OneGuyFromBarlick

Fair enough - two good reasons to persist. They are just not my "cup of tea" and I have only myself to consider, so I tend make a very quick judgement.

I read that Lord David Cameron has flown to the USA to speak to some chap called Donald Trump and urge him to support the supply of more weapons to the Ukrainian Government. I understand this Trump fellow may be a candidate in the next presidential election, and Dave is presently British Foreign Sec...

I didn't realise it was compulsory to watch these programmes. . . .

Can you give some idea of quantities of ingredients. I'll have to try it. . .

Don't they have Bingo, and community singing?

Thanks I shall watch the take off. I love the Youtube flight deck videos, though that's as near to actual flying as I want to be. I still find it hard to believe that an aircraft weighing a couple of hundred tons cand do such a thing as fly.

My lads still occasionally mock my pronunciation of such words as 'castle' etc. I use the short 'a' whilst they (mainly brought up on the South of England) use the long vowel. I try not to let it annoy me, confident that my pronunciation is correct.

PS I knew where 'perks' came from.

Interesting and a bit spooky that today's phone in topic on LBC was the high rates of pay of Local Government executives, and comparisons with the pay of the Prime Minister - a rather niggardly £165k pa. I was going to do this in strict chronological order, but find that Clip 1 is so full of potenti...

This wa prompted by Lee Kuan Yew's policy of paying his MP's a good salary so they would not be tempted by bribery. I've removed the rose tinteds, and find that he also said words to the effect that 'if you cross me I will put the knuckle dusters on and wait for you down a dark alley, but which do y...

I've accumulated a long list of cuttings over several years, that have piqued my interest from all over the interwebthingy, and I've toyed with the idea of publishing them in a new thread perhaps on a regular basis. Not in any way to rival Bob Bliss's daily contribution - I wouldn't dare, but just p...

Now you've done it, and I've just weaned myself of such cakes from Aldi.

That cake was a regular feature of the lads' packed lunch boxes a long time ago.

Stanley wrote: ↑07 Apr 2024, 02:25 Daniel Meadows was on the chimney head with the jacks.

Rather him than me. . . .
That's a great photograph - thanks, very timely.

PS "What was I doing at 15:21 on Saturday? Not stabbing a woman out with her baby...."

I'm fairly sure that didn't need to be said.

This is where the heavy woollen cloth processed at the mill was stretched out on 'tenter-frames' to dry and bleach in the sun. Days when that was possible are certainly a 'forgotten corner' now. :smile: I found this photo of Peter Tatham in my collection.- worth posting again I'd say. . . When he i...

this daily sterilising of my pot might also have a bearing on how I manage to be so infection free. I can't remember when I last had a common cold. My recollection is that the last person that I heard recommend the use of bleach as a prophylactic against viral infections, was President Donald J Tru...

Just stumbled across the Daniel Meadows' photo of Peter Tatham on top of the Salford incinerator chimney with this comment below it. Mark Fletcher This may be the chimney where the massive cast-iron oversailer accidentally detached itself and fell, as they were dismantling it. Stanley Graham got a p...

Stanley wrote: ↑06 Apr 2024, 13:06 I have, in my postulates, begged the fact of creation,

Nice for us amateur pedants to see the word 'begged' - interesting that the quote is from 1858.
See elsewhere 'begged the question'.

A customer goes into the bank to withdraw some money. Can you identify yourself, the bank worker asks. Customer takes out a mirror looks into it and replies 'yes that's me all right'.

The chancellor has praised a Tory MP for apologising after he admitted he gave other MPs' personal phone numbers to someone on a dating app. Jeremy Hunt said William Wragg had been " courageous " in telling the Times he was sorry for the "hurt" he had caused. Any suggestions for...

I suppose this is loosely politics, and is in essence, a summary of the history of the last century. I've been watching a lot of Lee Kuan Yew's videos lately. The more I watch, the more respect I have for him. Huge intellect, totally incorruptible, and with a clear strategic vision for his nation. I...

I never saw one of these until a few days ago. They are called 'Handpans'. Thought of making them a mystery object but decided against, and I wouldn't really recommend them, so they go here. The players all seem a bit odd - they look like vegan morris dancer types to me, but who am I to judge - and ...

Me too, as I do on the last day of every month, and the next day Octopus tell me that - Electricity 187 kWh cost £67.65, and Gas ( 122 meter units) cost £106.80. So total energy costs for the month of March 2024 is £174.45. When you consider my monthly D/D was (pre crisis) and for a long time, about...

all these plots on tv dramas nowadays seem so complicated. I'm watching an old Miss Marple - old, but quite rational, understandable, and enjoyable. Memorable quote "The Crackenthorpes still live there - he's a bit of a valetudinarian". :smile: Imagine my surprise when Google shows there ...

Follow up to the Baltimore bridge incident. I thnk there is a just the slightest possibility that it was done deliberately - to disrupt world trade. Add it to sinking a tanker in the Gulf by Houthis, and the Panama Canal being restricted by a lack of water due to drought. Every little helps. I'm sur...

This burning vehicle pictured outside Buckingham palace today, has been described as an "exploding pedicab".

On fire

I think it may have been battery assisted, but let's not jump to conclusions. It will take more than the traditional damp tea towel to extinguish it.

The BBC have obviously got their dates confused. It's not April 1st until Monday.

Maple syrup strategic reserve. indeed. They'll be telling us that spaghetti grows on trees next.