OneGuyFromBarlick

Later. See THIS BBC report about the milk being thrown away as contracts fail with food chains like coffee shops that have closed down. You might remember a bit of history called the Milk Marketing Board. Founded in 1933 to organise and regulate the production of milk it functioned well until the 19...

China, sorry. Ingenious but miles off! Cathy, no but you are closer as long as you look at simple answers like that. You are all going to kick yourselves!

Yesterday was another nice day.... This morning first thing we had 50% scattered high cloud backlit by a super moon. Later as we went out the cloud was more scattered with large clear patches. We've had a pleasant walk on a calm, mild morning. Not a soul about only a few cars. The glass is steady on...

Boring for some but I enjoy it! Another re-run......

You could be right P. It's certainly imaginative. Switched 3 podium news on last night and got a face full of Sunak telling me what a tough guy Johnson is, turned over immediately to Youtube. A flabby over-privileged man in ICU isn't national news dummy!! How many self-employed are facing eviction i...

Beats me P. Is it important?

Some of you may remember my story about the tide of rats leaving London Road Station in Manchester when the old stables were being demolished. Rats and stables go together and when you remove the horses or the stables the rats have to move to pastures new. They can do it in tides or individually and...

"Mobs being fired up by religious leaders and seeking out innocent women to kill." Exactly right Tiz. I heard the reports about Icke and have difficulty understanding how anyone can give him credence when he is so obviously barking mad! I suppose the answer to that one is that you have to be bent t...

You are of course right Cathy and apart from OG I have other avenues including a wide international circle of correspondents. Tiz, don't kid yourself, we are all largely forgotten corners as soon as we retire! Nowt wrong with that, we escape the limelight but most importantly the responsibility! Unl...

Pecking orders and exploitation. It gets complicated doesn't it. Perhaps all are exploited but some less than others. Even the most poverty stricken or socialist societies have underclasses.

Be aware of the fact that our air hasn't been this clean in our lifetimes, this also applies to noise levels and even vapour trails in the upper atmosphere. Because it has happened gradually we haven't noticed it. Take a moment, appreciate and enjoy. It will not last....

Street sweepers are in a similar position Tiz, at least they are in Barlick. Grass cutters could be the same.

I don't want to be vulnerable Tiz and if self isolation is the way to best ensure it I shall do it. Remember that if I get it, it is almost certainly a death sentence! :biggrin2: :good: Susan and Mick are still very poorly but seem to be improving slowly at home. They are both care workers and of co...

Tiz you illustrate why I am so angry about the wall to wall coverage by the BBC of Johnson in intensive care and other virus related matters. Yes, they are important and need mentioning but so do thousands of other matters! Looking at that report of the Italian Bridge collapse one is struck by 'infr...

I like that one P.There comes a time when our bodies aren't really fit for public display.

Sorry to all of you. No Cathy, not a face mask and nothing to do with plumbers either!
Trying to think of a clue..... It's made of cotton. (Does that help?)

Good Ian! Mine is always OK but since I stopped smoking it has very gradually improved even further. Any chance I could live for ever?

P and Tiz, that's what I meant when I referred to 18 months the other day and got the impression some thought I was being a doom monger. I don't care about 'R1', I've seen what this virus has done to Susan and Mick and I shall be afraid of it until I know there is a viable vaccine and I have a slug ...

"Have a lie down. I haven’t got up yet " Well at least I was giving appropriate advice! Migraines can be such a pain. By the way, daughter Susan and her specialist seem to have found the right drug for her migraine (touch wood!). I never got in the shed, just didn't feel like it! I'll see how it gr...

No, but I can see why you thought that China.

"What she did not know of the male sex was not worth knowing." A journalist's assessment of Lucy, Lady Houston, circa 1936. The internet (Wikipedia) calls her “a British philanthropist, political activist and suffragette,” which sounds good, is truth, and is nothing but truth: but not the whole trut...

Thanks Tiz, I didn't know that!

24C! We'll be almost 10C less Sue but it will still feel warm. 24C would send us all to sleep, perhaps that's why you feel lethargic. If I was you I'd have a lie down.... I am at the stage where I could go in the shed but I am cooking for Jack and doing stuff for myself, I have no qualms at all abou...

There is no politics at the moment. Covid19 has completely taken over all political processes and the media has not helped by acquiescing in this. Add the fact that the House isn't sitting, Johnson is in Intensive Care and it's Easter and you have a perfect media arena but not one for politics. This...

Same as yesterday, Sausage egg and tomato for breakfast and wings and veggies for tea.