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by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 07:34
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 22974
Views: 2481729

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Morning Sue.... Sorry to hear ICE are making such a mess. When I used them in 2000 they were at the peak of their efficiency and the envy of the world.
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 07:32
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 6697
Views: 645344

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

That's a nice picture Wendy......
We have a cloudless start and I shall be out of the house shortly doing veggies shopping at the Co-op. It will never be cooler today....
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 05:09
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 22974
Views: 2481729

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30327/medium Another small step forwards but completed in half an hour and accurately. I marked drilled and tapped the valve chest for the valve rod gland, fitted the studs and installed the gland. Then I harvested the non ferocious chips off th...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 05:05
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2858
Views: 432768

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30327/medium Another small step forwards but completed in half an hour and accurately. I marked drilled and tapped the valve chest for the valve rod gland, fitted the studs and installed the gland. Then I harvested the non ferocious chips off th...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 03:24
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: Cooperation in Barlick
Replies: 1
Views: 1374

Re: Cooperation in Barlick

A useful compendium of facts about the principle of Cooperation.
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 03:07
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: BLACK LISTED
Replies: 4
Views: 1563

Re: BLACK LISTED

And again.....
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:48
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
Replies: 1671
Views: 360041

Re: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT

I heard an interesting programme on World Service yesterday morning. It was looking at the popularity of protein supplements and the emphasis that is placed on this element of nutrition. It questioned the wisdom of this and pointed out that all reputable nutritionists will tell you that it is balanc...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:35
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 7442
Views: 1254884

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/525/medium The viewpoint up on Letcliffe Park. I wonder how many people realise that the original purpose of this plinth was to serve as a mounting point for the WW1 tank that was given to the town in recognition of it's performance as a generat...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:27
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9744
Views: 1341692

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Another normal day. I am getting the last batch of cooking into a corner.
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:25
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 4591
Views: 583787

Re: Seen in the News

THIS welcome news caught my eye. Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males - aged between 17 and 19 - were detained...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:19
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 13558
Views: 1748551

Re: POLITICS CORNER

See THIS latest atrocity in Gaza. At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, have been killed in an Israeli strike while queuing for nutritional supplements in front of a clinic in central Gaza, a hospital says. Video from al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah showed the b...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:14
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS
Replies: 2319
Views: 420170

Re: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS

I've reached the end of mine Cathy..... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:06
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 17829
Views: 2579869

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

:good: See THIS latest piece of Trump's foreign policy...... A message from US President Donald Trump on Wednesday landed like a grenade in Brazil, bringing the relationship between the two countries to an all-time low. Trump pledged to impose tariffs on Brazil at a rate as high as 50%. He accused t...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 02:04
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 6697
Views: 645344

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

That was my thought Gloria when I had my walk, perfect, warm enough to be comfortable and good sun but not oppressive. Yesterday was, on the whole, a perfect day. We had late sun and a clear sky all night. This morning it's calm clear and mild. The glass is steady on 1020mb and the forecast is for a...
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 01:56
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 21831
Views: 2934811

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Well done Gloria! Spot on. It's the spare carbide container you used to carry in case the one in use ran out. You could always find the water of course, in extremis you simply peed in it!
Wonderful, I shall go and look for the next one.
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 01:49
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 945
Views: 154194

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

Bloody Marvellous!!!! So many names I remember, Reg Harris in particular. I always fancied an Ernie Clements frame and were those Michelin tyres or tubulars on the bikes? Only one complaint, why of why did we have to have the guitar playing while Gerry was speaking and we were looking at the bikes.....
by Stanley
11 Jul 2025, 01:20
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 22974
Views: 2481729

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

More joys of motoring..... I've never heard of an 'odour bomb' and doubt if I will ever use one. I begin to realise I have another advantage over most other people, I have a very degraded sense of smell. I went for a furtle and there is even one designed specifically for use against the smell of fir...
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 13:56
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 21831
Views: 2934811

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

It's connected to a different light source..... Any cavers amongst you?
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 12:02
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4980
Views: 753335

Re: BOB'S BITS

DUBLIN Did you ever hear tell, said Jimmy Farrell, of the skulls they have in the city of Dublin? From “Viking Dublin: Trial Pieces,” by Seamus Heaney (1975) The poem goes on to speculate that one of those skulls belonged to “an old Dane . . . drowned in the Flood.” As far as we can know, Dublin’s r...
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 11:01
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 22974
Views: 2481729

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

That doesn't sound good Sue. Well done for managing the situation..... No such problems here in Barlick!
I have just got back from my walk, half an hour on traffic duty and a shop at the Co-op for two oranges and six onions.... The last of the big spenders!
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 08:51
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 6697
Views: 645344

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

We have full sun Gloria and it is 70F in old money in the back yard already......
(Of course we are nearer to heaven here than you are..... :biggrin2: )
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 05:41
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 22974
Views: 2481729

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30326/medium One simple task, make the gland for the valve rod out of the rough casting supplied. Decide on the orientation and give it a witness mark. Then measure and mark for clearance holes for 5BA studs. (3.3mm) Tomorrow I'll mark drill and...
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 05:38
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2858
Views: 432768

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30326/medium One simple task, make the gland for the valve rod out of the rough casting supplied. Decide on the orientation and give it a witness mark. Then measure and mark for clearance holes for 5BA studs. (3.3mm) Tomorrow I'll mark drill and...
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 03:19
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: CALF HALL CONVEYANCE Feb 11 1889
Replies: 1
Views: 1300

Re: CALF HALL CONVEYANCE Feb 11 1889

I'd forgotten we had this. A foundation document for anyone researching the Calf Hall Shed Company.
by Stanley
10 Jul 2025, 03:14
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: INSECTS VERSUS OFFAL!
Replies: 10
Views: 2040

Re: INSECTS VERSUS OFFAL!

Since then veggie prices have risen even more. Rationing by price is a fact of modern life. This is still a hot topic!

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