OneGuyFromBarlick

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.

What is "race"? Against the Tide.   The title of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.’s autobiography (1938).   In my youth, Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was the black politician that many white Americans loved to hate.   Secure in his Harlem constituency, he used his advancing seniority to publicize...

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!)

I saw the report but didn't recognise the name.... No doubt I would know his face.
Sorry it hit so close to you David....
Later.... I found THIS and have put a face to the name......

That post completely baffled me David. I watched another Wallander story......

Scottish politics takes the stage. See THIS report that Swinney has won the3 leadership of the SNP. SNP leadership front-runner John Swinney is expected to succeed Humza Yousaf unopposed after a potential challenger withdrew his bid at the 11th hour. Earlier on Sunday it emerged that veteran SNP act...

I think he has cracked the technique of doing selfies Gloria! Those two kids are gems.....

Have you noticed that the in-word to use as a descriptor if you are selling a knife, a flash light, or anything used outdoors is 'tactical'. I have just seen an advert for a 'tactical waterproof jacket'.

Susan reminded me that Grand daughter Holly and new Great Grand daughter Evie are here at the beginning of June for grand daughter Yiota's wedding in Bath so I have to finish at least one engine this month. So I'd better get cracking! This morning I have been for my short walk and a sit on traffic d...

We've had a small shower of rain that wasn't on the hymn sheet!

Good! How about this one Gloria?

Indeed! As Susan said yesterday, we are very lucky to have Muthomi in the family, a good man!

Morning Sue! I was considering lighting the stove last night but eventually thought better of it. I agree, you are looking very fresh and bright.... God knows I could do with some of that! We are going to have another boring overcast day here, I hope you can get a surprise and do better! https://www...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28719/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28718/medium I spent this morning finishing the work on the second engine that prepares it for the steam inlet pipe. Then making two steam pipes and fitting them and fina...

See THIS Report in the Guardian for more on the floods in Brazil. The death toll from rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 57, local authorities said on Saturday afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for. The state’s civil defence authority said 67 p...