# Random D thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439 "2017-07-19T03:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/103 "2017-08-12T16:32:25Z")
One of my mentors quit teaching and left the university when the administration stopped calling them students and started calling them customers. The way they have inflated the costs of everything, along with having “customers” leads to behavior like this that is honestly appalling. I don’t think I could contain myself if someone asked that in an email. I would just thank them for their time and give them an F. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/104 "2017-08-13T03:32:14Z")
I had lowness so I wanted some Cocoa Krispies. But we were out of milk, so I just poured some half-and-half coffee cream into the bowl instead. Cocoa Krispies and coffee cream. The rest of you trying to win the “ **FUD - Healthy Eater of the Week** ” award can just hang it up. It’s mine this week. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/105 "2017-08-13T03:45:24Z")
I had a strawberry-filled pastry before lawn mowing today. 😺 ---
**Author:** ![cardamom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/cardamom/32/2622_2.png) [@cardamom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cardamom)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/106 "2017-08-13T14:18:32Z")
It was my girlfriend’s birthday yesterday, and as part of celebrations, I took the day off Friday, and we went kayaking for 4 hours, including in the ocean and upstream, which for me was the point of complete muscle exhaustion (I’m not the fittest person to begin with, and it was tough even for her). So between normal festivities (cake etc), and dealing with almost 24 hours of hard to predict blood sugars/lots of lows, I’ve eaten ALL THE CARBS this weekend ha. We had gotten Cambodian food Thurs night (I usually mostly eat stir-fried peapod leaves and fried tofu, and sometimes some chicken satay, with no or minimal rice, which all is reasonable blood-sugar-wise), so I did treat some of the persistent lows by eating a whole bunch of her leftover fried rice, so that was delicious. ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/107 "2017-08-13T14:55:25Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Cocoa Krispies and coffee cream. Sounds pretty darned healthy to me. All four major food groups are covered–fat, sugar, salt, and chocolate. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/108 "2017-08-13T19:43:50Z")
> [@CatLady](#): > > I had a strawberry-filled pastry before lawn mowing today. 😺 What a GREAT idea! ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/109 "2017-08-14T03:19:21Z")
There’s a yummy French-style bakery in our town (butter, anyone?) and we stop there most Saturday’s after shopping at the Farmers Market. ☕️:cake: ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/110 "2017-08-14T14:13:39Z")
The best time to go grocery shopping is when you are hungry and have low blood sugar. You end up with all kinds of good stuff that way! 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/111 "2017-08-14T15:08:42Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > The best time to go grocery shopping is when you are hungry and have low blood sugar. ROTFLMAO ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/112 "2017-08-14T16:09:35Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > The best time to go grocery shopping is when you are hungry and have low blood sugar. I do the grocery shopping usually on Sunday afternoon. Funny thing is that grocery shopping always seems to cause my Bg to crash. I can walk into the store at 120, and within half an hour I’m at 50. I think it’s an anger response at having to spend so much money just to buy some food. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/113 "2017-08-14T16:18:39Z")
> [@docslotnick](#): > > Funny thing is that grocery shopping always seems to cause my Bg to crash. That’s the best time. You are a crafty D veteran. ---
**Author:** ![cardamom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/cardamom/32/2622_2.png) [@cardamom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cardamom)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/114 "2017-08-14T16:20:00Z")
I’ve done the reverse and gone grocery shopping with a high blood sugar. Ended up buying not that much food, but so many beverages! ---
**Author:** ![TiaG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tiag/32/594_2.png) [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/115 "2017-08-14T16:49:12Z")
This is what I like to call the Yom Kippur principle of grocery shopping… going shopping when you’re hungry is always going to yield the best treats. ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/116 "2017-08-15T23:01:58Z")
“an entire drawer in the bottom of my fridge for sugary carbs” … “strawberry-filled pastry” … “society is in decline”… I opened a new browser page and fell into Paradise. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/117 "2017-08-16T15:23:03Z")
Because of all my google searches, I am always seeing ads and pop-ups for diabetes treatments and “cures”. They always make me laugh. They remind me of Abraham Lincoln’s wise words: ![lincoln](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/5/5ecdd5c66ab569589beeffd81a0be72b71e0deb9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jag1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/118 "2017-08-16T15:33:14Z")
May I suggest an adblocker in your browser, and duckduckgo as a google replacement? I never see any ads. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/119 "2017-08-16T15:36:27Z")
And if you want a little more control than an adblocker, try Umatrix or ScriptSafe. You would be shocked by how many unnecessary tracking processes are running on a commercial website. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/120 "2017-08-16T15:49:01Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > And if you want a little more control than an adblocker, try Umatrix or ScriptSafe. But I might miss out on the grapefruit and cinnamon cure! ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/121 "2017-08-18T14:56:06Z")
I almost always see a drop in BG when shopping (not just grocery shopping either). Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/122 "2017-08-18T14:59:48Z")
> [@Millz](#): > > I almost always see a drop in BG when shopping (not just grocery shopping either). Weird. From walking maybe? [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439.md?page=5) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439.md?page=7)