OneGuyFromBarlick

Black pudding with scallops and a prawn and chorizo sauce.
An excellent starter

We've not had fibre here in Foulridge for long. BRSK started installing the infrastructure in 2025 and then disappeared, they're now back as YouFibre (owned by Virgin media). The equipment is still labelled up as BRSK.

Stanley wrote: ↑18 Apr 2026, 08:40 I have just had a black pudding and two eggs for second breakfast. Very nutritious and low in carbs, ideal for diabetics!

Do love a black pudding. Stornoway is probably my favourite and then Bury.

All seems to be functioning as 'normal' this morning

Ten o'clock and all's well, off to bed now as I have to get up for work tomorrow.

I've allowed port 80 through the firewall (to allow LetsEncrypt to auto resissue the site security certificate). According to a LetsEncrypt forum, and AI, this is best practice as long as we have a redirect to https (port 443) which we do. I've tested a manual reissue and it works. Screenshot_202604...

I remember the third of a pint bottles of milk at primary school, this would have been between 1966 and 1972. School dinners were prepared and cooked on the premises. My mother was a school cook eventually running a kitchen, she retired over 30 years ago when changes started regarding how school din...

Looking at the pictures they took there should be a considerable difference

China has finally quit eating animals we think of as pets and replaced them with an instant ‘just add hot water’ snack called Not Poodle.

A very efficient service over here in Preston, I've had pics of the backs of my eyes done and measured for the replacement lenses. Just waiting for a chat with an opthalmic surgeon and I'm done with the pre op

And a bit later, May 6th appointment for the right eye. Can't fault the service.

I agree with Cathy, is it the reflector from a torch?

A good news letter arrived yesterday, the results of my yearly MRI scan. The tumour, on my pituitary, is still responding to the medication and hasn't grown since it's decrease in size in January 2025

The package arrived in Kent this evening, I think my mother was pleased. It made her cry.

Cutting leather?

They provided me with a referral code for new customers, they said to share it with friends and neighbours. Both parties can get a monetary incentive if the code is used on sign up.
YouFibre | Ultra-Fast Full Fibre Broadband https://share.google/U8xFwstGPjj7EJkzx
and the referral code is
BFTH8C

The Youfibre engineers are here, their first task is to run the fibre from the pole to my house. The A56 in-between has made that job a bit more difficult for them. 45 minutes later, they made use of the pelican crossing to get the cable across the road :biggrin2: a good bit of problem solving there...

Kev, I've just had a peep at YouFibre's Trustpilot reviews and there seems to be a lot of poor reviews at the moment even though they get a headline 4.6 stars. Trustpilot I had a read of the reviews before committing, there will always be some unsatisfied people, and even some malicious people, who...