OneGuyFromBarlick

The one we chose is a Keter storage chest as well Kev.

Retail woes and triumphs. We are reorganising our back yard, painting the yard walls as we clear and work our way round. Our pent shed is dropping in bits, its a wooden job and has done about 15 years or so. We have decide to replace it with a plastic resin type and found one that will do the job at...

Louise finished in 3h.56.02m

Not a bad time at all for a first marathon run, well done Louise.

First outing will be at the Silentnight Michael Hartley Memorial Football match early in May at Victory Park. The event proceeds are for Bosom Friends and we will be running a Tombola on the day as well as available for information on the group. Today of course we are tracking our London Marathon Ru...

Indeed Cathy.

Just a bit of a learning curve Stanley. The detector will work fine on its default settings, they cover all ground types and are optimised for each of the different strata's. I have just had a small upgrade delivered, its mechanical and a high impact moulded plastic brace for the shaft to coil hinge...

I went on to Minelabs website to download the full manual for my new bit of kit (62 pages). Most tech stuff now only come with a "getting started" guide. I printed that out double sided A4 and have shoved it in one of those binders with the plastic inserts for each sheet. While I was on th...

I think a necessary aid to understanding what is going on is the realisation that Israel is driving the course of events.... The actions in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon and Iraq are all about Israel extending its territorial boundaries. Once you accept that it all makes sense. Netanyahu is not concerne...

I put my original detector up on Ebay and it sold the day after and is now on its way to Berkshire.

I have upgraded my tech in metal detecting. I found a really good deal with a reasonably local dealer. It was in their Ebay Shop and advertised as only used a few times. It had a really good "buy it now price" which I accepted. It was delivered yesterday and it is a quantum leap in technol...

Google Maps the last time the car was down there July 2023:

Dough is mixed an arguing with itself on the side, just finishing a quick brew then off to Silsden to pick Sally up.

At the end pf the day Trump could side step all of this nonsense and stop the war wit Iran by a simple signature on an Executive Order, he's good at them. He can show it on the TV and his "Truth Social" channel if he wishes. It's not rocket science, totally unlike a chemical booster on a r...

Been down to feed Jacks cats, collected the Saturday takings and the weekly sheet from the shop. I need to make some dough for a loaf, then at some point make a batch of energy bars. Count the weekly shop takings and card transactions, balance the weekly sheet and then prepare the cash for paying in...

School was shut for I think two weeks during the big snow as the coke deliveries for the boilers couldn't get through so no heating in the building. We still had to tip up for registration then everyone, kids and teachers went sledging. Gisburn Road used Loughborough hill next to the Rolls Sports fi...

Probably, someone saw a bit of sense and the Fire Station hose and ladder practice tower 50 yards away. All the town centre infrastructure for mobile phones is on there now.

Never had a school dinner, my mum was always at home so I went home for my dinner every day for the 12 years I was at school from 4 to 16 years of age. Served my time as milk monitor at Gisburn Road. Favourite time was in winter when the silver tops were pushed off by the frozen cream. You got to sh...

You must be attracting them Ian! Apparently the practice which is mimicked by all small bird species is put down to a number of different factors. The birds may see their reflection in the glass and attack it as a threat, another theory, not really valid today is that in the days of single pane woo...

Not forgotten by me, I remember the site before PO buildings were built when it was wooden hoardings on the site. Also of course the shops that were in the new building after it was built, (1959) I believe, Wool Shop, Cake Shop, Donald Fodens Sports Shop and a Butcher at the end, (cant remember the ...

The two Coal Tits that have spent all day so far trying to come through our front window.

We have bought a branded Gazebo for the group which is due to be delivered today. Part of the delivery, (a pole for a flag) was delivered last week. We have the Gazebo, flag, weights and a collapsible table to come today. Cant show the mock up design as the graphics have been deleted after we confir...

My loaf has been in the fridge overnight for a slow rise. I have lifted it out now to warm up before baking it. It will be ready for tea time.

Been mad busy with the charity over the last few weeks. Not had time to bake sourdough. Consequently, my starter, 10 has been on an extended holiday in the fridge. I warmed him yesterday morning then fed him on a 1:2:2 ratio at about midday. He did nothing until 10.15 last night but was then trying ...

Looks like a (piped TV, (cable TV) switch. Usually installed on the window casement. Some had BBC radio channels as well. Ours at home when I was lad had BBC 1 and ITV TV, Home Service (R4) Third Programme (R3) and the Light Programme (R2). The system pre dates the advent of BBC2 and Radio 1. Some o...

Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!"[/i] Doesn't Trump realise that Persia was an advanced civilisation over two thousand years ago, along with most other countries in the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. Thu USA has only been in e...