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by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 06:25
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20487
Views: 1903522

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I missed that one Wendy! :good:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 06:18
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20487
Views: 1903522

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

That will have annoyed you Sue! Hope it clears up all right. https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28685/medium Straight into muck shifting this morning and a straight half hour of heavy turning (for a small lathe....) Then finish and polish this leg, clear the chips up and dial ...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 06:16
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2418
Views: 287961

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28686/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28685/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28684/medium Straight into muck shifting this morning and a straight half hour of heavy turning (fo...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 06:06
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5368
Views: 444831

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

You're still warmer than we are Cathy and our forecast rain has started early.
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:43
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: SOME VERY ANCIENT HISTORY
Replies: 3
Views: 2591

Re: SOME VERY ANCIENT HISTORY

I still believe John and I were thinking straight. All history isn't neatly divided up by clear evidence. Sometimes we have to use our heads!
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:38
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4452
Views: 506575

Re: BOB'S BITS

Cartographer of Pittsburgh, PA. When the sins of our fathers visit us, we do not have to play host.   From Fences (1983), by August Wilson.     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was where Great Lakes iron ore and eastern coal met to make steel, and where steel made money.   So we find some of the great name...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:36
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12616
Views: 1334453

Re: POLITICS CORNER

THIS piece of political news trumps all others this morning. Former minister and Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labour. In an exclusive TV interview, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that he could no longer look his NHS colleagues...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:33
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6889
Views: 938487

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

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Ross Mill stack being felled in 1983. The rest of the mill went in 1982. The Lancashire spinning industry was dead.
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:13
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9196
Views: 1070158

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Almost the last of the veggies X three. I shall be cooking today!
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:12
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: May I recommend. . .
Replies: 353
Views: 49059

Re: May I recommend. . .

Indeed! :good:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:11
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: Tripps Clipps
Replies: 39
Views: 947

Re: Tripps Clipps

I think he was upset! :biggrin2:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:07
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5368
Views: 444831

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Yesterday afternoon was cold and gloomy, no hail in Barlick that I saw but spatters of rain. At 20:00 it was calm, cool and dry. This morning it was the same and it hasn't changed. The glass is down on 1001mb and the forecast is for an overcast day with rain expected from 08:99 to around noon.The ma...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:00
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20073
Views: 2327359

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

I stand corrected Cathy! (But not bitten....) :biggrin2:
Next object?
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 02:58
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3764
Views: 396732

Re: Seen in the News

I agree with you and sympathise Peter. Too many commercial interests investing in agriculture have no concept of the time scales involved in reaching production. See THIS BBC report..... A giant 3D printer, which is big enough to make a house, has been unveiled at the University of Maine. The univer...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 02:46
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4836
Views: 565163

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

Alles Gut!

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by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 02:45
Forum: TV
Topic: GOOD TV
Replies: 3782
Views: 504309

Re: GOOD TV

I'll finish Line of Duty before I think about my next venture.... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 02:44
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20487
Views: 1903522

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Today I will be catching up with the site, making up for my oversleep, doing some turning in the Shed and cooking my veggies. So I shall be busy..... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 02:40
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16553
Views: 1927329

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Things are looking a bit better this morning, thanks Lads for the hours you have put in. I'm late up but I'll do what I can to get the posts sorted.....
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 13:21
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20073
Views: 2327359

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

It's a Huntsman, Cathy is right and according to the late Big Harry they don't bite, they just catch flies.....
Next for shaving?
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 10:32
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16553
Views: 1927329

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

"Site is operational this morning." Depends what you mean by operational..... :biggrin2: I'm still getting routine 502 errors and delays. I've just been listening to Marta Lane Fox on 'The Week in Westminster' and I have a big problem with her and many others like her. They talk so fast t...
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 10:03
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20487
Views: 1903522

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I posted this for Sue.... Stanley. Morning I can’t get on the site again today so here is my daily diary. Bob is off to an engineers meeting in Derby today so I shall be pottering at home. I shall plant out my beetroot plants , clear the washing and the ironing, clean the fridge out and finish packi...
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 09:26
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5368
Views: 444831

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

I'll second that! It's a face freezer out there. (They forecast -4C wind chill for this time of day and I think they were right!) I've been for my walk and done a small shop at the Co-op for one or two bits I missed yesterday. So few customers in there and such big gaps on the shelves it makes me wo...
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 08:42
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: BACKSTONE BAKERS
Replies: 13
Views: 2315

Re: BACKSTONE BAKERS

I think that would be a common story 50 years ago Gloria. Time has whittled them down but I think we still have three . More if you include bakers of pies.
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 08:39
Forum: TV
Topic: GOOD TV
Replies: 3782
Views: 504309

Re: GOOD TV

Still on Line of Duty binge. Rattling good stuff!
by Stanley
27 Apr 2024, 08:24
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20487
Views: 1903522

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I'm back up and browning my chicken. I shall go for a short walk as soon as I have done this. All is well!

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