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by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 08:03
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5478
Views: 459519

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Gloria, we were promised a shower about now, instead of that we have weak sun breaking through the overcast.
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 05:46
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20717
Views: 1936088

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Morning Sue! Lovely word that.... 'pottering' I hope you have a good shop and a potter today. https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28846/medium Just one task in mind this morning, finish boring the cylinder and clean the mill, reverting to the normal cutter. That meant an early ...
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 05:42
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2455
Views: 301579

Re: Shed Matters 3

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Just one task in mind this morning, finish boring the cylinder and clean the mill, reverting to the normal cutter. That meant an early breakfast but that won't worry anyone. All done and I am ready for tomorrow.
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 05:31
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20197
Views: 2363899

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Spot on Tom. Now give us the next one! :biggrin2:
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:58
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: SILVER LININGS
Replies: 3
Views: 2067

Re: SILVER LININGS

The politicians haven't learned. Perhaps it's up to us. Especially with an election coming!
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:50
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20197
Views: 2363899

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

No takers?
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:46
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6933
Views: 962413

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/6889/medium This is what the people who protested remembered. It was a fine engine. https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28845/medium This was the reality, I have never seen an engine more comprehensively vandalised than...
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:31
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3812
Views: 411345

Re: Seen in the News

I saw THIS and it triggered my memory. A service has been held to remember the 29 people killed in an RAF Chinook helicopter crash on the 30th anniversary of the disaster. The helicopter carrying leading security personnel crashed on the Mull of Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland on 2 J...
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:23
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4920
Views: 584943

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

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by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:18
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9240
Views: 1087297

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Three hot meals and the belly pork is doing fine.
I used some apple cider vinegar in the cooking and it is a powerful taste. It has survived well and gives an extra bite to the meat.
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:16
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20717
Views: 1936088

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I shall be in the shed from 06-00 for an hour refining my cylinder. Later this morning I shall get a visit from Susan. Margaret and Mick will be working on the long list of tasks they have in Clitheroe.....
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:13
Forum: Technology & Communication
Topic: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
Replies: 6683
Views: 969622

Re: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

"Loyalty to a company is probably misplaced now " That is undoubtedly true. I am sure that at one time it counted for something but now it means nothing. The only advantage I see now to what we used to call loyalty is that there is less chance of a mistake in the computer's dealings with ...
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 03:06
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5478
Views: 459519

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

I'm glad you posted that Gloria, I thought it was just me as I sat in the partial shade of the trees on my bench yesterday. Yesterday was an afternoon when the overcast won the day, we had no late sun. At 20:00 we had heavy overcast. This morning first thing it was calm, cool and almost clear. Since...
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 02:47
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12702
Views: 1360822

Re: POLITICS CORNER

I think your loyalty to the lady is touching and I'm sure she would be pleased if she knew..... :biggrin2: I saw THIS and had to read the article to make sure that this time we have a clear story. It looks as though it might be true. Diane Abbott has said she intends to stand for Labour at the gener...
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 02:31
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: May I recommend. . .
Replies: 365
Views: 52405

Re: May I recommend. . .

I saw that video on Youtube yesterday. Your post of the Grotton and Scouthead video has triggered a brass band theme!
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 02:28
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL
Replies: 2121
Views: 318823

Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL

I like that.... Tolkien is very quotable, especially when writing about Elves......
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 02:25
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: OBITUARIES
Replies: 1903
Views: 349454

Re: OBITUARIES

I had never heard of him until I heard the report on R4 yesterday. My first thought was how young he was and my second, did the rough and tumble of playing rugby professionally have any bearing on his death......
by Stanley
03 Jun 2024, 02:22
Forum: TV
Topic: GOOD TV
Replies: 3816
Views: 516040

Re: GOOD TV

I agree with you David but I think at the moment a lot of people are looking at what'/s going on in the world and needing some assurance that we might be capable of defending ourselves. I think they are wrong to clutch at such straws, can you imagine a US headed by Trump again caring two hoots about...
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 12:44
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4492
Views: 522770

Re: BOB'S BITS

You pays your ticket and you gets your choice. We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.   The Rev’d Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking at the National Cathedral, March 1968.     Thus MLK echoed the words of the Rev’d Theodore Parker.  Most say that ...
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 11:19
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5478
Views: 459519

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Misty start first thing but since then full sun. I have had a short walk and a sit on traffic duty but that wind spoils it!
Things could be worse, at least it's dry. :biggrin2:
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 11:17
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20717
Views: 1936088

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I hope they get the message Sue!
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 06:10
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20717
Views: 1936088

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Morning Sue! That sounds like a good day, I'm glad you didn't mention the 'visitors' in the loft. That signals to me that they aren't spoiling your visit! You have got out of the country at the right time, starting tomorrow we are back into winter for a few days! https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/...
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 06:01
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2455
Views: 301579

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28843/medium Only one image needed this morning. I set up for boring the cylinder and have almost reached my target but I hit a problem and that cost me some time. I haven't tried to make that up. Don't ask me what the problem was it was dow...
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 04:40
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5478
Views: 459519

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Morning Cathy, I know the feeling. We shall be having heating kicking in later this week, unseasonably cold weather for June.
by Stanley
02 Jun 2024, 03:56
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: COOKING WITH GAS
Replies: 5
Views: 1880

Re: COOKING WITH GAS

Bumped again. Fancy cooking on a heat pump?

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