OneGuyFromBarlick

From Andrew Neal last night on the Politics Show

http://www.conjunctivitis.com - A site for sore eyes.

Whoops - I didn't realise it was in fact a real site, but seems harmless.

You are what you eat indeed. I have just had my tesco delivery... As a substitute for Pickled Herrings - ingredients herring, onion, vinegar, and a few peppercorns, they have set me something called 'Seafood Sticks'. Product of Thailand, Packed in the Uk, by Cumbrian Seafoods Ltd) 80 pence for 16 st...

Another step inthe right direction of the ultimate prize of power storage. Did you catch the brief news item a week ago about a company which was using off peak electricity to make liquified air, which was later use to drive generators. No I don't understand how it's done either, but it seems to wor...

I do wish I'd been born without the immediate knee jerk response to tales like this of "I don't believe it". Life would be so much simpler.
I'm not saying it's not true, just giving my immediate reaction.

Palaver - "what a load of [pointless] discussion".
I think it comes from the same root as "Parliament"

Does anyone else misread the title of this thread? Today I shall be Manly. One does one's best.....

Maxine Sullivan - Having never ever heard of her, I thought you had made her up at first, but no - thanks to the miracle of Spotify, I am listening to her from 1938 - 1940 as I type. Very mellow, a bit like Cleo Laine?

"that has recently been recognised "

Would that be since the huge expansion of social sites such as Bebo, Facebook etc?

I agree fully with what Brad and Nolic have posted above, especially having just listened to an hour phone in on the subject on Radio 5.

The message is in the song...

Here's hoping it works -this is quite advanced for me..

http://audioboo.fm/boos/418436-misunderstood

Well it seems to work in the preview - just press play. I see hours of innocent fun ahead.

Re - authenticity The first post is from the autobiography of one Margaret Roberts, whilst the second - I heard him say it on the television. I don't want to spoil it if you haven't read the book, but it's quite interesting - I'm up to Ch 3, and she' just met this chap called Dennis - looks quite pr...

Have a look on here next time, and you may get some clues. Be quick though because it is in real time.

http://www.flightradar24.com/

My first thought was a connection with gambit, which in chess is a sacrifice of a pawn for positional advantage, and derives from the Italian for leg which is 'gamba'. I have always associated it with the usage 'gammy leg' and my slang dictionary says it means 'lame'. All that said - Cats may be rig...

I was familiar with 'mither' in the Manchester area, and never heard the ' moyder' version, until I got involved with the Preston area where it is often used by my in-laws. Going back to 'Hoo'. After five minutes intensive research, It seems it does mean 'she' and hence only refers to females. I did...

General de Gaulle 1963 - "England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her exchanges, her markets, her supply lines to the most diverse and often the most distant countries; she pursues essentially industrial and commercial activities, and only slight agricultural ones.....

I'd always thought 'hoo' referred to either gender, but now you mention it - it's usually female. Perhpas that's because the men do more of the writing? That'll be today's project then..... Here's an example from Edwin Waugh's poem. When aw put little Sally to bed, Hoo cried, 'cose her feyther weren...

Yes - there were some trial bore holes being done in the Newcastle (North East ) region. Started last year. It was in the media, but I don't know if it was successful. Sounds like 'all good' to me. I think it is also in use in Ireland.

I think you mean "crepe soles" - beloved of the Teddy Boys in the 1950's

"I can't afford CD's - any suggestions?" Let me recommend Spotify again. I believe you can still get 30 hours a month free? I pay £4.99 a month for full access. It's amazing, (and I don't use that word often). Jug bands - here's my favourite band and track -it would be on my Desert Island ...

Yes - I see what you mean.. I think I edited it the item too much.
Now I'm going to have to think. Does he mean that it does go faster, but not for the reason usually given? To see the original go to

http://www.smh.com.au/world/engineer-de ... 1qjrc.html

From the Sydney Morning Herald - though the prof is from Cambridge - where the really clever people live..... :wink: An engineer has debunked one of the most common myths in science - why aircraft fly. Aeroplanes fly because their wings cause the air pressure underneath to be greater than that above...

Finding my way round this new land...... Well - here we are again. I feel as if I have just got back to the surface after being underwater for a day. I spent half a day trying to log on until I realised I had to re- register. I must say I wasn't at all impressed, and could not see any benefit in the...