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by Tizer
18 Mar 2024, 09:59
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3682
Views: 359697

Re: Seen in the News

A newspaper's headline this morning tells us `Top secret UK military system still managed by Fujitsu'. And it's 2 years since the contract ended. LINK
by Tizer
18 Mar 2024, 09:54
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: ENERGY MATTERS
Replies: 3925
Views: 556352

Re: ENERGY MATTERS

The BBC News writers seem to have run out of commas. This is from a news article this morning and leaves the reader to make his/her own interpretation of what it means....
Heat pumps use electricity rather than gas like boilers... LINK
by Tizer
18 Mar 2024, 09:48
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Replies: 3922
Views: 582588

Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

Sue wrote: 17 Mar 2024, 10:09 Rankle, used a lot in Rochdale.
But is that because it's a Rochdale word or because Rochdale people have more to be rankled about than the rest of us, Sue? :extrawink:
by Tizer
17 Mar 2024, 10:01
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Replies: 3922
Views: 582588

Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

There is a mention in another thread of the local pronunciation of Whitworth. When I worked at Boots in Darwen in the 1960s the elderly storeman pronounced my home town as `Blegburn'.
by Tizer
17 Mar 2024, 09:55
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16430
Views: 1893681

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Talking of supermarkets, when staff arrived to open the front doors of their supermarket in a small town in Hampshire yesterday they were shocked to find the ground in front of the doors strewn with dead hares. One door handle had a dead barn owl impaled on it and the other had a different bird. Nob...
by Tizer
16 Mar 2024, 10:51
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
Replies: 7578
Views: 840628

Re: MEDICAL MATTERS

Hands up anyone who knew about this new thing. :smile: My hand is up.. and yours should be too! You heard it first on OG when it was launched at the end of January. :smile: LINK Probably the most controversial aspect is the last item in your gov.uk link... Will Pharmacy First have an impact on anti...
by Tizer
15 Mar 2024, 09:33
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4731
Views: 534195

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

Kev, the Igor cartoon is funny but Terry Pratchett would tell you it can't be a real one of his famous Igors because they always have a lisp and would have said `Yeth, Mathter'.
by Tizer
15 Mar 2024, 09:30
Forum: Animals and Pets
Topic: Wildlife Corner
Replies: 1398
Views: 209411

Re: Wildlife Corner

The ones shown are in what used to be the drive up to a grand house in park land but is now an expensive housing estate. At the end and around the corner there is a gigantic cedar too. These trees are on a ridge and can be seen from many miles away and make it easy to pinpoint Taunton's position fro...
by Tizer
15 Mar 2024, 09:24
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16430
Views: 1893681

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

I feel as though I've stolen Peter's fire! That's fine, you can serve up the pics to Cathy earlier than I can. I liked the one of the fox tightrope walking on a tree branch. We've seen them on TV crossing a stream using a fallen tree as a bridge but this one looks like it climbed the tree! They're ...
by Tizer
14 Mar 2024, 09:33
Forum: Animals and Pets
Topic: Wildlife Corner
Replies: 1398
Views: 209411

Re: Wildlife Corner

We have them in Taunton, planted in the mid-1800s. Also called Wellingtonia....

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by Tizer
13 Mar 2024, 16:57
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3682
Views: 359697

Re: Seen in the News

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Rami al-Halhouli, out with his mates yesterday at a refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem made the mistake of rising to a `dare' and lighting a firework. Before the firework went off he was shot through the heart by an Israeli border police officer. At a press confer...
by Tizer
12 Mar 2024, 16:13
Forum: Ongoing Family Research
Topic: Ancestry.co.uk
Replies: 232
Views: 85846

Re: Ancestry.co.uk

Yes, it's always good to have the information. In this case we're lucky because the relative concerned recently got a holiday flat in Spain. Also communication is so easy these days that he can send a copy of the image to one of his new Spanish friends for translation. This crazy modern world does h...
by Tizer
12 Mar 2024, 10:28
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4731
Views: 534195

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

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by Tizer
12 Mar 2024, 09:56
Forum: Ongoing Family Research
Topic: Ancestry.co.uk
Replies: 232
Views: 85846

Re: Ancestry.co.uk

Thanks. I did a bit more googling and saw something saying Ancestry was working on its own 1921 data. Perhaps we'll see it in 3 years time! Typically, I've been side tracked from trying to find my South African ancestors by the easier job of tracing those of my cousin's husband, Mark. All going well...
by Tizer
12 Mar 2024, 09:43
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3682
Views: 359697

Re: Seen in the News

Peter, I am getting very pessimistic about Ukraine's future. In case nobody has noticed, the US has already given up on funding them despite Biden's fine words. It's our future too and we're going to have to look after ourselves in Europe. We're carrying on as usual while the Europeans to the East ...
by Tizer
11 Mar 2024, 16:50
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3682
Views: 359697

Re: Seen in the News

`Lee Anderson: Ex-Tory MP defects to Reform UK' LINK ...He becomes Reform UK's first ever MP, representing a party polling around 10% of national voting intention.... ----------------------------------------------------------- `Trump will not give a penny to Ukraine - Hungary PM Orban' LINK Donald T...
by Tizer
11 Mar 2024, 16:46
Forum: Ongoing Family Research
Topic: Ancestry.co.uk
Replies: 232
Views: 85846

Re: Ancestry.co.uk

I'm surprised that Ancestry don't offer the 1921 census but apparently Find My Past does have it. I wonder why the difference?
by Tizer
11 Mar 2024, 09:54
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1311886

Re: POLITICS CORNER

I have the same query about the cost of Johnson's trip to Venezuela. The Sunday Times first reported that Mr Johnson travelled there by private jet while on holiday in the Caribbean but someone paid and it wouldn't be Johnson! And Johnson didn't warn our Foreign Secretary of his visit to Venezuela ...
by Tizer
11 Mar 2024, 09:51
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Replies: 2021
Views: 341825

Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING

See THIS explanation from NASA about how ocean currents are affected by climate change. It's on the right level for me. Simple explanations are always best! :biggrin2: It's good to see simple graphics like those. The ocean currents graphic is the AMOC I referred to above. The cold water currents ar...
by Tizer
11 Mar 2024, 09:45
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4731
Views: 534195

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

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by Tizer
11 Mar 2024, 09:42
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: ENERGY MATTERS
Replies: 3925
Views: 556352

Re: ENERGY MATTERS

We don't have a smart meter so we shouldn't be charged for other people's smart meter maintenance - but I'll bet we are !
by Tizer
10 Mar 2024, 16:54
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Replies: 2021
Views: 341825

Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING

Don't confuse the little Gulf Stream with the majestic Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation (AMOC)! :extrawink:
by Tizer
10 Mar 2024, 09:58
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Replies: 2021
Views: 341825

Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING

I wouldn't rule out tipping points. I'm not thinking of one big single tipping point that would be catastrophic worldwide, that's unlikely but individual ones could cause considerable upsets. The deep ocean currents that circle the globe could be changed suddenly by loss of ice at the poles.
by Tizer
10 Mar 2024, 09:42
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1311886

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Yesterday's copy of The Times Magazine had an article about Liz Truss. Most of those who knew her think she's crackers. A couple of extracts follow. Most of the article is along the same lines... https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28453/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co....
by Tizer
09 Mar 2024, 09:57
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 630
Views: 70645

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

I agree with you all. I don't have `a job', I'm not employed but in addition to my hobbies I'm currently researching family history for the husband of my cousin and have been transcribing a mineral identification document for the wife of one of Mrs Tiz's friends to use in their U3A geology group. Fo...

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