OneGuyFromBarlick

Very impressive and on his birthday too. Not enough horses though as far as I understand it. No bright red tunics and the button spacing is the same for all troops. Plenty of tanks (drone fodder now) but a distinct lack of tradition. :smile: Raja Miah has quoted him extensively in his latest video. ...

It's sloppy speakers like Cummings that defeat me That's a pity -it has attracted wide attention and much praise. Many agree with me that he is re-positioning himself. Interesting that he describes "calling high level meetings" - as if he was running the show, not just advising the PM. I ...

Stanley wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 01:50 It would be nice if they told us what LGC stands for!

I took it to mean Local Government Clique.

Thanks - good write up - with the added bonus of being from personal experience. ******** Now - It is with regret that having paid close attention to this subject for the last few years - with particular attention to the recent egregious annual meeting, I must - with regret - announce the death of i...

The single survivor's story seems to be incredible. Did you see the instant all engulfing fire ball? I just saw a report that he was sitting next to an emergency exit and "jumped clear". I doubt it. However if he is who he says he is, and was on the flight, - even I don't see how it could ...

his staccato delivery means I can't understand what he is saying That's a shame - my banker to listen to it has fallen at the first fence. I've taken to using headphones when I need to listen properly. :smile: I know that aids are available, but really can't be bothered. The reduction in my hearing...

When you mention Dominic Cummings - the average punter will think of him running away to his dad's in County Durham during Covid, and a test drive to check his eyesight to Barnard Castle. I've seen bits of his interviews but didn't really 'get' him. Perhaps he has lowered his sights to broaden his a...

The main example of such a "salute" must surely be our own late dear Queen being coached by her parents in 1933. Look here If the Germans had "won" - we would still have the same Royal family - they'd not be called Windsor though - probably revert to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. :smile:

From Jeremy Clarkson's restaurant The Farmer's Dog.

"A service charge of 12.5 % will be added for parties of 1 or more".

I guess that means for everyone. . . .

Never heard of Dr David Bull until today. I learn he is a TV presenter who used to do a TV programme about ghosts etc. Says he believes in it all and has been visited by one. That alone should disqualify him from political power. I have not paid any attention whatever to the financial statement from...

I watched bits of the England - Senegal match tonight - following their trouncing of the mighty Andorra 1-0 on Saturday. It didn't go well - and the Three Lions lost, quite comfortably, by three goals to one. The modern thing to do in such circumstances is to find some "positives" to take ...

As Inspector Morse famously once said - "quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

and Tizer wisely said "Nullius in verba": On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society).

and finally - TRIPPS said "Believe nothing you read , and only half of what you see.

I think that's true. :smile: When Barlick returned to Lancashire. . . Safe to say - Ian's in Greece. There was a large contingent of "Warrington boys" at the grammar school. They travelled by train daily to Manchester. Nearest RC grammar school I guess. Another differentiator was their int...

Whe you look at a new topic on Youtube - it soon sends you several similar or related ones. This is sometimes a good thing, and can lead to interesting viewing. Is there any way to prevent it directing you to sites you have no interest in, and would rather avoid? I have had as much as I can take of ...

There's probably an essay in this if I had the abilities of Stanley or Bob Bliss. :smile: I'm familiar with the word "nesh" - since childhood - but my recollection tells me not until I was a teenager - say the 1950's, at the grammar school where there was contact with lads from a wide catc...

Goodness knows how it works - but it did for me. . . .


Puzzle

for my 82nd birthday, Paulette unearthed an out-of-print copy of another Campbell collection, entitled 37 Years on the Job. It’s mostly his short pieces, so it’s mainly miscellany, but it begins with a long, loving eulogy of his father, ‘the Lord,’ indicative of Patrick’s promise as a writer of ser...

Those of us who usually swim against the current got just the faintest buzz from this video today. Failed moon landing - again. I'm fairly sure the earth isn't flat - but there's just a feeling that everything went amazingly well in those days in 1969 using a computer that would struggle to work a m...

I suppose I must mention again that me and the Lord both had our suits made to measure at Abe Sacks in Spring Gardens, Manchester. I saw him there when I went for a fitting. Abe (jnr) told me he came when he was recording in Manchester, because it was as good as Savile Row, and a lot cheaper. :smile...

Probably the best such report I've seen. Exemplary. There has been another fire at a Philadelphia bus storage depot. The electric buses were in storage as evidence in an ongoing legal action - Oh the irony. I don't envy Governments dealing with this problem. An incident with major loss of life is su...

Just back from Tesco. Second visit of the afternoon. I needed stuff that Aldi don't sell so made the first visit. Bought a bottle of Whyte and McKays - on special due to Fathers Day. Usual wait at the till while the operator finished gossiping with the lady at the next till, - no sense of urgency or...

It's hard to keep up isn't it? I just know that UK is falling further and further behind in the world pecking order. I note in the news - non BBC of course - that Tommy Robinson (not his real name - Stephen Yaxley Lennon) is back in court charged with harassment. Rich irony there. He has pleaded not...

I had occasion to quote from this Kipling poem today -"the burnt fool's bandaged finger etc" which has once again gone 'wabbling' There's quite a bit of repetition on the board, and this, in its entirety, will stand repeating. :smile: Interesting that he assumes his readers will know the n...

I hurriedly wrote a quick report in French on our 4 weeks away ready for my french conversation class at Haslingden this morning. I know you do this as as a useful hobby rather than a chore, but it occurred to me that A.I. might now do this job. I've just tried Quillbot using one of Stanley's long ...