OneGuyFromBarlick

I've read that Parliament will be dissolved on 30th May, but also that it will be prorogued tomorrow. Does anyone understand these matter? I don't. PS Much though I have been looking forward to the election - I've had enough of the campaigning nonsense now - I don't think I can put up with another s...

I shall think of you safeguarding Oldham's democracy by witnessing the council meetings It's far better than 'drama' on TV. :smile: I ended up sending an email to one of the councillors who very kindly promptly replied. I was able to tell him more of the person he had eulogised at the meeting. His ...

The decision "to go" on July 4th seems to have taken everyone (not least his own MP's ) by surprise. Me too. :smile: I listened to Sunak's interview with Nick Ferrari on LBC, and it is obvious that by naming that date, he can continue the Rwanda fantasy. He can say, as he has pledged, that...

G. I liked your word "sunning" - being the opposite of raining which you introduced us to a while ago; I've been looking for a chance to use it ever since. Sadly the opportunity has not arisen.

Spider eggs ?

I can't get the image out of my head, that the man who says he is the one to lead the country for the next five years, has just delivered his speech in the pouring rain, and failed to organise an umbrella for himself.

Kev knew and Stanley didn't. Perhaps making it known on Facebook when your target is the over 75's isn't the cleverest strategy. There are of course other possible reasons for the lack of enthusiasm.

What do we want? . . . . When do we want it? . . . sky news are very confidently calling it for July 4th. Hooray. :good: 5.10 pm. PS They're late, but the lectern is out and there is no Prime Ministerial crest on it so seemingly that is absolute proof he is calling an election. Hooray again. PPS He'...

Simply too much going on today. I've an auction to attend of the first property we ever owned. That will be a bit emotional. I'd love to buy it - it would be almost poetic in a circular sort of way - but the lease is now too short, and the "Modern method of auction" has no appeal. I've got...

Well done - sounds like you've got your "straight edge".

After decades of being told the very opposite - it is disconcerting to find that Fish very oil supplements may be dangerous, and I have a faint memory that after swearing by cod liver oil for years - didn't SCG stop taking it?

What's a fellow to believe?

Looks like the hens have better housing than the humans.

How's the re-wilding of the front garden doing this year?

Frank Ifield has died at 86. I wasn't aware that he was Australian.

RIP.

Compare and contrast to last week's Eurovision entries.
This would have no chance whatever - I can make out every word.

I see that I contributed last time. Here's where the hen pen was - in the back garden of the house where I was brought up. I can't show the slum terraced house they came from - there's a Morrisons supermarket there now.

I read that we are under threat from an unseasonal episode of Norovirus. "Experts" (sic) have put the current spike down to cold snaps in May and lingering effects of the pandemic , advising those unlucky enough to catch it to maintain a rigorous hygiene routine and stay home from work. Am...

so naturally it's on its way. I wondered yesterday why it had not arrived - so looked on Abebooks and found that I had added it to my basket but it was still there, and I had not actually paid for it. That was soon remedied - and imagine my surprise when it arrived today! Rossendale to Cambridgeshi...

I'll leave you to the delights of Mayor Making... The meeting is worthy of comment I'd say, though the average audience online was about six. with a peak of ten! The low turnout at the May 2nd 2024 election is also noteworthy.and the fact that there is now not a single Labour Party Councillor on Pe...

Stanley wrote: ↑17 May 2024, 02:44 I'm quite happy to accept that he is on a higher intellectual plane than me.

Thanks for the thoughtful response.

Me too.but that doesn't mean I'll be totally uncritical.
I can only apply what intelligence I have available - and I do.

See who your next Mayor will be - tonight at 7.00 pm.

Council Meeting 16 May 2024

I understand almost nothing of today's Bob's Bits.
Should I accept my intellectual limitations, and respect it as being beyond my understanding - or dismiss it as a lot of nonsense?

Nadhim Zahawi has crawled from under his stone, to declare that his mistakes "were his own" and he wishes he had been "more transparent" about his tax affairs. Translates as "please buy my forthcoming autiobigraphy, and "please Miss can I have a peerage"? :smile: P...

Stanley wrote: ↑12 May 2024, 02:05 Birthdays were ignored apart from getting his hair pulled

That's triggered a memory. One pull for each year.
Has it died out or is it still a 'thing ' up North?

I don't think it's amything to do wth Aurora Borealis - someone left the front door open at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo. There is so much frenzied energy in there, that what escapes will easily be visible from Northern England.

Stanley wrote: ↑11 May 2024, 03:33 into the two lodges on the site

Would someone who had no knowledge of textile mills know what a 'mill lodge ' was?