Opt-out

Sunny and warm so far today. We think everything is aboard now, including the cats. Lots of people think we have opted-out of life in general, but unfortunately this is not the case. We are still governed by those unelected eurocrats   in Belgium and the British government, elected on a manifesto immediately changed or forgotten once in power and spending (excuse the unintentional pun) their time undoing everything the previous lot did until taking their turn in opposition and so on and so on and so on. Even on canals we have stupid laws imposed similar to the infamous "pasty" tax, but in this instance it applies to fuel. Diesel used to power the boat forwards or backwards is subject to fuel tax, whereas the same diesel used for central heating and other "domestic" uses is exempt, even though contained in the same fuel tank. There is no exact formula for working out the percentage of fuel used for each task and anyway, will vary boat to boat. The most accurate way of ascertaining percentages seems to be via tossing a coin. So far it has varied between 20-80, 25-75, and 0-100, the latter obviously being our preferred option.  At least with the almost certain demise of our traditional third party and the meteoric rise of an alternative the above status quo may change forever and an element of common sense  prevail. Our lives are governed by multinational companies and politicians to whom money is the holy grail, overriding any semblance of compassion or the will to resolve some simple problems to put right the many wrongs of this world. Opt out? Chance would be a fine thing.      I had another hypo very early this morning which indicates I need to re-assess my insulin needs with the new drug regime. Lamotrigine and insulin clearly was not a happy partnership so I need to ascertain how Keppra and insulin get along. There is no previous experience for reference so, once again it is down to trial and error. A sort of life or death drama.