Thanks for that Kev. I shall be speaking to my diabetes clinic nurse this morning and will ask her the question then.
Like Ken I am finding the question of when weighing heavily on my mind. Onward and upward?
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- 26 Jan 2021, 09:31
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Coronavirus (Covid19) Corner
- Replies: 2457
- Views: 50539
- 26 Jan 2021, 09:24
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 13193
- Views: 527583
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Give him my best Wendy.... I will cross my fingers for heavy rain! Good luck.
- 26 Jan 2021, 06:29
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 8960
- Views: 394396
Re: POLITICS CORNER
See THIS BBC report on Chris Grayling leading an effort to give hibernating hedgehogs greater protection. All I can say is pity the poor hedgehogs! Given Grayling's reputation this could quite easily be a nail in their collective coffins. Not on the net yet but the Northern Irish government meets in...
- 26 Jan 2021, 05:29
- Forum: Ongoing Family Research
- Topic: Ancestry.co.uk
- Replies: 84
- Views: 13575
Re: Ancestry.co.uk
Not I Cathy, the reports I have heard about the accuracy of these tests doesn't inspire me with a lot of confidence.
- 26 Jan 2021, 04:58
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 7308
- Views: 368574
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Fried Gammon steak with veggies for breakfast and tea. I cooked a new batch of veggies and this morning I have a haggis cooking slowly......
- 26 Jan 2021, 04:56
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 2199
- Views: 62885
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
We did it again yesterday. Barlick escaped what seemed to be the general rule across much of the country, a fall of snow. At 20:00 it was calm partially clear, dry and very cold. Same the first thing this morning and now. The glass is up again on 1010mb. The forecast is for a bright overcast morning...
- 26 Jan 2021, 04:43
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 4966
- Views: 327653
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
In case you were wondering, the 'crop marks' in front of Bancrofts Farm are nothing of the sort, they are a thumb print on the negative...... https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/21864/medium Here's the 1892 OS 25" of Windy Harbour and Gillians. I love these old maps. Such a lot...
- 26 Jan 2021, 04:07
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: THE FLATLEY DRYER
- Replies: 4027
- Views: 214642
Re: THE FLATLEY DRYER
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/1117/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/5512/medium Top pic is my last wagon in 1972. John Lancaster took my job when I left to go to Bancroft. He didn't last long but the idea of the wagon and trailer evidently...
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:40
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 1078
- Views: 27149
Re: Seen in the News
" I wouldn't fancy anyone's chances of getting to a safe area if they broke down in lane 4!" Even so, safer to risk getting off the road completely. Away from the guided missiles doing over 70mph. I seem to remember D Cameron saying they would 'spend whatever it takes' when flooding happened in the...
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:33
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
- Replies: 3041
- Views: 211134
Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
People today don't spend enough time listening or reading. They are constantly distracted by screens and a visual culture. Being quiet with a good book and inhabiting your own imagination is largely a lost art. They don't know what they are missing......
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:29
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 2159
- Views: 125390
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:17
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 8960
- Views: 394396
Re: POLITICS CORNER
What we need now is a totally digital online Parliament with compulsory attendance and voting. It's debatable whether we shall ever get back to the old style of Parliament with all those people confined together. Time to ditch tradition and come up with something that actually works. It suits Johnso...
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:12
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
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- Views: 623752
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
I've seen ice form like that in a container that was leaking at the bottom as the water was freezing. Like the inside of a large pipe. The centre is the last to freeze and so sinks down.
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:06
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 13880
- Views: 573608
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
That's it Kev, thanks for killing it. Struwwelpeter is worth looking up, that's not the only frightening aspect of him. Very strange that it's seen as a children's story.
Next one?
Next one?
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:02
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 5304
- Views: 251624
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
And me as well..... You can't beat a good typo!
- 26 Jan 2021, 03:00
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY
- Replies: 4870
- Views: 222033
Re: HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY
Kev's right, it's got to be a lot hotter than that. I learned about it in a book on Brooklands in the early days.
- 26 Jan 2021, 02:52
- Forum: Ongoing Family Research
- Topic: Ancestry.co.uk
- Replies: 84
- Views: 13575
Re: Ancestry.co.uk
I'm tempted.....
- 26 Jan 2021, 02:49
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 13193
- Views: 527583
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I approve! They call it lateral thinking.
I shall not be thinking about Margaret's engine, it is on the sideboard and is history. I am making cannons for a while. At 11:00 I am expecting a call from the diabetes nurse, better than going out to the surgery! Apart from that an easy day.
I shall not be thinking about Margaret's engine, it is on the sideboard and is history. I am making cannons for a while. At 11:00 I am expecting a call from the diabetes nurse, better than going out to the surgery! Apart from that an easy day.
- 26 Jan 2021, 02:46
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Coronavirus (Covid19) Corner
- Replies: 2457
- Views: 50539
Re: Coronavirus (Covid19) Corner
Ian's suggestion about hitting the the reboot button on schools and giving them another year is a good idea. I suspect the problem they see with that is that it means subsequent years will be late. I was appalled yesterday when I heard a young primary school pupil being interviewed on Today about sc...
- 25 Jan 2021, 12:35
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 3086
- Views: 186049
Re: BOB'S BITS
“Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, 1929. Every January 25th, my thoughts are likely to turn to Robert Burns, owing at least partly to pleasant memories of several Burns Night suppers, first in Lancaster and then in St. L...
- 25 Jan 2021, 12:18
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 13193
- Views: 527583
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
That would have driven me potty Sue. Well done for persevering!
- 25 Jan 2021, 11:25
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 13880
- Views: 573608
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
If there are no offers I'll come clean tomorrow. (One final clue.... German.)
- 25 Jan 2021, 11:05
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 986
- Views: 42467
Re: Shed Matters 3
Could be Bob, I am not under any pressure to make my mind up. It will be bigger!
- 25 Jan 2021, 08:18
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 986
- Views: 42467
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/21862/medium Only one pic needed to cover this morning's shed work. I went through the engine checking all the nuts, cutting back excess length on studs and bolts and generally cleaning it up. Then onto the sideboard in the kitchen. Both the...
- 25 Jan 2021, 07:30
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 13880
- Views: 573608
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
That's punishment Cathy. What you're looking for is a children's story that is very cruel. That's an enormous clue. It was Father Whipper that brought this to mind.....