OneGuyFromBarlick

It' a shoe stretcher, the two arms at the front could have various sleeves fitted that would add bulk in the correct places within the shoe. Such as a prominence maybe at one side if the user had bunions. Don't know what happened to it but I still have a three legged last that my mum had as well. We...

Indeed - Ram Jam

I know, there are some bits missing though. My mum used to have one.

Nothing tends to bother me, I must taste nasty or something. The QI Elves were on the breakfast show on the radio this morning and shed a bit of light on that statement. Apparently biting insects prefer hosts with type O blood! My blood group is A rhesus positive which they said was proved to be a ...

Booked my follow up lung CT Scan yesterday, got a text reminder. It will be the middle of January in the mobile unit in Colne Asda car park.

Is it for making hammer heads of a particular size?

Tonight will be the volunteers pie night social round at the centre. I have just picked up the pies from Miles Hutchinson's a mixture of Pork, Beef and Cheese & Onion. I shoved a selection sheet in the charity shop for our volunteers to fill in a couple of weeks ago. I will bubble the peas up th...

We held our Christmas Market at the weekend for local craft makers and traders. We vended Prosecco and Mulled Wine in exchange for a donation. A raffle was also run for the group. We made about £250.00 for the group. On another matter we get lots of donated Christmas decorations usually in the New Y...

I used to mend their TV. The farmhouse had double bayed 18 element UHF antennas on a 12ft pole. Dowshaw is in a bit of a hole for reception.

Later.... News from the US that President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter after saying he would not. Expect and explosion of righteous indignation from the Orange One (before he pardons hundreds of his supporters gaoled for protests against the result of the election.....) Also his own 37, (or th...

Happy Birthday Mick, three days behind me>

We enjoyed it when we watched it Kev.

Stanley wrote: ↑30 Nov 2024, 02:59 The lady doth protest too much.

She's nowt better to do.

Tom came back the other day to finalise the boiler install. He flushed the radiators and put some rust inhibitor into the new Mag Clean on the system. Rechecked for leaks and redid all the safety, leakage and emission tests for the flue. Completed all the gas safe paperwork which I signed off. I put...

with the right conditions you'd be surprised how far an arc will jump. Quite a few variables such as the voltage and the amount of current and the ambient air conditions. A general rule of thumb would be 1mm per 1KV. That held good for the final anode on Colour TV CRT's which ran at 25KV. you could...

Thanks everyone for my birthday wishes, much appreciated. Another day older and deeper in debt as they say, although the last bit not entirely relevant.

We are waiting for the bill for the new boiler which we would not have ordered if we couldn't afford to pay for it.

Ne peace for the wicked Peter, I have stuff to do!

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes.

The buyer also said there would be no redundancies until 2025! We don't have enough postmen or women now so how is that going to work?

When I washed up the bits that wont go in the dishwasher last night I thought the hot water temperature (HWD) on it's default was a bit low so I whacked that up a bit. I left it on economy as Tom said the difference to delivery at the tap is only about 5 seconds longer and if its not on economy it k...

Tom finished at about 4.30pm all commissioned and the new digital thermostat demonstrated. Boiler commissioned through his phone. He has all his installs and their settings stored on his phone for further reference when servicing or fault finding. He just has to come back to do a bit of final tidyin...

Tom is doing really well with the install. System drained, old boiler out, new boiler in and all pipe reworking done. Water back on and system re-pressurised and radiators refilled. New flue 75% installed. He tells me that a longer flue like ours gives better efficiency as the extra length offers mo...

Went to our Jacks this morning to take advantage of his shower which was very welcome. :smile: Spent this afternoon taking out the boxing for the boiler flue. I did too good a job when I put it up as the filler over the screw holes took a bit of digging out. I think when I put it back I might level ...

Cant remember what number Albert Road Pilkington's was. Maybe what is now Victoria's or was at a bit further along?

I like this one of our grandchildren a few years ago, we call this one "Joy".

Jonathan was on Politics North West this morning. Just watched it on BBC iPlayer catch up. He didn't sign that one as he said he did not agree with the current proposals as it doesn't include proper consultation with the electorate.