OneGuyFromBarlick

Glad you got sorted Ian. You were lucky with the cover on the gazebo Kev. I went looking for the etymology of 'gazebo' and didn't really get any joy but I tripped over this factoid. "The earliest known gazebos were in Egyptian gardens approximately 5,000 years ago, found in a garden plan which ...

I'm struggling to imagine when I would find that app useful if they were mine. :biggrin2: I suppose the thing that has got my attention is the fact that we seem to be turning a corner in respect of temperatures but oh how I wish we could ditch this constant cloud cover! Wendy, I seem to have lost al...

I shall be doing a bit of cooking before going in the shed.... I want to get my chicken in the oven and than get on with making a very small engine for new great grand daughter Evie. I shall deal with the chicken after I have had second sleep but am undecided whether to cook veggies today or leave i...

Yesterday afternoon we had the obligatory spatters of rain after some nice sunshine but as the lads say, no thunder. At 20:00 it was calm, mild and overcast but dry. This morning it's the same. The glass has jumped up to 1015mb and the forecast is for an overcast but dry day. The easterly winds will...

Well a promising start and then a deathly hush. Which island and what's going on?

No political news here Kev so they have to scrape something up from somewhere. You can tell when things get really bad, they start reporting on themselves.... :biggrin2: See THIS morning's top headline for a bit of a change. The personal information of an unknown number of serving UK military person...

Ian, sorry, only just seen your post. Yes, a Bosch single phase power saw. Here if you want it.

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It has sorted itself out now Gloria and we have a sunny and very pleasant morning.

I'm glad to hear it was no worse than that Sue. My Susan has had an infection as well, must be people coming out of a depressing winter! I have just surprised myself by doing my veggie shopping at the Co-op. I didn't go in with that intention but there you are it's done now and I can cook on Wednesd...

That would suit me also. I'm sorry but Starmer is a dead hand as far as I'm concerned.....

Morning Gloria. That's what it should be like here but instead we have overcast and spatters of rain. Deep Joy!

Morning Sue.... Definitely a working holiday! How is your throat? https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28723/medium I'm into crankshaft turning again but on a smaller scale. I started by massaging my drilling of the head of the brass standard to refine my original drilling. I ad...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28724/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28723/medium I'm into crankshaft turning again but on a smaller scale. I started by massaging my drilling of the head of the brass standard to refine my original drilling...

Bumped again.

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John Robinson, my wife Vera and Roger Perry at Kew Bridge Pumping Station in 1977. All of them dead now. It's images like this that remind you that time is passing......

Meat and veggies X three and getting my chicken and wings out of the freezer ready for the next cook-in which is not so far off! Time flies by!

Is it any wonder that one of the recurring themes of the 20th Century was the responsibility of arms manufacturers for the major conflicts. Every time I hear that more money has been given to Ukraine I mentally add "To the armaments manufacturers you mean!" So the news in the report doesn'...

It sounds as though you have cracked it Peter. Yes.....

I shall be in the shed as usual at 06:00 but with added urgency as I have to finish at least one engine before the end of May. I think the answer is going to be overtime! Apart from that nothing on the agenda except that I must start thinking about veggie shopping for the next cooking session! Amazi...

Yesterday afternoon we had a short spell of very welcome sunshine, made such a change! But by 20:00 we had slipped back into calm dry and overcast. It's like that again this morning and the glass is steady on 1004mb with a forecast of cloudy until midday and them light rain interspersed with light s...

I've got a sharp ripsaw you could borrow Ian. (Or even a power saw if you fancy it!)