OneGuyFromBarlick

Rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than to stand idly by the shore.    Florence Nightingale.     Surely one of the best known names in women’s history is that of Florence Nightingale.  The name is a poem in itself, and the person who held it became legendary...

You're so close Tom I have to give it to you. That's the whole point of the gloves, when the palm wears out from husking corn, you reverse hands and off you go again with new palms. That's what they are, Corn Husking Gloves.
Not a lot of call for them here.....
Next object?

I haven't finished the wobblers but how often do we have a day as good as today for an outside job? I have remounted the heavy latch on my back gate so that it latches positively but doesn't stick. I got rid of 3 8mm set screws and nuts in the process. No bad thing in an Imperial Shed!

I hope your tea stains come out nicely Sue.
We may be lucky today, the expected thundery weather looks to be a West Coast thing. Fingers crossed anyway. I hope you have a good day.

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28748/medium I've lost one image but these two will do. This morning's bit of torture was to drill 12 5/64" holes in the right place and some of them at an angle. (The cylinder steam passages.) I have done it without any disasters but i...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28748/medium I've lost one image but these two will do. This morning's bit of torture was to drill 12 5/64" holes in the right place and some of them at an angle. (The cylinder steam passages.) I have done it without any disasters but i...

I've lost one image but these two will do. This morning's bit of torture was to drill 12 5/64" holes in the right place and some of them at an angle. (The cylinder steam passages.) I have done it without any disasters but it's torture when you can't see properly! Enough complaining, I drilled a...

19 years now but still worth a read!

See THIS for the news you have all been waiting for. Swiss singer Nemo has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, with their song The Code. A compelling hybrid of opera and hip-hop, it topped the jury vote, helping the 24-year-old gain an impressive score of 591 points. The singer becomes the fi...

HERE'S another small piece of evidence of climate change. One of the most common types of mosquito has been identified for the first time in locations across Scotland, according to researchers at the University of Glasgow. They found 16 types of mosquito in Scotland, including the Culex pipiens, wh...

I often wonder how much my diet of home cooked food starting from raw natural ingredients has to do with my health. Apart from my right knee, cancer and type 2 Diabetes I am in good health. How many men my age look after themselves like I do? (I say 'men' because women are more likely to manage thes...

See THIS BBC report for evidence that there are people who are puzzled and angry about the defection of Ms Elphicke.... Natalie Elphicke, the new Labour MP for Dover, has been accused of lobbying ministers over her husband Charlie's sexual assault case. Ms Elphicke is accused of asking Sir Robert Bu...

You've seen these gloves before. Clue, I got them in the US mid-west.....

Yesterday afternoon was the warmest day yet this year. At 20:00 we had bright overcast but late evening sun was coming in under the overcast from the west. This morning it is calm, dry, mild and overcast, the glass is down on 1015 and the forecast is for a day of bright overcast and sunny spells wit...

The pork belly made a good addition to the veggies! I shall be in the shed at 06:00 and this morning will have to address the subject of drilling steam passages in the cylinder and the standard. It's not an easy process and much of it is guesswork. I shall be glad when it is finished! Apart from tha...

Thanks David..... Here's some more for you and Cathy. BARLICK LIFE, 1900 ONWARDS (3) It’s 1921 and we left Margaret Ellen and her family living in 1 John Street on 25/- a week parish relief. It was a hard time for all of them and not surprisingly, a lot of Ernie’s memories of that time are about foo...

No David but they might be pushed into enquiring and end up learning something..... :biggrin2: https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/17085/medium In October 1939 there was a smash at the waterworks on Whitemoor and Brown and Pickles were called in to repair the damage. This inclu...

I think you're right David. From what I can make out, you only have to look sideways at someone to get expelled from the contest. Not like that here at Graham Towers. I have seen nothing of the aurora, I'll believe what everyone says about it. Could that be what's making my knee hurt worse this last...

Elkin the writer, not Elkins the historian. I do not do schtick. What I do are organized routines and connected schtick— schtick upon schtick upon schtick until we have a piece of carpentry.   Stanley Elkin.   Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) was regarded as a promising poet and Catholic social critic when ...

That was nice! A short walk and a very pleasant sit in the sun on traffic duty. Now I shall have some hot dinner and yes, part of it will be the belly pork I cooked earlier.

It's the same here in Barlick Gloria..... I can see that a bit of a walk will be a pleasure.

It's a nice morning for the market Sue.... I hope you have a pleasant shop.
I have just retrieved the belly pork and committed it to the next stage of the plan, being cut up into bite sized chunks and stewed slowly with diced fried potatoes..... It can do that without any supervision.

Yes Gloria but what is it specifically designed for? It has a purpose.

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28746/medium First job was to finish making the pistons and mounting them on their rods. Then I made the knurled knobs that control the pressure of the cylinder on the face of the standard. Tomorrow I shall make the top and bottom lids for t...