Sleep 3

Following two nights with the CPAP machine, the watch said this morning:

Apnoea Result

Although I didn't feel that good today. The SpO2 graph had a few dips and the snoring time was low:

4th March SpO2 and snoring

Deep sleep was good, so actually the thing that correlates with feeling better was lack of deep sleep!

I think for the next steps I'll continue using the CPAP machine and monitoring my sleep with the watch. Then perhaps I'll work out how to download the raw data and do an analysis.

At some point the sleep specialist that I've been referred to will get in touch. A new CPAP machine might help, as my current one is nearly 20 years old!

I'll carry on trying to lose weight too, and see if that leads to any improvement.

Sleep 2

I hope you don't mind me going on about my sleep, but I do find it useful to set things down here.

Following on from my previous post, I tried using the CPAP machine last night, and felt better today. The SpO2 graph was:

SpO2 3rd March

So not too different from 1st …

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2026 Sleep

I felt that there was something wrong with my sleep, so I bought a Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 to monitor myself. I asked it to check for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, which it did over the previous two nights (28th Feb and 1st March) and came back this morning saying that …

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Improvements For Pedestrians Of Oldfield Park

Inspired by a recent BANES Liveable Neighbourhoods workshop, here are my four suggestions for minor changes that could greatly improve things for the walkers and wheelers of Oldfield Park. The map images below are clickable, taking you to the actual map.

Junction Of Oldfield Road And Wells Road

Junction Of Oldfiled Road And Wells Road

People walking …

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Recognising The Taliban Government Of Afghanistan

I became concerned that despite their appalling and illegal rule, failing to recognise the de facto Taliban government of Afghanistan was doing more harm than good, so I wrote to my MP, Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse:

From: Tony Locke
Sent: 7 February 2022 08:23
To: Office Of Wera Hobhouse …

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Let Me Tell You About My Spiritual Journey...

I seem to remember that these two quotes are from Daniel Ingram:

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Trollope describes the Overton window

I'd picked up Phineas Redux at a charity shop and was about to read it when I read somewhere that it was important to read Phineas Finn first.

Phineas Finn

Reading Phineas Finn, I came across the following speech:

"...Many who before regarded legislation on the subject as chimerical, will now fancy …

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A Photo Of Our Dog From Ages Ago

Not sure when this was taken but it's our dog Roger, who died a long time ago.

Roger Under The Table

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Civil War Is Less Likely In A Democracy

I often boldly state, as an iron law of history, that you don't get civil war in a democracy. Putting it more cautiously, I just think that civil war is less likely in a democracy.

Union is Dissolved!
By Charleston Mercury - Public Domain

The counterexample that most people come up with is the …

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Democratic Magnitude

If someone asks, Do you live in a democracy?, then you'd think about how your country is governed and give an answer. For example, say I lived in the USA (in Humboldt County, California to be precise) and someone asked me that question, I'd say that with some shortcomings, yes …

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