OneGuyFromBarlick

Hi all. It’s been a long, long time since I posted here but I’d like to ask you all to wrack your brains and help me out with some wacky names - no longer than 13 characters including spaces - for racehorses to use in a series of puzzles which I’m compiling. The following list, which is what I’ve co...

Post by Cathy » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:05 pm The word Hill isn't centered with the above arch Sorry Cathy that's incorrect Post by Tizer » Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:08 pm The letters H-I-L-L should have some top support. They are standing on a frame but not framed at the top of the letters. Sorry Tizer that's ...

Sorry about the clarity of the picture. Post by Wendyf » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:31 pm The picture isn't very clear Gearce but I'm guessing that the "I" must be upside down. Sorry Wendy that's incorrect Post by David Whipp » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:36 pm 'L' instead of 'E'. Sorry David that's incorr...

This picture is almost perfect.

This sign stands above gates at a local racecourse. Can you see what is wrong with it?
for a correct answer.

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You can't catch a wild Kipper as it ain't one until smoked, you can catch a Herring though :wink: Quite right. Covered rather well, I thought, in the Daily Mash only yesterday. :smile: LINK I take that as a compliment though I certainly am not that amazing. It's just something I enjoy doing. Here's...

See anything wrong in this picture?

Sorry. Couldn't delete post.

Problem solved.

Here's an inspirational poem I came across while Googling The Race attributed to Dr. D.H. "Dee" Groberg Whenever I start to hang my head in front of failure’s face, my downward fall is broken by the memory of a race. A children’s race, young boys, young men; how I remember well, excitement...

SENIORS' SPECIAL $2.99 I love it.................................. We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the "seniors' special" was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $2.99. "Sounds good," my wife said. "But I don't want the eggs.." "Then, I'll have to...

A bit of nitpicking.

Reference is made to 'the Scotch Covenanters'. Should not this be either 'the Scottish Covenanters' or 'the Scots Covenanters'

Today I received a chain email from a friend. You know the kind: You must send this on in 3 hours after reading the letter to 10 other people. If you do this, you will receive unbelievably good luck. *NOTE* The more people that you send this to, the better luck you will have. It started: 'I believe ...

You may have read it before ...... You may have heard it before ...... It may even have been posted on OGFB before, but what the heck. Old men may walk slow ... BUT they think F A S T An elderly man in Queensland had owned a large property for several years. He had a dam in one of the lower paddocks...

Should you be using Windows Internet Explorer and you suddenly find that the webpage doesn't open as maximised, here's a solution which worked for me. Stretch out the webpage to full size. Don't use maximise. Choose any link on that webpage and right-click > Open in New Window. Stretch out the secon...

Whit dae ye ca' a man that takes a wee size in a shoe? Wee Shooey Whit dae ye ca' a man that takes a wee size in a shoe an' cannae fun' 'is dug? Wee Shooey Douglas A guy walks intae a GP's surgery. "Doacter, Doacter!," 'e cries, "Yi've goat tae help mi. Ah feel like Ah'm turnin' intae...

The family gathered at the grandparents' home for their Christmas dinner. Everyone was seated around the table. The food arrived and little Johnny started eating immediately. "Johnny, please wait until we say grace," said his mother. "I don't need to," said Johnny. "Of cours...

You would be the same age - in Earth years - wherever you were but have you ever wondered what your age might be in the years of any one of the 8 other planets? Try this. Divide your age by:- 0.241 if you are on Mercury 0.615 if you are on Venus 1.881 if you are on Mars 11.86 if you are on Jupiter 2...

Mental Health THIS IS A FRIGHTENING STATISTIC. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST WORRISOME IN RECENT YEARS. 25% of women in this country are on medication for mental illness. That's scary. It means 75% are running around untreated! :ohno: ----------------------------------------------------------------------...

Gearce wrote:This notice which keeps popping up every now and again while I am visiting this site.

Two months now. Can't anything be done?

Best blonde joke to date .. A blonde lady motorist was about two hours from the Gold Coast when she was flagged down by a man whose truck had broken down. The man walked up to the car and asked, 'Are you going to the Gold Coast?' 'Sure,' answered the blonde, 'do you need a lift ?' 'Not for me. I'll ...

And this, ladies and gentle souls, is why I no longer drink in pubs At The Bar For Old Farts: Large font, and only two lines. I pointed to two old drunks across the bar from us and told my mate, " That'll be us in ten years." He said, " That's a mirror, ya silly bugger " :laugh5:

Gearce wrote:

Gearce wrote:This notice which keeps popping up every now and again while I am visiting this site.

Happening more 'every now' than again. Most annoying

Beginning to get really annoying now.

And all this time you thought it was just a vulgar expression (unless you're an ex matelot that is ) :wink: :wink: It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck was the problem. The storage method devised ...