OneGuyFromBarlick

One of my young relatives starts out on a school trip tomorrow to Ardeche where she'll take part in all sorts of outdoor activities in beautiful surroundings. She's very sporty and won't be put off by hard physical activity - she'll rise to the challenge. She's only 14 but she's already telling mum ...

I reckon it was a lot too risqué - and risky too! More like something from a Benny Hill programme, haha!

The Sunday Times front page article today begins as follows (I can't access the rest): `Theresa May is facing an unprecedented political crisis, according to a new poll that reveals voters are implacably opposed to her Brexit plan and are prepared to turn to Ukip or parties of the far right. In a su...

We're used to hearing about the terrible results of the over-prescribing of opioid drugs in the US but now the information about our own problem in the UK is emerging. In particular the sentence: `In England, GPs prescribed 23.8 million opioid-based painkillers in 2017 - a rise of 10 million prescri...

This is worth a look - big (very big!) mechanical stuff and some good animated graphics...
`The mega-machines helping China link the world' LINK

Stone Road got the general idea and Stanley refined it. It's a `gun worm' which was used to pull out the bullet or ball after a gun misfired. It's said to have triggered the idea of a corkscrew. Here are photos of some other types: LINK

This Pendle Today web article says: `Mr McDonnell spoke to the Burnley Express to reveal his strong links to Burnley and Pendle. The politician studied A Levels at the former Burnley Tech and later worked for Silent Night in Barnoldswick and Mullard's in Padiham.' LINK The last line of the article s...

Trump today threatens to bash China with taxes on the full $500 billion of imports into the US. He also claims the EU and China are rigging the world financial markets against the US. Perhaps Trump himself will bring about the end of his Presidency by causing the US to collapse!

No, Cath, it's not for frothing milk. Gloria's getting warm but still a way to go!

I note that `chaotic Brexit' has begun to replace `hard Brexit as the most feared consequence of the EU referendum. I first noticed it when the Dutch politician (see above) told JH on `Today' that "We don't worry about a hard Brexit. It's a chaotic Brexit that will cause the big trouble". Since then...

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Yesterday at about 5pm we were sitting in the garden with a cup of tea when we suddenly thought a swarm of insects was passing above us. As our eyes re-focused we realised it wasn't insects close by but seagulls up in the sky. There must have been a hundred or more all flying about aimlessly above u...

Trump, after his mix up over Putin, Russia and election meddling: "The sentence should have been: 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't' or 'why it wouldn't be Russia'. Sort of a double negative." I wonder what he'd be like if, in a crisis, he was asked by his generals "Should we bomb the Russian m...

I listened to the Dutch official too and noted his comment that the Netherlands is second only to Germany in trade with the UK and has had to recruit an extra 1000 customs officials because of the potential (and getting more likely) problems caused by Brexit. ----------------------------------------...

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`Boater accidentally drains Avon and Somerset Canal' LINK

Nice one Tripps! And your surname was promoted by a bloke running around the World Cup football pitch too. Perhaps you should start a motor coach company called Coach Tripps. :smile: There's a lady lives near us who is probably in her late 80s and can't walk far. She's bent over and uses two sticks....

Maz, up in those parts it's what they have as a patio water feature!

Yes, thanks Wendy for all the work putting the photos on OG. And it's great when you've got good workmen to do a job like your borehole and when they're confident enough of the quality of their work that they don't mind pics being taken.

I wonder what Boris Johnson will say in his resignation speech?

More `fake news' from Trump. Pretending that he made slip of the tongue when he implied that he trusted the Russians more than his own intelligence services.

Anna Soubry on T. May: `The problem is, I don't think that she's in charge any more. I've no doubt that Jacob Rees Mogg is running our country.'

Sorry but no, I don't believe `the freedom you get when you ditch the car'. The car gives me freedom to go where I like, when I like, for as long as I like.

I went from a pedal car (crashed it from the raised lawn into the flower bed) to a tricycle (tried to ride it up steps and learnt about centre of gravity when it fell over backwards) to one of those bicycles with smaller diameter wheels (and handlebars like those on a delivery boy's bike) and finall...

See THIS The question does arise though, what is the value of 'research' like this? As I understand it they have conducted a data exercise trawling all the available references. Unless some weeding out was done this will include some very dodgy results. It's a Cochrane review which is highly regard...

Found in Michael Gove's desk with `Boris' written on it?

Plaques, in that situation I'd recommend Stanley's route of going to a broker. They're better when you aren't after a bog standard policy. Another such situation is landlord's insurance - the broker's know which companies specialise in that. Stanley uses Swinton as the broker for his home insurance....