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by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 07:59
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20244
Views: 1872075

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Morning Sue! It's been raining here but the sun has just come out (and immediately gone back in as I wrote that!) Washing soda isn't going to be too strong here. Nothing growing in the back yard and only my wild garden in the front. I am voting with my bum here, off to bed for second sleep. I hope t...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 07:22
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20244
Views: 1872075

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28493/medium This morning I carried on with making the connecting rod. I cut the stock back to what I needed m put the shape in it, polished it and then parted it off. The image is of the rod ready for fitting accompanied by the remainder of...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 07:17
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2375
Views: 278932

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28494/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28493/medium This morning O carried on with making the connecting rod. I cut the stock back to what I needed m put the shape in it, polished it and then parted it off. Th...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:32
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE 02
Replies: 5
Views: 1510

Re: THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE 02

We think we live in interesting times but nowhere near as interesting as then!
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:27
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16431
Views: 1893943

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Being accosted by Cllr. Whipp as I went about my business. He has a query connected with naming a new road after Edie Barlow a well-known midwife in the town. He started to ask me but then realised he was late chairing a meeting and said he'd email me..... So I am left in suspense..... Not for the f...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:22
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9150
Views: 1051871

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Mince, chicken and veggies X three and a surreptitious meat pie as I sat on traffic duty........ :biggrin2:
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:20
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: ENERGY MATTERS
Replies: 3926
Views: 556603

Re: ENERGY MATTERS

They seem to be ignorant about paragraphs also Peter. Almost every sentence is punctuated as a paragraph. That makes for very disjointed reading.
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:16
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3683
Views: 360053

Re: Seen in the News

The real scandal is the fact that we can't manage top secret programmes like that in-house. Another example of how outsourcing can be a very slippery slope. We found that out a long time ago with hospital cleaners cutting corners under the Blair government but seem to have forgotten the valuable les...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:10
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Replies: 3922
Views: 582668

Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

The first time I came across 'hoo' was in Accrington and the man who was using the word was referring to the man who had taken his crowbar. I thought he was saying 'who' and it all got very confusing.
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 04:04
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20244
Views: 1872075

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

We had a wet start to the day so I have top-dressed the backyard flags with a light scattering of soda to start the killing of the algae. I shall be in the shed at 06:00 carrying on with making myself a connecting rod. Later this morning I am going to give my aerial man a call. I have been having so...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 03:40
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5259
Views: 434259

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Yesterday afternoon managed to stay dry and bright. At 20:00 it was clear and mainly clear throughout the night. First thing this morning it was raining but it is dry now. The glass is down on 1003mb but rising and the forecast is for an overcast but dry day. The SW wind is moderate and gust5ing to ...
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 03:24
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4732
Views: 534469

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

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by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 03:16
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 19881
Views: 2127981

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

It's big Gloria and it looks as though it might be of volcanic origin.....
by Stanley
19 Mar 2024, 03:13
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312015

Re: POLITICS CORNER

It was a comment on a radio programme David, I don't know who it was. As I said, it was a whisper and sounded plausible. I haven't heard her make any comment about it. As for who is telling the truth, we never know that do we until corroboration arrives. Something somewhere is holding up completion ...
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 13:26
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4400
Views: 494798

Re: BOB'S BITS

Benny to Bennie: a winning combination. A player doesn’t have to be bigger and rougher than his opponent, but he must have well-grounded habits of technique. Benny Friedman, in Stars and Stripes, 1951. Most people of my age will remember when American footballers looked much like the rest of the mal...
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 11:50
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5259
Views: 434259

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

It's turning out to be a dry sunny day. I have been shopping in the Town Square and got my washing soda. I had a sit on traffic duty. It was just about OK but that wind has a nip to it!
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 11:48
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20244
Views: 1872075

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I have my washing soda and it's going to rain Wednesday and Thursday so that's when I will attack the algae.....
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 07:41
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20244
Views: 1872075

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

That's a pretty clear agenda. I'm aiming for finding some washing soda. Clear ambition! Off back to bed now to get my second sleep in. See you later and have a good day.
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 07:15
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20244
Views: 1872075

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

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I've done my measuring and marking and started cutting the connecting rod out of the piece of bar supplied. A good start with no mistakes and now I can have breakfast!
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 07:12
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2375
Views: 278932

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28491/medium Only one image needed again. I decided to have a change and do a bit of turning. So I set to to make the connecting rod. This has to be chopped out of the stock they supply, a piece of bar 1" X 3/4". The first job as u...
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 07:02
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 630
Views: 70801

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

No Cathy, the udders swinging is just because of the size and is a product of breed and age. The ones that were in calf would only be doing what was comfortable.....
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 05:49
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 19881
Views: 2127981

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Well done Cathy you got it straight away, the brush is for cleaning the circular object is for sharpening the blades.....
Now we need another object!
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 05:47
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 630
Views: 70801

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

That's exactly why I like to see it also Cathy. Sometimes when we let the calves out they hurt themselves by doing silly things like running straight into hedges but they soon got better and it didn't stop them being happy.
(And yes, cows can be happy!)
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 05:03
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE 01
Replies: 11
Views: 2540

Re: THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE 01

It still fascinates me.... So bumped again...
by Stanley
18 Mar 2024, 04:56
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3683
Views: 360053

Re: Seen in the News

See THIS BBC report which illustrates the condition of some of our hospitals. Third world service?

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