Seen on Youtube

[Tripps]

It's obvious that members are using Youtube much more these days - even to the exclusion of books. perhaps we would like to share what we find there for the interest of other members? As before- let's try it, and see how it goes.

I noticed today that the local Kia dealer had moved round the corner, and rebranded their Kia dealership to BYD the Chinese electric car makers. My lad has a BYD and thinks it's great. He has however managed to get by with just a home charger - so just overnight charging, and no long waits, and rip off prices at public chargers.

I then came across this Youtube video tonight, which is worth a look. I've been watching Mr McMaster for a while now. He's a bit of a wind up merchant, but his electric Porsche cost about £130k, and isnow valued at about £30k after a couple of years! He tells it like it is and is worried about that. (My Diesel Juke cost about £12k five or six years ago, and must be worth £6k at present.)

[Stanley]

I am so glad I no longer need worry about car matters!

[Tripps]

This doesn't seem to have caught on. Let's try something different.
I haven't seen Martin Zero for a while, but Google has read my mind again, and just put him back into my sight.
These structures were common in my youth, but I find I knew nothing about why or how they worked. I suspect I'm not the only one.

[Stanley]

We had two in Barlick in 1982.....

[Tripps]

last try -

Here's the Rossendale Valley - roughly the home of my ancestors.

"The Lancashire Valley that Time Forgot"

There are quite a few slipper makers in the family tree. Rather depressing actually, and surprising how dilapidated, run down, and 'third world' it all looks. The people he meets are top class though. Imagine getting a unannounced guided tour round the Masonic Hall. More likely he'd get thrown out anywhere else. He finishes in Bacup - where our member Sue goes to the market every Saturday, and the wonderful Britannia Coconut Dancers hail from

Here's the very catchy Nut Song

[Stanley]

I lived in Bacup for a couple of years and the thing I remember about the place that characterises it for me is that first thing in the morning the prevailing sounds were guard dogs barking and burglar alarms going off. It's no accident that at one time the valley held the record for the number of claimed UFO sightings and had its own UFO observatory. (And a maggot farm....)