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- 04 May 2024, 13:43
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4461
- Views: 507866
Re: BOB'S BITS
Education and Democracy. Public education is the cornerstone of our community and our democracy. Horace Mann. In early 1778, citizens living in an outlying part of Wrentham, MA, were given permission to incorporate themselves as a new town. “Exeter” was to be the town’s name, but the freemen...
- 04 May 2024, 07:04
- Forum: DIY
- Topic: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
- Replies: 888
- Views: 158617
Re: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
Good! I see so many who aren't interested.
- 04 May 2024, 06:20
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20537
- Views: 1909396
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Morning Sue. That Co-op was a good find! You sound to have been busy as usual and seeing some progress. At least you haven't got any lodgers looking for accommodation in the loft! https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28712/medium I remembered this morning why I swore not to make...
- 04 May 2024, 06:14
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2424
- Views: 289254
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28713/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28712/medium I remembered this morning why I swore not to make any more wobblers! Drilling 5/64" holes 11/16" deep on 17/64" centres is a bit dodgy when yo...
- 04 May 2024, 04:16
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2030
- Views: 358431
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
See THIS report from Brazil. The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 on Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come. As the rain kept beating down, rescuers in boats and planes searched for scores of people reported missing...
- 04 May 2024, 03:24
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM
- Replies: 3
- Views: 857
Re: MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM
Good history and something we should protect!
- 04 May 2024, 03:17
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5382
- Views: 445915
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday was a re-run of the day before. Overcast but dry and with light rain at 16:00 but dry and overcast again by 20:00. This morning first thing it was overcast and we had light rain. This will cease around 08:00 and we will have an overcast day with some breaking of the cloud and showers late ...
- 04 May 2024, 03:09
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6895
- Views: 941679
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28711/medium The Pioneer car park in 2005. The large red brick, building at the fire station is still a main distribution hub for electricity, new cables were laid to it last year. The old hose drying and practice tower is the main mobile ph...
- 04 May 2024, 02:37
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9204
- Views: 1072477
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Meat and veggies for breakfast. Fish and chips in the Town Square with the kids and for tea I cooked all the odds and sods I had about me from this weeks cooking.
- 04 May 2024, 02:35
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: A CLOG MYSTERY
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2639
Re: A CLOG MYSTERY
Thanks Gloria....
- 04 May 2024, 02:27
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4852
- Views: 566911
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
Yes Peter, I thought it was funny as well. The man is as we know, a buffoon!
- 04 May 2024, 02:25
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2030
- Views: 358431
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
We're lucky enough to be high on a watershed so we never get someone else's water or have any danger from dams.
Our only danger comes from neglect of culverts and water courses....
Our only danger comes from neglect of culverts and water courses....
- 04 May 2024, 02:22
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16583
- Views: 1931954
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
That's the first time I have ever seen an explanation of where the Imperial Purple came from Peter. Thank you!
- 04 May 2024, 02:15
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 3776
- Views: 398059
Re: Seen in the News
I read that link on the opiates Peter. Did you notice they talk about a business manager and 'leaders' whatever they are. No mention of doctors. This is the brave new world of health care, lots of 'leaders' and 'practitioners' and no doctors in sight.....
- 04 May 2024, 02:08
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: ENERGY MATTERS
- Replies: 3943
- Views: 589409
Re: ENERGY MATTERS
Have you seen the size of them? We absorbed separate waste bins but Now we are expected to find a place for an ugly box as well. Another thing.... my gas CH boiler is silent. Heat pumps aren't. This world is polluted by noise enough already!
- 04 May 2024, 02:00
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20537
- Views: 1909396
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I shall be in the shed at 06:00 doing very delicate things to my wobbler castings...... Apart from that not a lot on the cards, certainly nothing in my social calendar so perhaps just a recovery day after my time with the kids......
- 04 May 2024, 01:56
- Forum: DIY
- Topic: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
- Replies: 888
- Views: 158617
Re: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
Good move Ian, you won't regret it.
Another good job well done Kev. Do they ever show any interest in learning how to do these things? One of these days you might not be available.....
Another good job well done Kev. Do they ever show any interest in learning how to do these things? One of these days you might not be available.....
Re: GOOD TV
I watched Robert selling bananas in Vietnam and some Indian foundry workers making 3 feet diameter Cast Iron sewer pipes. Now there's entertainment for you!
- 04 May 2024, 01:49
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12637
- Views: 1336439
Re: POLITICS CORNER
I agree with you Ian. I just can't imagine not voting. It's a betrayal of all the people who fought for the right!
- 04 May 2024, 01:45
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20094
- Views: 2331388
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What's happening here?
- 03 May 2024, 13:01
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20094
- Views: 2331388
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Yes Wendy, fulling stocks at Helmshore. I thought they had a chance but you lot are getting educated now!
- 03 May 2024, 13:00
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20537
- Views: 1909396
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
That sounds like a possibility Sue. Then there is often the local factor coming into play, that doesn't count in a general election....
I had my fish and chips with Lily and Kahara..... They are beautiful kids. I am very lucky.
I had my fish and chips with Lily and Kahara..... They are beautiful kids. I am very lucky.
- 03 May 2024, 12:38
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20094
- Views: 2331388
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What are these?
- 03 May 2024, 12:27
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4461
- Views: 507866
Re: BOB'S BITS
The good old days, when kings could do no wrong. A vast empire where the sun never sets, and whose limits nature has not yet determined. Sir George Macartney, 1773. George Macartney is sometimes credited with this imperial claptrap, but it’s as old as empire itself. The idea, often in the s...
- 03 May 2024, 09:23
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20537
- Views: 1909396
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Back up after second sleep. Shoes polished and I'm ready to meet Muthomi and the kids in the Square for fish and chips at Noon. It's all go!