I finished reviewing Wallander last night. I had forgotten that the series ends with him falling prey to Alzheimer's.....
Not exactly a bundle of laughs but very good acting.
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- 11 May 2024, 03:03
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12649
- Views: 1339064
Re: POLITICS CORNER
See THIS for a triumph of hope over reality.... Notice also that the image of Sunak shows him looking upwards at the new dawn that is coming...... Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that it will "take time" for people to "really feel better" as figures revealed the UK had emerge...
- 11 May 2024, 02:51
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26
Re: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS (2) We ended last weeks piece with the outside closet. We might as well continue on this exalted level and look at the rest of the household waste. I used to spend quite a lot of time in Laneshawbridge and there was one place in a field there, next to the beck, where for ye...
- 11 May 2024, 02:48
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9211
- Views: 1074710
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Chicken and veggies X three for breakfast, dinner and tea.
I have had some pork belly marinading all night, it will get roasted this morning.....
I have had some pork belly marinading all night, it will get roasted this morning.....
- 11 May 2024, 02:46
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16613
- Views: 1936432
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
I wonder if they were related to the thunder that was about?
- 11 May 2024, 02:45
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20107
- Views: 2334214
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
- 11 May 2024, 02:40
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20580
- Views: 1912192
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I shall be in the shed as usual working on the wobblers and at some point this morning I shall roast the pork belly which has been marinading all night....
- 11 May 2024, 02:39
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2040
- Views: 359742
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
And perhaps the fact that they made life so complicated for themselves that they didn't fit the needs of the planet.
- 11 May 2024, 02:31
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4865
- Views: 568658
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
I recognise that one Cathy!
- 10 May 2024, 12:51
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4466
- Views: 509418
Re: BOB'S BITS
A life in music, lived well. He has risen into estimation … by a combination of qualities not often to be found in the same individual. >From a contemporary tribute to Sir George Thomas Smart, ca. 1867. Back in the days when Ludwig van Beethoven was modern, and considered by some to be too noisy...
- 10 May 2024, 08:12
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20580
- Views: 1912192
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Back up and having a hot drink before going for a walk. Apples and milk would be good....
- 10 May 2024, 06:24
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20107
- Views: 2334214
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Sot on Wendy.
I can see I am going to have to be more original!
I can see I am going to have to be more original!
- 10 May 2024, 06:21
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20580
- Views: 1912192
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I would have thought the hospitality industry would be working a bit harder to get return visits from clients but it looks as through they have different ideas of running a business Sue. I hope you have a better experience for the rest of the day..... https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gall...
- 10 May 2024, 06:16
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2430
- Views: 291011
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28742/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28741/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28740/medium I turned my attention to the piston rods and pistons this morning. I used silver steel...
- 10 May 2024, 03:35
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26
BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
(Ican't find these articles on the site and suspect they were never posted. This will rectify the omission. BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1) I’m going to try to give you an impression of what life was like early in the 20th century in Barlick, to be more specific, in the Westgate and Colne Road part o...
- 10 May 2024, 03:20
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: BRACEWELL AND INGLETON COAL 02
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1126
Re: BRACEWELL AND INGLETON COAL 02
Bumped again. This is deep history and only happens when a lot of people get together and combine their researches.....
- 10 May 2024, 02:57
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12649
- Views: 1339064
Re: POLITICS CORNER
I suppose THIS is the most important bit of political news. Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel can "stand alone" after the US warned it could halt arms shipments if the Israeli prime minister ordered a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. "If we need to ... we will stand alone. I hav...
Re: GOOD TV
More Wallander. He must have heard me complaining. He's shaving now......
- 10 May 2024, 02:41
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9211
- Views: 1074710
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
The very last helping of veggies from last week for breakfast, then a salad butty from Amanda's for lunch and a pick of the chicken for tea. Today I shall get stuck into this week's veggies!
- 10 May 2024, 02:35
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6902
- Views: 943857
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
A rake of coal wagons leaving the sidings in the days when we had a railway. Notice the signal. Even then this type of signal was redundant but for some reason this one survived right up to the end of the line.
- 10 May 2024, 02:31
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20107
- Views: 2334214
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
I see, absolutely no interest....
- 10 May 2024, 02:28
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5407
- Views: 447411
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday afternoon the clouds relented and by 20:00 we had low sun coming in from the west below a broken overcast. This morning once more it's calm, dry and overcast. The glass is down slightly on 1022mb and the forecast is for guess what? That's right, a dry overcast day with perhaps some late su...
- 10 May 2024, 02:17
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 3787
- Views: 399242
Re: Seen in the News
See THIS for more evidence that if you are rich enough you can get away with murder. Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told the BBC. Col Rabih Alenezi says he ...
- 10 May 2024, 02:09
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2040
- Views: 359742
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
All corroboration that James Lovelock was right when he said that he thought we had passed the tipping point just before he died in 2022. Sorry Cathy but our descendants are going to have a lousy time of it. We had the good days burning and exploiting as we saw fit. After the Lord Mayor's procession...
- 10 May 2024, 02:03
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16613
- Views: 1936432
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
The explosion at Mario's happened at night so is that different than the one at noon yesterday or are they connected. Main thing is we have leccy now!
(What was it Peter said in another topic about our lives being controlled by others?)
(What was it Peter said in another topic about our lives being controlled by others?)