some.Â
This is the curmudgeonly thread isn't it?Â
I am 3 kilos overweight according to that calculator but working in it as well as trying to get fitter for gardening and dancing. I have a 12 inch difference between bust and waist and hips and good blood pressure but compared to some of the very petite French women at dance class I'm huge.
Sounds like you're well out of that family @Nanny Beach.
No other curmudging today apart from weather forecasts who don't seem able to relate their forecasts to the actual rain radar maps!
My order of viola plug plants arrived at lunch time so they are now potted up in the GH ready to transfer to pots for the winter in about a month or so.
sorry this should have been on the other thread. Never mind Â
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