OneGuyFromBarlick

Whatever the technical arguments ... fossil fuels need to stay in the ground. What use is it in the ground, David? In 200 years time I think we'll have renewable energy sources and a far different chemical industry, but for now oil is a useful resource. We've had the Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze age...

A few weeks ago I reactivated my account with FB after suspending it for several years. Again I found FB very intrusive and I got a virus which resulted in me having to wipe my hard drive and restore from a back up. Couldn't definitely say it was from using FB but what a coincidence that FB was the ...

A bloke's wife goes missing while diving off the West Australian Coast. He reports the event, searches fruitlessly and spends a terrible night wondering what could have happened to her. Next morning there's a knock at the door and he is confronted by a couple of police officers, the old Sarge and a ...

Dave had proposed to Maggie and been accepted. "But", added Maggie, "before we get married I must tell you something dreadful about my past life." "No," said Dave, "I won't hear of it. You can tell me after we're married." After they were married and had gone ...

Wendyf wrote:Colin does all the work himself Julie, and the room will be stripped back to it's bare bones...

Time to check the first aid cabinet is well stocked?

Could it be a urinal and the other picture is the outlet on the outside of the wall? Maybe it wasn't always a kitchen!

Is it a drinking trough fed by a spring?

My lad would give his eye teeth to drive such a train ( he is a train driver), China. Maz, your son would love these trains. You should get him to come over and have a bus-man's holiday. These are the slowest of the high speed trains but still seem to have tremendous power. They are emu (electrical...

The Americans moved to a system of absolute liability many years ago. This is why stupid people spilling hot coffee on themselves get awarded compensation.

Today I shall be dashing back to Nanning on a high speed train to hand-over our 'spare' apartment to a friend who has agreed to lease it from me. The Chinese high speed train system is awesome and I love traveling this way. This section is operated at only 210 km/h, but that is still over 2 miles a ...

I'm going off where the clips are positioned and I'd say that if you wore it on your forehead it would point downwards, as if for reading a book. But is there something more? Like it incorporates a wifi camera and so it can be pointing down at whatever you are examining whilst you are looking at a m...

LED work light that you wear on your head like a surgeon performing an operation?

Stanley wrote:I'm not going to let cat shit rule my life.... I shall just keep gritting my teeth and picking up!

Does putting grit on your teeth help to grip the cat s...? That's the beauty of false gobblers, you can use them for many tasks. Wouldn't sand-paper be more hygenic?

These corner shops were a weak point on terrace rows. Over many years the row expanded due to the action of frost on water in the vertical mortar joints and eventually moved the gable wall slightly out of vertical. The shop windows formed a weak point at the corner. You often see misalignment at thi...

Well you're not holding my tool with that!

I'm still no wiser.

Stanley wrote:Another clue. Why has it got indentations on it.....

I was wondering about that also...

Is it a pin extractor? The left hand end is definitely split and could possibly open apart if you wound the hexagonal right hand end. But I've never actually seen a pin extractor so I'm guessing again, so perhaps I'll generalise a bit and say "for extracting something".

Is it tapered slightly? So you bash it into a hole and it leaves the hexagon end protruding so that you can turn the object. But what?

Mainly guess work based on why just the tip would cost £118 and the likelihood of you having it in your possession.

Boiler plug. Fusible plug?

Stanley wrote:.... Do you know of anyone poisoned by after use by date aspirin?

Use them to clear up your cat problem?

Tizer wrote:Time for a water pistol?

Catapult - made for the job! You must have plenty of ball bearing ammo in your treasure chest. Then into the slow cooker - tastes like chicken. [OK, I'm only joking, I know some people like animals and wouldn't dream of eating them!]

Tip for a walking stick?

To put on a tap as a filter?

They remind me of the clocking in system at Loveclough printworks when you took your 'peg number' from the board and dropped it through a slot into the timekeepers office. Known as "pegging in"... The same system was also widely used in mines and explosive factories. We even had a similar ...