OneGuyFromBarlick

I've been listening to the reactions of the politicians to the shock of Uxbridge. The consensus in the Tory Party is that green measures should be ditched as it was opposition to the Labour Mayor's Ultra Low Emission Zone that save their bacon. Starmer on the other hand is being mobbed by his backb...

I checked up on their web site my car now 5 year old still doesn't attract a charge. Not that I would dream of going into London. North Valley road in Colne is said to have the highest pollution rate in Lancashire. A £12.50 per day charge would be terminal for Colne and for most small towns in this ...

It is hard to immediately link these events to climate change because weather - and oceans - are so complex. AI to the rescue. A butterfly flaps its wings etc: With complex calculations being done at lightening speed the 'futures markets' will be able to predict the next crop failures and make a ki...

Parking was a nightmare at Burnley. Zoned parking each had different letters and tickets were not transferable even if still valid. We would visit Dad on a Sunday, pay in one zone, go back home to collect something , come back to find the carpark full but empty in another zone and have to pay again...

Bit of a down day yesterday after my prostrate search and destroy session. Getting my growl back now but draw the line at commenting on our third rate politicians dragging the country into the abys. A visit to room 101 would be a pleasure by comparison.

See this article from 2022... `What Quantum Computing Will Mean for the Future Artificial Intelligence' LINK The article appears to have been written by an early Chat Box AI programme. Full of aspirations of what COULD happen. Why something that can do calculations faster is going to predict events...

Another fun day at the new Burnley Urology investigation clinic. The appointment was accompanied by a map which was as much use as a treasure trove map on some unknown Pacific island. Parked up in what I thought was the general area and started to ask directions. Finally found someone who thought sh...

Rishi Sunak is yesterday's man. His poll rating now down to minus 40. The PM hopefuls are lining up ready to make their charge. Braverman is leading the field with a pig push to break international law and finding a place to dock Stockholm Biddy. The usual suspects are also jockeying for position re...

Our Andrew Stephenson MP, centre stage, (Sitting in a nest of bad men whisky bottles piling high. The Hollies) A bad tempered debate where they are accusing the selection to the committee as being rigged. Now that takes some believing.

Good news for everybody. Break out the Champagne. Good times are here again. The rate of price rises has dropped to 7.9% in the year up to June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The consumer price index (CPI) measure of inflation shows prices are still rising, just at a slower ...

On Andrew Stephenson MP. With some reluctance I may add. Here's a man who is a staunch supporter of Brexit. Also a big follower of Boris Johnson who has been proved to be a liar and law breaker. Through the Conservative party he supports sending asylum seekers and their children to Rwanda. Watched o...

I think an argument is diminished by such terminology. He can't help what shape his face is. I agree that Facebook type trolling is gradually taking up more media space than is called for. Its good that people disagree and can present their argument. They call it free speech and democracy. PS. I'm ...

I'm not qualified to comment on his overall performance since there are too many other factions pulling at the purse strings. What I have seen of his interviews he gives a good presentation and is not drawn away from the subject under discussion. For this I would give him full marks. It has been sug...

In our latest Pendle news sheet we can see our MP Andrew Stephenson alongside Steve Barclay the health minister saying how he secured a re-build of the Airedale hospital Built in the 1960's using an unsuitable concrete it had a design life of 30 years. (now over 60 years old) But then in the Yorkshi...

Pendle have now the opportunity to vote on the Local Plan. Nothing in it to cause concern BUT it embodies the Core plan that I've always objected to. ie: build far too many houses on every bit of land on the Pendle map. If voting yes means giving legitimacy to the core plan or any core plan that may...

The saga of Boris's WhatsApp phone. Boris made a big play of offering his WhatsApp phone to the Covid enquiry committee, it had been locked away since his phone number was an open secret. The general opinion was that some of the details may be an embarrassment to Sunak. The Cabinet Office said 'NO' ...

Back on harness, well almost. A three day journey courtesy of the NHS. Part 3. Today's, Blackburn Hospital visit was a bit long winded but relatively stress free, Still trying to get to grips with the prostrate problem we went Nuclear. That's what they call this branch of investigation. Into radiogr...

I know your type, Plaques, you'll do anything to get a free meal and free taxi home! I've been rumbled. In mitigation it was over 26 hours since I last ate. Temperature 39.6 , blood pressure near flat lining, pulse 88. The lack of money side was part of Mrs P's master plan. On my way out of the hou...

Tripps wrote: ↑13 Jul 2023, 19:08 I think perhaps you mean 'disinflation'?

I stand corrected. Disinflation it is.

Anything above 20% is rampant inflation. but don't mention that

From Bill Bryson's book on 'Troublesome Words' here's one that has fallen into disuse. 'Disflation' ie prices still rising but at a slow rate than before.
I think this is easier to understand than the comparative inflation rate that is quoted now.

I wonder why it's gone out of use?

In my 6 hour confinement in the triage department talk to a man from Blackburn where we went through the usual cascade of events of taking money out of peoples pockets. Spend less, shops close, suppliers shut down factories close. A downward spiral. But finally his point was the UK was allowing too ...

And the pig got up and slowly walked away. Frank Crumit And the pig

Back on harness, well almost. A three day journey courtesy of the NHS. Part 2. Back home from part 1 picking up some seals at the plumbers for the closet sink. Then it all went belly up. Developed a head ache, ear ache, neck and shoulders plus chest. By 6.00pm I'm in bed with a fever. Down hill from...

Murdock now an American citizen has been trying to to get his hands on he BBC via Fox News for years. The BBC would have to raise a civil case in America which would go nowhere and cost £Billions. No case to answer is my view.

Stanley wrote: ↑11 Jul 2023, 14:04 'Cargoes'

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir,

This was made into a song by George Altham our music teacher and performed by the sixth formers at the yearly prize giving. Went down with three encores.