OneGuyFromBarlick

You got it with your second stab Peter. Raw material for making curling stones being shipped off Ailsa Craig.
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See THIS for more evidence that we are doomed! Fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds. Nearly 50 days have smashed existing highs for the time of year by the largest margin in the satellite era. Planet-w...

'Outsourcing' is a handy way of shifting responsibility for any mistakes onto other shoulders. Buttressed by the myth that private industry is more efficient. (See the railways for a comprehensive rebuttal of that argument! See THIS for another example of the genre.... A "nationwide issue"...

Yesterday afternoon we had sun but with some occasional spatters of rain. At 20:00 the overcast which had come in again was breaking and we had late evening sun under a partially clear sky. This morning it's calm and clear, we have stars in the sky! The glass is up again on 1025mb. The forecast is (...

I shall be in the shed wobbling and then after second sleep I shall cook my veggies for next week. I cooked my red cabbage yesterday because one thing I have learned is that red cabbage is an outlier, it needs cooking separately form the other veggies because of the colour and it is an entirely diff...

Well have got the vaccine but not the rest of the kit for using it. (Whatever that is) Susan had bad luck and got an ear infection. They are over on the East Coast at the moment and she had to find an Urgent Care Centre. She waited 5 hours yesterday but came out with a prescription for the ABs that ...

My neighbour Ian made me a new back gate from scratch as the old one was rotten as a pear. He used hardwood but it must have been kiln dried as it warped over the winter. I need to do a bit of work on the latch as soon as the Wobbler panic is finished in the shed.....
Gate look good Ian!

Morning Mick! I am still reviewing Wallander. Good but gloomy plots and I wish Kenneth Branagh would have a shave!

I did something unusual, I went back in the shed for an hour on the wobblers. I have to feel comfortable about finishing them for the end of the month....

I've had me short walk into Town Square and a sit and I'm sorry to report that the overcast is back.

We started overcast here Gloria but now we have sunshine. I shall go for a walk and a sit on traffic duty!

I'll join in Cathy even though I am not sure he looks at the site....

No let up then as you prepare to leave for the UK..... I hope all goes well and that you don't end up hungry while waiting for the ferry! https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28727/medium I'm looking at the flywheel for the first engine. The short pieces of bronze in the kit are...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28728/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28727/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28726/medium I'm looking at the flywheel for the first engine. The short pieces of bronze in the ki...

Bumped again. This is scarce history, I don't know where else you'd find it!

Meat and veggies X three. I am getting last weeks cooking into a corner! I shall roast my chicken this morning.

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/2293/medium Three Barlick cyclists in about 1900. I think the man in the centre is Leonard Holdsworth, a local manufacturer and one of the directors of the Calf Hall Shed Company. The bikes would be expensive so it is almost certain the othe...

I've always thought them contenders for the oldest buildings in Barlick Ian and I'm sure you're right about previous builds and uses.

Advertising copy-writers have much to answer for. These changes come as they struggle to find ways to make the products they are selling more exciting. A tactical flash lamp is more attractive than a boring normal one..... I have noticed a new class of rip-off selling, the 'tactical' mini telescopic...

THIS is what counts as political news this morning. The government is "gaslighting" the British people over the state of the economy, the Opposition is to argue. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will tell business leaders in a speech on Tuesday the government's claims its economic plan is ...

Glad you got sorted Ian. You were lucky with the cover on the gazebo Kev. I went looking for the etymology of 'gazebo' and didn't really get any joy but I tripped over this factoid. "The earliest known gazebos were in Egyptian gardens approximately 5,000 years ago, found in a garden plan which ...

I'm struggling to imagine when I would find that app useful if they were mine. :biggrin2: I suppose the thing that has got my attention is the fact that we seem to be turning a corner in respect of temperatures but oh how I wish we could ditch this constant cloud cover! Wendy, I seem to have lost al...