OneGuyFromBarlick

Total guess. Looks like it could be something mechanical. Perhaps with pulleys fitted in the slots with wires pulling the figures along a slide like a very early clock or some kind of server. ????

If its a definitive brain scan your head will probably be held in a plastic frame to restrict any movement. Just make sure you are comfortable with your position before they set off. There's an intercom connection if you get a bit distressed but other than that its dead easy.

They condemned millions of first-class people to semi-starvation. Tripps reply in 'Quotes' ...The quote was of its time, and probably appropriate then. Now? I don't think so. The dramatic rise in food banks tends to point that austerity is taking its toll. Will the UK ever reach the point of semi s...

Both Stanley and StoneRoad are spot on. Part of the relatively new exhibition at the 'Rocket House' Newbiggin. Similar pictures were on display at the 'Watch Tower' Museum Seaton Sluice. P8040029.JPG The Rocket was attached to a line which could be fired 300 yards. A much heavier rope could then pul...

What's so special about this wagon?

What's going on with OG members? Our weekend was at Newbigging with a day at Seaton Sluice. Finished off with some of the best bought out fish and chips I've had for ages. Beautiful weekend, the weather couldn't have been better.

China, I applaud your faith in technology but it doesn't appear to extend to longevity "you won't be here in 2070". Remember T Dan Smith from Newcastle that promised North Sea gas & oil would be so cheap that you would be able to warm the North sea up with it. If I remember correctly t...

The Corbyn plan of a major speech on anti-Semitism at the Museum of Jewish History I doubt if they will let him speak. The other more negative groups will find all sorts of reasons for not allowing to take the platform. They would rather nibble away with accusations and innuendo than listen to what...

Listened to the reasons for the latest bank rate interest rise. The usual reasons were trotted out. More people working, wages rising, inflation rising, in fact everything in the garden is rosy. Blaa. Blaa .. Blaa. Then right at the end of the explanation.... It allows the Bank of England to drop ra...

I'm getting a little more than annoyed with the American Republicans. To a man they deny that climate change is taking place. Of course they know it is taking place and are encouraging its development by burning more coal and other fossil fuels. So why are they doing it? Simply because there will be...

Corbyn probably spends his time campaigning to local groups rather than trying to avoid the man traps set by the 'independent' press. One can almost guarantee that the big splash headline will not reflect the actual content of what was under discussion. The headline on John Prescott's comments Link....

Willsman affair and ant-Semitism as a whole. The whole anti-Semitism affair should have far more debate than newspaper headlines that are designed to knock Corbyn than look at the overall problem. One thing is clear is that the Jewish community especially in Europe have suffered untold atrocities f...

At least a movement is now growing to create a third party. This is always a possibility but how will the current two party + fringe parties line up? Currently reading a book on ' The coming of the Third Reich' (by Richard J Evens) he lays out in some detail how small extremist political groups can...

Newbiggin is virtually our second home. We've been travelling up there since the 1960's. Normally at this time of year we spend a few days at the Alnwick music festival but this year it has been cancelled. If you do go up to Alnwick pop in to Barter Books on Station Wagonway Road, Link. The kids can...

Mrs Teflon May will negotiate the best possible Brexit but just in case these foreigners don't see it our way it is prudent to stockpile some of the things that may become in short supply. By-the-way its not the government who will doing the stockpiling but ordinary companies and individuals. These ...

Rees-Mogg has been quoted as saying that a hard Brexit will ultimately benefit the UK but it could take 50 years. No prizes for guessing who will be the winners and losers during this 50 year period. Barnier has pulled the rug from under the under the banking feeding trough by rejecting the recent C...

We all come across examples of reductions in income but tend to dismiss them as 'these things happen'. Two examples related to me in the last couple of weeks were typical of the current problems. A lady wanted to take her two daughters to Blackpool for the week but found that the weeks caravan site ...

One of the main benefits given high prominence when we leave the EU is that we will be able to export our manufactured goods at prices and tariffs which will make us ultra competitive. There are two main obstacles to this bit of El Derado.The first being that large sections of our manufacturing indu...

Talking of Democrats.. The majority of the Republicans have moved so far to the right as to be almost outside the normal standards of democracy. The basic doctoring being "everything for us, nothing for the rest". The exact opposite of Corbyn's Labour Party slogan. The Democrats have beco...

and what does the government propose to do? Go on holiday 5 days early... This is about par for the course. The Conservative mantra is and always will be: negotiate in secret. This is the trouble with the EU negotiators they keep banging on about transparency. They don't seem to appreciate that dem...

Car insurance is one of the worst for giving introductory offers then ramping the premium up for subsequent years. OK if you are in a position to keep leap frogging about but once you have reached an age related cutoff point these options are closed to you. You may be left in a position of having to...

Justine Greening's call for a second referendum is typical of Conservative woolly thinking. Of course Downing Street rejected it, what else could they do! A second referendum would have two possible outcomes. 1 Some people would accept all the lies and deceit of the first referendum, others from som...

Trump is only the figurehead of an extreme right wing Republican Party. All prevailing logic and word meanings get turned on their heads. This group represents the fraction of the 1% of the big wealth and capital owners in the World. All existing agreement and trade deals can be cancelled at a momen...

Found myself using the phrase 'Dressed to the nines'. I know its been used on this site before but why 'nines'?

This little episode all started with the Tour De France. I like the sport and the views are fantastic. Once a year I have to learn all over again how to switch the Tele on and how to work the recorder. As usual the batteries in the remote were dead. Not one for letting expense get in the way of my p...