OneGuyFromBarlick

19 years now but still worth a read!

See THIS for the news you have all been waiting for. Swiss singer Nemo has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, with their song The Code. A compelling hybrid of opera and hip-hop, it topped the jury vote, helping the 24-year-old gain an impressive score of 591 points. The singer becomes the fi...

HERE'S another small piece of evidence of climate change. One of the most common types of mosquito has been identified for the first time in locations across Scotland, according to researchers at the University of Glasgow. They found 16 types of mosquito in Scotland, including the Culex pipiens, wh...

I often wonder how much my diet of home cooked food starting from raw natural ingredients has to do with my health. Apart from my right knee, cancer and type 2 Diabetes I am in good health. How many men my age look after themselves like I do? (I say 'men' because women are more likely to manage thes...

See THIS BBC report for evidence that there are people who are puzzled and angry about the defection of Ms Elphicke.... Natalie Elphicke, the new Labour MP for Dover, has been accused of lobbying ministers over her husband Charlie's sexual assault case. Ms Elphicke is accused of asking Sir Robert Bu...

You've seen these gloves before. Clue, I got them in the US mid-west.....

Yesterday afternoon was the warmest day yet this year. At 20:00 we had bright overcast but late evening sun was coming in under the overcast from the west. This morning it is calm, dry, mild and overcast, the glass is down on 1015 and the forecast is for a day of bright overcast and sunny spells wit...

The pork belly made a good addition to the veggies! I shall be in the shed at 06:00 and this morning will have to address the subject of drilling steam passages in the cylinder and the standard. It's not an easy process and much of it is guesswork. I shall be glad when it is finished! Apart from tha...

Thanks David..... Here's some more for you and Cathy. BARLICK LIFE, 1900 ONWARDS (3) It’s 1921 and we left Margaret Ellen and her family living in 1 John Street on 25/- a week parish relief. It was a hard time for all of them and not surprisingly, a lot of Ernie’s memories of that time are about foo...

No David but they might be pushed into enquiring and end up learning something..... :biggrin2: https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/17085/medium In October 1939 there was a smash at the waterworks on Whitemoor and Brown and Pickles were called in to repair the damage. This inclu...

I think you're right David. From what I can make out, you only have to look sideways at someone to get expelled from the contest. Not like that here at Graham Towers. I have seen nothing of the aurora, I'll believe what everyone says about it. Could that be what's making my knee hurt worse this last...

Elkin the writer, not Elkins the historian. I do not do schtick. What I do are organized routines and connected schtick— schtick upon schtick upon schtick until we have a piece of carpentry.   Stanley Elkin.   Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) was regarded as a promising poet and Catholic social critic when ...

That was nice! A short walk and a very pleasant sit in the sun on traffic duty. Now I shall have some hot dinner and yes, part of it will be the belly pork I cooked earlier.

It's the same here in Barlick Gloria..... I can see that a bit of a walk will be a pleasure.

It's a nice morning for the market Sue.... I hope you have a pleasant shop.
I have just retrieved the belly pork and committed it to the next stage of the plan, being cut up into bite sized chunks and stewed slowly with diced fried potatoes..... It can do that without any supervision.

Yes Gloria but what is it specifically designed for? It has a purpose.

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28746/medium First job was to finish making the pistons and mounting them on their rods. Then I made the knurled knobs that control the pressure of the cylinder on the face of the standard. Tomorrow I shall make the top and bottom lids for t...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28746/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28745/medium First job was to finish making the pistons and mounting them on their rods. Then I made the knurled knobs that control the pressure of the cylinder on the fa...

And we're warming up Cathy.....

Glad you like it Cathy, there is more to come.

Still good history and part of our town.

Yesterday afternoon was the best weather yet this year, calm, sunny and warm. It was warmer outside than it was in the house.... At 20:00 it was still warm with an almost totally clear sky and late sunshine. The glass is down slightly on 1020mb and the forecast is for a sunny start to a bright dry d...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/3511/medium Access to the Bowker Drain in Eastwood Bottoms in 1982. It has been destroyed since then by developments but was possibly the most important hole in the ground in Barlick! It was the main source of the water that enabled Bracewel...

I finished reviewing Wallander last night. I had forgotten that the series ends with him falling prey to Alzheimer's.....
Not exactly a bundle of laughs but very good acting.