OneGuyFromBarlick

No idea where it is but I think the N is uppercase and the right right way round, the base of the barrier post is covering the point on the top left. :laugh5: It is the point on the bottom right that worries me. The diagonal on the letter N runs from top left to bottom right between the 2 vertical ...

Looks like a casino. Nevada? Las Vegas? Hard Rock Casino?

Why is the 'n' the wrong way round and lower case? It must be in America.

My inside moles believe the Pendle Council is drawing up contingency plans for Barlick in case the coronavirus spreads throughout the area. These measures include... All international and domestic flights will be stopped. Trains will not now travel into Barlick. Passengers on canal trips will conti...

Gloria wrote: ↑

22 Jan 2020, 20:09

The gates are fastened together, they obviously open one way or another. There's a curious slot running on the road between each set.

If it is over a canal could Glo's "curious slot" be to allow the barge towing rope to be drawn through whilst still attached to the horse?

Not seen any mention here Cathy. Wuhan, the source of the present flu outbreak has more inhabitants than London. 11 million as opposed to 8.5 million in London. We forget how many people there are in China! There are cities in China that are unknown to most people in the west but have more people t...

Ku Klux granny, watch out Meghan!

Not suitable for following up (!) (Gawd...wonder what criteria they used to decide THAT) My discharge report also says: "the current illness is stable, to be discharged from hospital" - follicular lymphoma is treated on a watch and wait basis with intervention only as necessary. As far as I am conc...

Thanks Cathy and Stanley.

A gas poker?

Thanks for asking Maz. I'm OK now, well as right as I've ever been! The wounds have healed well and are fading or blending in with my neck wrinkles. I feel 100% well but mentally there is still that nagging doubt every time I get an ache and I ask myself is it in my bones, but I'm 74 this year and s...

We hope you get a good result, Stanley. :smile: I hope Chinatyke avoids the coronavirus... Best wishes Stanley. Thanks for the BBC report Tiz. I avoided SARS and I'll do my best to avoid this virus. There are likely to be many more infected who put it down to other things at this time of year. Is i...

We used to use the term "damaged and kept" when I was at Loveclough Printworks, or D and K. I don't know if that was the origin but I've heard the term demick referring to something that was D 'n' K or no good.

This is what I meant about the Aussie forest fires being fuelled by eucalyptus oil... `Australia fires: Have gum trees made the bushfires worse?' LINK Interesting to find that eucalyptus have been introduced into other parts of the world as a quick growing (therefore cheap) source of paper instead ...

I think that yellow colour was an old BT standard before they went to grey? ...and one walk her rather large landshark. All good :) Ha ha! :biggrin2: :good: I had a buttercup-yellow Ford car and loved it. I remember being told at the time that there had been a study which concluded that yellow cars...

Cathy wrote: ↑

19 Jan 2020, 01:39

Public Bathing House ...

I think you are right, a Spa would account for the 2 separate buildings, male and female, necessary in Victorian times. I wonder if they would need 3 buildings now for people who don't believe what their chromosomes tell them?

For storing and aging cheese?

Happy birthday Sue and congrats to the first 50 years!

Stanley wrote: ↑

16 Jan 2020, 12:51

China got it straight away! Sorry about that. I am trying..... Someone put another up!

Wow! It was a pure guess because the tubes appear to be slightly tapered. I was also thinking about heat exchangers like Gloria until I noticed the taper.

A mould for home-made candles?

Gosh China. It brings to mind the way things were done years ago ie milkmen, bakers etc visiting every street, except these days they come by bike, vans and small trucks . It all sounds very efficient. How much does it cost to have a grocery shop delivered? I think it’s $15 here. It is very efficie...

We lament the demise of the corner shops and this report is about the rise of express deliveries, a service industry that processes internet orders. The volumes are huge in China because of the large population but the figures are incredible. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/06/WS5e12dc43a310cf...

A few weeks or months ago I asked if 3D-printing would take over from casting. Your reply went along the lines that it would be difficult with the high temperatures involved. Today I was reading an article about using 3D-printing to produce medical implants from Tantalum which has a melting point of...

How's the keyboard China? (And incidentally your operation scars?) Not had any further trouble with the keyboard, perhaps your trick with the dongle worked. Operation wounds have healed nicely and scars are fading fast and blending in. Thanks for asking. That little drama has been relegated to the ...