OneGuyFromBarlick

The blessings of (genteel) poverty. If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.   From the novel Immaturity, by George Bernard Shaw. Immaturity was written in 1879, at the start of a creative burst that produced five novels and innumerable essays.   No publisher woul...

Clue, it's man-made.....

Morning Sue. we seem to be having occasional showers.... It's gone very gloomy here at the moment, I think we have another one imminent. Ah, the joys of septic tank maintenance..... I remember it well. The thing I disliked most about them was the fact I couldn't use bleach. As you know, bleach is a ...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/29058/medium I went in the shed early and I'm out early as I want a sleep before I have to be up for boiler maintenance at 09:00. Only one object in mind. finish mounting the valve rod support on the bed and make sure it is allowing the valv...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/29058/medium I went in the shed early and I'm out early as I want a sleep before I have to be up for boiler maintenance at 09:00. Only one object in mind. finish mounting the valve rod support on the bed and make sure it is allowing the valv...

Not something you would normally be reading but if you want to understand history you have to know something of the laws, particularly those pertaining to marriage.

I still say I saw the glory days......

Green End Shed at Earby.

I shall be in the shed as usual working on my valve train but I will be out in good time so as to get a short second sleep and be back up in time for my boiler service at 09:00. Worth noting that summer is the best time for boiler maintenance and service..... Better than waiting until you need the h...

Yesterday we had a dry but overcast afternoon and at 20:00 it was still overcast. No late sun. First thing this morning it was calm, clear and mild with a good moon. It hasn't changed since. The glass is down again on 1003mb and the forecast is for light rain this morning and then sunny spells from ...

What are we looking at?

PS. Meaning of 'Grice'. To collect objects or visit places connected with railways.

All that is good news..... I do hope Trump gets the negative results of all these trends. As a public service I looked Charlie XCX up and THIS explanation of Brat Summer might help your understanding. (It hasn't helped mine!) Meanwhile, in the world of real politics, see THIS report about the fallou...

"But some people who said they had received a voucher also took to social media to say it did not work."Uber flagged it as fraud because of high usage rates," CrowdStrike admitted." I agree with you and to add insult to injury it looks as though some of the credits didn't work. ...

I can remember a time when owning and running a car was dead simple. I could strip the engine out, recondition it and put it back in almost within a day, two at the most. Not possible now..... We were so innocent.

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/29054/medium Here's the group David, Martin Parr on the left, Daniel Meadows in the centre and Charlie Meecham on the right. All snappers and at one time all resident in Hebden Bridge. They invented the group and introduced me to Gricing whi...

There was Pork Belly in my three meals but no Chardonnay. I had corporation pop!

When the second of the first twin tunnels at Standedge were built ( LINK ) it was linked at the half way mark by a cross tunnel which had cast iron vaulting and encaustic tiling flooring. The directors held a banquet there and the image is of the cast iron vaulting. Margaret was with me when we walk...

The more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda. Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.    Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the N...

I have crawled all over the floor looking for any bits off my razor but found nothing so I have ordered a new one. £50 but at least I start with a new razor and spares off the old one! That's that crossed off the list.

Later. The fact that a small plastic part on my electric razor has given up the ghost. I shall take a view and decide what to do. At the moment I'm favouring binning it and buying a new one. I'll shall think about it.....

That's funny, I can remember as if it was yesterday. So we know it's in a tunnel. I'll give it until dinner time to see whether anyone can come up with the answer.

Morning Sue, you sound as though you are going to have a better day than us and you have certainly arranged a programme to take advantage. I hope you all have a good day! https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/29053/medium I started on the valve train and the first element for sha...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/29053/medium I started on the valve train and the first element for shaving was the valve rod support which is one of my least favourite parts because there is nothing you can measure, it is all rack of the eye and guess work. I pressed on a...

Yes! That's the one, can you remember where it was?