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- 08 May 2024, 02:15
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 3784
- Views: 398623
Re: Seen in the News
'Outsourcing' is a handy way of shifting responsibility for any mistakes onto other shoulders. Buttressed by the myth that private industry is more efficient. (See the railways for a comprehensive rebuttal of that argument! See THIS for another example of the genre.... A "nationwide issue"...
- 08 May 2024, 02:07
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5403
- Views: 446640
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday afternoon we had sun but with some occasional spatters of rain. At 20:00 the overcast which had come in again was breaking and we had late evening sun under a partially clear sky. This morning it's calm and clear, we have stars in the sky! The glass is up again on 1025mb. The forecast is (...
- 08 May 2024, 01:59
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 1910797
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I shall be in the shed wobbling and then after second sleep I shall cook my veggies for next week. I cooked my red cabbage yesterday because one thing I have learned is that red cabbage is an outlier, it needs cooking separately form the other veggies because of the colour and it is an entirely diff...
- 08 May 2024, 01:53
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 7633
- Views: 862413
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
Well have got the vaccine but not the rest of the kit for using it. (Whatever that is) Susan had bad luck and got an ear infection. They are over on the East Coast at the moment and she had to find an Urgent Care Centre. She waited 5 hours yesterday but came out with a prescription for the ABs that ...
- 08 May 2024, 01:45
- Forum: DIY
- Topic: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
- Replies: 908
- Views: 159021
Re: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
My neighbour Ian made me a new back gate from scratch as the old one was rotten as a pear. He used hardwood but it must have been kiln dried as it warped over the winter. I need to do a bit of work on the latch as soon as the Wobbler panic is finished in the shed.....
Gate look good Ian!
Gate look good Ian!
Re: GOOD TV
Morning Mick! I am still reviewing Wallander. Good but gloomy plots and I wish Kenneth Branagh would have a shave!
- 07 May 2024, 14:04
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 1910797
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I did something unusual, I went back in the shed for an hour on the wobblers. I have to feel comfortable about finishing them for the end of the month....
- 07 May 2024, 10:10
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5403
- Views: 446640
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
I've had me short walk into Town Square and a sit and I'm sorry to report that the overcast is back.
- 07 May 2024, 08:58
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5403
- Views: 446640
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
We started overcast here Gloria but now we have sunshine. I shall go for a walk and a sit on traffic duty!
- 07 May 2024, 06:48
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16602
- Views: 1933679
- 07 May 2024, 06:16
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4858
- Views: 567694
- 07 May 2024, 06:15
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16602
- Views: 1933679
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
I'll join in Cathy even though I am not sure he looks at the site....
- 07 May 2024, 06:14
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 1910797
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
No let up then as you prepare to leave for the UK..... I hope all goes well and that you don't end up hungry while waiting for the ferry! https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28727/medium I'm looking at the flywheel for the first engine. The short pieces of bronze in the kit are...
- 07 May 2024, 06:10
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2427
- Views: 290109
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28728/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28727/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28726/medium I'm looking at the flywheel for the first engine. The short pieces of bronze in the ki...
- 07 May 2024, 03:32
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 03
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2750
Re: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 03
Bumped again. This is scarce history, I don't know where else you'd find it!
- 07 May 2024, 03:26
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4858
- Views: 567694
- 07 May 2024, 03:20
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9207
- Views: 1073598
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Meat and veggies X three. I am getting last weeks cooking into a corner! I shall roast my chicken this morning.
- 07 May 2024, 03:18
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6899
- Views: 942691
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/2293/medium Three Barlick cyclists in about 1900. I think the man in the centre is Leonard Holdsworth, a local manufacturer and one of the directors of the Calf Hall Shed Company. The bikes would be expensive so it is almost certain the othe...
- 07 May 2024, 02:57
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 02
- Replies: 3
- Views: 573
Re: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 02
I've always thought them contenders for the oldest buildings in Barlick Ian and I'm sure you're right about previous builds and uses.
- 07 May 2024, 02:43
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
- Replies: 3943
- Views: 595513
Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Advertising copy-writers have much to answer for. These changes come as they struggle to find ways to make the products they are selling more exciting. A tactical flash lamp is more attractive than a boring normal one..... I have noticed a new class of rip-off selling, the 'tactical' mini telescopic...
- 07 May 2024, 02:37
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12644
- Views: 1337703
Re: POLITICS CORNER
THIS is what counts as political news this morning. The government is "gaslighting" the British people over the state of the economy, the Opposition is to argue. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will tell business leaders in a speech on Tuesday the government's claims its economic plan is ...
- 07 May 2024, 02:27
- Forum: DIY
- Topic: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
- Replies: 908
- Views: 159021
Re: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
Glad you got sorted Ian. You were lucky with the cover on the gazebo Kev. I went looking for the etymology of 'gazebo' and didn't really get any joy but I tripped over this factoid. "The earliest known gazebos were in Egyptian gardens approximately 5,000 years ago, found in a garden plan which ...
- 07 May 2024, 02:10
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16602
- Views: 1933679
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
I'm struggling to imagine when I would find that app useful if they were mine. :biggrin2: I suppose the thing that has got my attention is the fact that we seem to be turning a corner in respect of temperatures but oh how I wish we could ditch this constant cloud cover! Wendy, I seem to have lost al...
- 07 May 2024, 02:04
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 1910797
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I shall be doing a bit of cooking before going in the shed.... I want to get my chicken in the oven and than get on with making a very small engine for new great grand daughter Evie. I shall deal with the chicken after I have had second sleep but am undecided whether to cook veggies today or leave i...
- 07 May 2024, 01:57
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5403
- Views: 446640
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday afternoon we had the obligatory spatters of rain after some nice sunshine but as the lads say, no thunder. At 20:00 it was calm, mild and overcast but dry. This morning it's the same. The glass has jumped up to 1015mb and the forecast is for an overcast but dry day. The easterly winds will...