OneGuyFromBarlick

My wife found out that our dog (a Schnauzer) could hardly hear, so she took it to the veterinarian. The vet found that the problem was hair in the dog's ears. He cleaned both ears, and the dog could then hear fine. The vet then proceeded to tell Andrea that, if she wanted to keep this from recurring...

The worst James Bond film ever

Got to laugh at AI commenting on social media.

Tungsten carbide?

Tizer wrote: ↑14 Nov 2025, 10:18 Having trouble with OG pages slow to load this morning, but here goes...

There was an issue earlier but it's fettled now.

Fairly sure I added Singapore with its country code a while back. Had a look in Plesk and agree the CPU was taking a battering. Just checked again and was correct, Singapore is banned by country code. Digging a bit deeper the IP is associated with this company based in mainland China which is also ...

Site is very very slow and finding it hard to get into Topics There was a lot of activity from a Singapore IP address, despite Singapore being denied access. I've added it to the firewall and will keep an eye on things. The CPU usage was at 100%, blocking the offending IP looks to have sorted it. S...

Proportions compass?

That focaccia looks good

Good to see the use of Small Modular Reactors has taken a step forward https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c051y3d7myzo A first-of-its-kind nuclear power station is to be built on Anglesey, bringing up to 3,000 jobs and billions of pounds of investment. The plant at Wylfa, on the Welsh island's nort...

The M6 is closed at Carlisle due to flooding...

Empire with David Olusoga on iPlayer. Fascinating series about the British Empire.
The last 5 minutes of episode 3 are particularly interesting.

Is it printing related?

Stanley wrote: ↑12 Nov 2025, 00:11 Well done Kev. What do you think my chances are?

It depends how persistent you are telling your supplier they don't work. I sent an email once a week

E.On have fixed my smart meters, they're now sending reads again. It was a backend fix, no home visit required.
October's usage

Decorating the bedroom. Ceiling and 3 walls painted last week then work interrupted things, yesterday was wallpaper on the 4th wall. Today was removing the old carpet and laying laminate flooring. Got a few little bits to do to completely finish the job, quadrant around the edges, trim a bit off th...

Water drain off?

Is it steam engine related?

Tizer wrote: ↑11 Nov 2025, 12:02

Big Kev wrote: ↑10 Nov 2025, 16:05 OGFB database optimisation. There is the option to run an optimisation on the site database, this will cause an outage of around 20 seconds...

Drat, I missed the excitement!

I don't think it was even 20 seconds

Stanley wrote: ↑11 Nov 2025, 01:49


6" overall. What is it?

Is it a fuel tap for a petrol engine?

Whyperion wrote: ↑10 Nov 2025, 22:04 I discounted it because most ladders these days come with rubber feet anyway.

Mine does have rubber feet but they've worn out after 30 years of use

OGFB database optimisation. There is the option to run an optimisation on the site database, this will cause an outage of around 20 seconds. Short notice I know but I will look at running this at 16:10 GMT today as there's only a couple showing as online at the moment. 'tis done Screenshot_20251110...

OGFB database optimisation.

There is the option to run an optimisation on the site database, this will cause an outage of around 20 seconds.

Short notice I know but I will look at running this at 16:10 GMT today as there's only a couple showing as online at the moment.

Langwathby is a great name for a place
Glad you had a good break. It's nice to get away but, as you say, it nice to be back home.

Uncanny