OneGuyFromBarlick

Having had post viral fatigue syndrome ie ME in the 1980 s this is history repeating itself and despite endless research they are still not sure what causes it or indeed a cure. I think the research is going on out there but the answers are difficult to find. One question is why do some viruses cau...

More SW London odd weather , away in the south the sun is bright, to the north the clouds are relatively low and the west appears to have darker cloud that might move east update at about 1130am the sun from the south has appeared and there is blue sky with big low in bulk of height fluffy clouds ar...

sometimes wonder for these searches why cheap drones (arrays) with thermal imaging are not used , they can help in remoter areas

Radio 4 Wednesday's Midweek programme has long gone from 9am slot Replaced this day with More or Less looking at some interesting statistics and David Dimbleby at 0930 looking at how the free economy thinking , Keith Joesph and Thatcher's changes "invisible hands" , which argueably led to ...

When the NHS works it is quite efficient at this kind of thing - as long as you give it a stir in the right direction too.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/8bf3/live/7b71ad70-04b3-11f0-9267-d1ee57ab414d.jpg.webp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyjpyxnlx9o From Tizers Mystery Roof Question this happened a few days back in Notting Hill area of London This style (in a way all show and no go) with t...

I thought stone roof tiles were fairly common - in cotswolds and some of the older yorkshire villages

SW London had heavy mist / light fog in the morning, now have sun to the south, light overcast to the east and thicker lower cloud to the north. I have a feeling it might be a bit rainy to the west but havent got spare window to check today

Council Tax Bill in, the increase might just be covered by the increase in minimum wage. I could write a book on inflation, more difficult to think how/if its should be controlled Mothers annual life insurance statements in today. Some have been sent in a zero value the rest are half the surrender /...

SW London got enough warm sun at 1300hrs to take a coat off. it cooled down later then came a bit cloudy but less so than the morning. breeze rather than wind.

If I were naming the roof I would probably call it a Donkey Roof

It used to be thatched ? A law was passed saying all rooves had to be tiled, the tiles were reused from a demolished manor house?

See BBC Friday Night Comedy 1830 slot most recent for the latest dig at the House of Lords and a PE view of influence / lobbying and who is paid by what PR and other companies. Influence is one thing, fraud another but (is anarchy the right word?) The end of the Roman Empire ?

Mums flat / flats? had a flicker outage annoyingly reset the dishwasher and the clock on the oven (which is a pain to set) I cannot remember where I was living , probably somewhere in yorkshire and everyone switched on ovens to cook christmas dinner and blew the local substation fuse. probably 4 hrs...

Anyone thrown up the Commonwealth values ?

London Drizzle. keeps the urban farms growing a bit

Seals came in two types - the "round" ones that could press on paper, other ones would press onto wax. could this do both on titles / share certificates etc ?

Is it me or is Trump trying to take absolute power - Judge Issues Judgement against him , Trump Pardons himself - can they do that ? Formula 1 racing in China - After Two (or with sprint does that make Three?) Races only one team has not scored points , which is interesting. Earlyish to listen to it...

Not Only Rich Russsians. Crimea was the warm retirement place for the workers in Siberia under the USSR

Can we sell Trump Blackpool ?

In cold reality Starmer is pose and speech. Though Challenger tanks and training have been useful. The obvious place for boots on ground or whatever is along Belarus border, and/or upping forward bases in Poland for supplies and medical treatment. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has written to ...

BBC Kept today a running report on the Hayes / Heathrow Power Sub Station Outage. Every person seems to have chipped in with a comment Labour MP Ruth Cadbury tells the BBC that there is "a lack of power grid capacity" in the area surrounding Heathrow, with no new overhead lines expected u...

There's potential for a bit of rain Normally it rains by squishing cloudy low pressure against the pennines , so the east should get the wetter, sometimes it still rains on the other side , the easterly wind direction might make the rain feel different if it lands in present day East Lancashire.

See THIS worrying BBC report. 2 hours ago Repeated failures in how CTs, X-rays and other medical scans are being interpreted are leading to avoidable patient deaths and delays in diagnosing cancer, England's health ombudsman has warned. The most common problems include doctors failing to spot abnor...

Not papermaking , or books. Looks like an adjuster for a pressure relief valve for a boiler, or someone has a very big pressure cooker for doing their beetroots

Formula One is still playing early morning and presenting its results on the sport page of the BBC by the time I get active. Sprint race got a few points for finishing orders that were not matched in qualifying. This time qualifying times had a spread of over 1 second, that might be the length of th...