OneGuyFromBarlick

Yes I knew that but why should that make them 50% more expensive? That's what's puzzling me. Same gloves, same manufacturer just no powder.

There is a direct connection between this building and Bancroft Shed. What is it?

Not sure what's going on here.... I went online this morning to order 2 boxes of Safetouch Medium blue vinyl powdered gloves. I went to the same place I got the last ones, Amazon, and they were £7 a box of 100. They pointed me at powder free gloves at £4 a box more, almost £12 a box. I did another s...

Two hours in the shed.....



A morning of fiddly bits and pieces but we have the exhaust and steam connections ready to fit. All these things take time!

I'm keeping on top of it Cathy but without being a nuisance to Paulette. She has had her plate full!

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/21462/medium I took the lid off the steam chest and then immediately decided that I wanted to attend to the exhaust and steam connections first. Small bronze bits means the 1927 lathe in the front room and a lot of fiddling. https://www.oneg...

I know I am going out on a limb here and feel free to hurl accusations of Scrooge at me but I am fed up with all this talk about 'Saving Xmas'. Xmas is quite safe and has been for the last 2,000 years. What is being argued for isn't Xmas but our treatment of it. Family gatherings are the most benefi...

I got mail from Paulette this morning. "Bob is recovering and now able to make his own phone calls, Eat, dress, take a shower (sitting down), and generally own his life again. Thinking, when people talk fast can get pretty tiring, but some of the fastest talkers don’t say anything worth listening to...

I finished PE for this week and gave 'Underland' another chance. It only took one chapter to convince me that my first impression was correct. Not for me!
I shall have a look in the library and see if anything jumps out at me. Probably an old favourite!

The forecast was good yesterday and we had a bright day but by 21:00 it was overcast and raining. First thing this morning the sky was clear, it was dry and cool and a light breeze. It's the same now but cloud is coming in and some stars are obscured. The glass is up slightly on 1020mb. The forecast...

Steak pudding and veggies for breakfast. Pork pie and veggies for tea.
I fancy cooking mince and onions today......

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/5527/medium I used to go through the Trough of Bolland regularly as an alternative way from Barlick to Lancaster. A large reservoir was built at Slaidburn in the late 19th century and they opened a quarry and installed railway lines and mach...

The best advice I ever had about a password was to pick a quotation you loved and use a section out of that. eg. 'MANDIASKI'

It is Sue, I think I must be getting old! I think I'll have a look at the valve today but I know that as soon as I take the lid off the steam chest I will want to put the pad on it for the steam pipe and that will lead on to the exhaust port. If I do those two I can put the 7BA tap away for a while....

I feel such sympathy for you all. I have always said I am lucky, I can sleep anywhere at any time but on my present schedule I am like clockwork, always asleep by 21:00 or even earlier and always awake just after 02:00. If I wake up I just roll over and go to sleep again. I wish there was a trick to...

It's definitely a loss and will be even more so when it is given it's tiles or slates. We could see 40 miles out in that direction on a clear day.

And the well-known phenomenon of liquification of the ground when shaken by an earthquake.

Peter, I have just about lost the will to live never mind spend 30 minutes to someone telling me how I am being screwed. Sorry but like Ian I am beyomd reasonable explanations. I want to see our whole rotten political system collapse and who knows, that might be exactly where this self seeking lot a...

Timely reminder Gloria. There are crooks out there looking for easy money. Don't give them yours! Catalytic converters. Many years ago when they were relatively new, My mate Les, the tinsmith at REW, had a lucrative trade making new cases for rusted out converters. He didn't bother about putting the...

I think we have all recognised where he is getting his ideas from. The Playing Fields of Eton....
Why do we put up with it? What is it with the Brits and their reverence for tradition and the officer class? Are we simply idle?

Correct in every detail. Full marks Ken. The air shaft with the frozen water was off piste really but looks as though it did the job and knitted the two tunnels together in your mind. Perfect answer!
Next one for shaving?

I thought about you all when I read PE this week and saw the article by Old Sparky. He likes Octopus and wants them to get across this problem they seem to have.

Isn't it strange that we are are sat here calmly discussing the internal workings of the US belief system when in 39 days we sever the last tenuous connections with the EU. Not even time enough to agree and produce the necessary translations of the treaty documents for the 27 EU members who have to ...

Right. Now knit what you know together and tell me what the original object was and how all the clues combine.