OneGuyFromBarlick

"So it goes." drachma: noun.  Before the Euro (€), the ‘drachma’ was the basic unit of modern Greek currency.   The word itself is of very ancient (1st millennium, BCE) Cretan origin, a verb meaning ‘to grasp’ or, as a noun, ‘handful.’     Because other species (e.g. ravens and chimpanzees...

You'd have a shaft rule. A triangular shape that automatically sits parallel with the centre of a shaft. These little clips allowed you to convert any steel rule.
Next one?

We'll be lucky if we get half of that Kev..... Glad you are getting the benefit!

Best of luck with the process anyway Sue. As you say you may be lucky and get a quick sale. No great incentive to do anything outside here today, but Margaret will be visiting this morning.... :biggrin2: https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28812/medium I started by spending alm...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28814/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28813/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28812/medium I started by spending almost half an hour on finishing the refinement of the steam che...

CANAL MATTERS I love this old postcard of Greenberfield Locks. There is so much information embedded in it. However, what's on my mind this morning is the overall effect of the canal construction round about 1800. It must have been an earth-shaking event (Sorry about the pun!). Large numbers of navv...

Bumped to accompany the Bracewell Story.

I have discovered that you can stream Midsomer Murders. That suits me, they have a clear plot, they're well acted and you can understand every word that is said.

See THIS for another election bribe, The Conservatives have promised to raise the tax-free pension allowance via a "Triple Lock Plus" if they win the general election. Under the plans, the personal allowance for pensioners will increase at least 2.5% or in line with the highest of earnings...

See THIS for the reassuring news that retail price rises are 'back to normal'. Yippee! Shop price rises are back to "normal levels" as the cost of furniture, televisions and other non-food items have fallen, according to a UK retail industry body. Prices rose at an annual rate of 0.6% in M...

Breakfast was the last helping of last week's cooking. Dinner and tea were the new batch of cooking, almost entirely vegetarian, very healthy!
No cooking today, a very quiet day in prospect.....

THE EARBY BRACEWELLS (2) In the Spring of 1885 Earby folk, and no doubt George Robinson at the Craven Bank, had another small occurrence to ponder on. Christopher William(1860) Christopher’s eldest son left for a visit to Greeley in Colorado, United States. The Craven Herald 21/02/1885 reports that ...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28811/medium 1985 and N&R have finished taking the mill away and leaving us with our engine house. Now I faced the task of making this pig's ear into a silk purse! Looking at it today I wonder what possessed me to take it on. I suppose f...

Well at least you have a clear sky for them Cathy. We are seeing nothing but grey skies, seagulls and Jackdaws arguing and nesting in the chimney pots!

You're right Gloria. not a bar but a steel ruler. What would be the result if they were fixed on a foot rule?

Yesterday was drier than the forecast predicted and had overcast and occasional light showers. At 20:00 we had late sunshine to end the day. This morning it's calm, overcast and dry at the moment. The glass is up and almost on 1010mb. The forecast is very similar to yesterday, overcast and showery f...

I haven't been anywhere.....
I hope Kev's weather continues and that we can have a dry day tomorrow for my tryst with my daughters in Town Square!

Flitting is stressful but that sounds even worse Ian! I'm an old barnacle, I'm stuck fast on my rock and really like it! I shall be in the shed working on my castings at 06:00. Beyond that I have nothing on my social calendar beyond having a quiet day to gather strength for my Wednesday meeting in t...

I had a nice visit from Susan and we did useful things like change the duvet covers and vacuum all round. I cooked veggies and washed the bedding. Now we have to arrange a meeting so I can have two daughters and two great grand children together on Wednesday. Very exciting stuff.....

Awarded the Navy Cross, May 27, 1942. For distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, Mille...

They're over Maastricht in the Netherlands now Cathy. They are in front of schedule. In not a lot more than half an hour they will be in Manchester. Very exciting!
11:50. They have landed at Manchester.

They are at 40,000 ft above Pitesti in Romania and on time.

I've wondered about the house in France for a while. I know you enjoy the contacts there but I think you'll find it a benefit to not have the house to worry about. I am having a cooking and family day with two daughters converging on me! Wednesday could be quite significant with a span of 4 generati...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28808/medium This morning's focus was on the steam chest and lid. I was very fortunate in that these are nice castings free of hard shops which can be all to common in small iron castings. I completed the thicknessing of the lid, the other d...