OneGuyFromBarlick

The chancellor has praised a Tory MP for apologising after he admitted he gave other MPs' personal phone numbers to someone on a dating app. Jeremy Hunt said William Wragg had been " courageous " in telling the Times he was sorry for the "hurt" he had caused. Any suggestions for...

I suppose this is loosely politics, and is in essence, a summary of the history of the last century. I've been watching a lot of Lee Kuan Yew's videos lately. The more I watch, the more respect I have for him. Huge intellect, totally incorruptible, and with a clear strategic vision for his nation. I...

I never saw one of these until a few days ago. They are called 'Handpans'. Thought of making them a mystery object but decided against, and I wouldn't really recommend them, so they go here. The players all seem a bit odd - they look like vegan morris dancer types to me, but who am I to judge - and ...

Me too, as I do on the last day of every month, and the next day Octopus tell me that - Electricity 187 kWh cost £67.65, and Gas ( 122 meter units) cost £106.80. So total energy costs for the month of March 2024 is £174.45. When you consider my monthly D/D was (pre crisis) and for a long time, about...

all these plots on tv dramas nowadays seem so complicated. I'm watching an old Miss Marple - old, but quite rational, understandable, and enjoyable. Memorable quote "The Crackenthorpes still live there - he's a bit of a valetudinarian". :smile: Imagine my surprise when Google shows there ...

Follow up to the Baltimore bridge incident. I thnk there is a just the slightest possibility that it was done deliberately - to disrupt world trade. Add it to sinking a tanker in the Gulf by Houthis, and the Panama Canal being restricted by a lack of water due to drought. Every little helps. I'm sur...

This burning vehicle pictured outside Buckingham palace today, has been described as an "exploding pedicab".

On fire

I think it may have been battery assisted, but let's not jump to conclusions. It will take more than the traditional damp tea towel to extinguish it.

The BBC have obviously got their dates confused. It's not April 1st until Monday.

Maple syrup strategic reserve. indeed. They'll be telling us that spaghetti grows on trees next.

Is this a forgotten corner these days? Perhaps not? I found this from 1988 and the Bacup Coconutters are definitely still going. They sent me an email saying they are doing an appearance today Easter Saturday. Long may they continue. :smile: Perahps this will be the modern alternative? Rochdale Jal...

Good - you could always try doing both. I think that's the best way. :smile: Now here's something that Google directed my way during the hiatus. I found it interesting - it's actually a tribute to Fred Dibnah, but surely of interest to members here. I got a real sense of the size and scale of things...

It's philosophy poetry and music this afternoon. I know at least two of us will enjoy this. The 'Nostradamus' of the 1960's - Total genius. :smile: "I saw ten-thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken". Predicton of the interwebthingy in general - and X (Twitter) in particular. :laugh...

I didn't realise that some "smart" meters did not communuicate by mobile phone. I thought they all did. The Google news fed to me daily, this morning contained an item about the "energy price cap" and the fact that the regulator was considering changing it. It was said one option...

According to the Tories all immigrants sponge off the state and are a pariah to society. Oh, hang on, that's about right for Rishy! If Carlsberg did inaccurate, hate filled, well off topic, posts - then this would be the likely result. PS On a point of information - I don't think you can be a 'form...

Can we stop worrying about the Chicken Pox now? I do hope so.

Stanley wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 03:53 I'm intrigued by your parallel with Barlick David..... Were we frowning on men and women mingling?

Actually I'm frowning on the lack of mixing. Look at the photos of the event for yourself - I'd say the adult M/F ratio is about twenty or thirty to one. Iftar

Gold merit star for "Kosher Nostra".

Big Kev wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024, 22:10 I would highly recommend a rummage in Aldi's wine cellar

I see you have corrected the typo. I've spent all night wondering who Ali was and what was special about his cellar.

I channel hopped into BBC4 tonight - Daniel Barenboim doing Beethoven from The Albert Hall. That shows how bad TV is at the moment. All very pleasant and harmless, then it morphed into the EU national Anthem ! I don't like him - he didn't treat his wife Jaqueline DuPre very well as I recall it. He l...

PS - I've sent a complaint to Australia. That'll make them sit up. . . .

Found it - thought we had a wine corner - took some finding though. :smile: A word of caution from my recent experience. I've resumed my drinking (modest you understand), having abstained for well over a year - I can taste it now. The market seems to have changed in the interim - perhaps due to budg...

If it wasn't ISIS it would likely be Chechens who've been attacking since the war in Chechnya. I remembered the Chechen revolt yesterday, and the fact that the Russians levelled Grozny in putting it down. It was a while ago, and didn't seem to be important to UK at the time. It looked like Gaza loo...

Stanley wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024, 13:50 But that's another story.

So is this. . . Fake Hitler Diaries

"There's no such thing as a free lunch". Free Iftar

Can there be a connection with Stanley's recent and rather personal observation -

"Not for the first time it struck me that David is one of the most rotund people I have ever come across! "

We must move in different circles. :smile: I don't think I have ever heard the word rankles in ordinary speech anywhere. I'd consider it a writing word rather than a speaking word. A couple of examples of Rochdale usage which have stuck in my memory - I never heard any of them before I became involv...

I have heard a whisper that the thing that is actually holding progress up is Diane refusing to attend an education course on Anti-Semiticism. I don't know if this is true but it sounds very likely to me Who is whispering to you? Diane Abbott says it isn't true. Someone's lying - her or your whispe...