OneGuyFromBarlick

Tripps wrote: ↑05 Sep 2021, 11:23
China - it's so cheap I'd be happy to send a copy to you if you wish.

Thanks for the offer but I'll gratefully decline. I'll keep it in mind if I see it here.

You still added an emphasis to my text which was not there. That worries me, what will you alter next to suit whatever view you are promoting? Apologies for offending you. It was my intention to highlight an important word in the text I quoted and I didn't realise that I was breaching site or norma...

I was thinking that normal moral standards had been abandoned as according to Ernie their first job was always to rob the gas meter. In war-time it is called pillaging, in times of civil emergencies it is looting, and in normal civil societies it is theft. Then you had to rely on these immoral peopl...

I heard an appeal from the Bank of England for people to spend the hoarded coins they have. It's estimated that there is £50million in jam jars up and down the land. (Isn't that number so obviously one that has been pulled out of thin air!) The reason is (they say....) because coins cost so much to...

There is a big company here called T-Mall/Taobao, it sells everything online like Amazon etc. They started up a sister-site called Baopals which translates most of the Chinese Taobao pages into English, enough for even Dumbo's like me to be able to follow and get what I want, although it sometimes ...

There is a big company here called T-Mall/Taobao, it sells everything online like Amazon etc. They started up a sister-site called Baopals which translates most of the Chinese Taobao pages into English, enough for even Dumbo's like me to be able to follow and get what I want, although it sometimes i...

Can you reject deliveries free of charge? We can here, and they are returned to the sender and we don't pay the costs. If the item is on free delivery you will get a full refund. You can inspect and reject parcels by saying "I don't like it, send it back." Just thinking: If you can do this...

We use olive oil, another improvement by my wife trying to keep her "golden mountain" healthy!

I wasn't aware that statins could have such serious side effects. I dreaded going to sleep knowing that I would wake up a couple of hours later and have to dance around the bedroom trying to make the pain go away, and It got to the point that I was thinking I couldn't go on like this. First I stoppe...

There is a place called Stanley in Mo. on the I55. Looks like it could be a couple of farms and not much else. Could that be the connection?

Statins can have some dramatic side effects including tendon problems and severe nocturnal cramp in the lower legs. I used to take one tablet at night as preventative medicine. During most nights I was suffering from painful tendons and cramps that would wake me up and leave my leg muscles aching fo...

The spin department has been in overdrive. I'll bet there has been a stream of briefing notes and key words going out. On the verboten list will be defeat, Dunkirk, retreat, Saigon and Vietnam. This has been a strategic withdrawal and many goals have been achieved. Funny how the people who actually...

They'll be swapping them with the Russians or Chinese for a few thousand goats and some old tractors.

'A wasp gaed crawlin' up ma leg in the middle o' the Psalms'


Love it!

You can usually recover your work if you accidentally lose it.Try using the 'Go Backwards one page' arrow in your browser or Alt+ left arrow on your keyboard. If you have clicked the wrong key but haven't moved off the page try right click and select Undo from the drop down menu or in Windows Ctrl Z...

Sue wrote: ↑25 Aug 2021, 06:40 There was a wet oily patch where the car was parked in France and try as we might we can think what else it could be.

Sue, did you use the car air-con a lot in France? Could the wet-patch be condensation from the air-con unit mixed with a bit of oil from the exterior of whatever it runs over?

The reason this came to mind as a Flatley Dryer candidate is that yesterday a nice man gave me a set of castings for a Shand Mason steam fire pump and I think this one in Barlick was that make. ( LINK ) Here we are, castings and drawings. I have had to put it away, it's a distraction! Aren't you th...

Another good job. Looks nice. Well done. When you get your new mattress will that be everything done?

I think it looks tatty for a memorial stone. I've just realised that 'the black hole' is your doing! I thought it was a letter box or pill box.

They looked like single use shower caps :biggrin2: I wasn't familiar with disposable shower caps but I've just looked them up online and they do look identical. Perhaps that is what they are and we're putting them to a different use. You deserve a Brownie point. Award yourself a CDM. :biggrin2: :go...

Are they dish covers to keep flies off? Exactly. Used to cover food dishes and can be used in the microwave oven. We saw them being used when we stayed in the countryside a couple of weeks ago and my wife thought what a good idea they were. Big Kev's suggestion of shower caps wasn't far off the mar...

Gloria wrote: ↑21 Aug 2021, 10:04 Something to do with eradicating flies?

Not eradicating them.

Cathy wrote: ↑21 Aug 2021, 05:00 Stanley you can still buy those kind of buckets that you mentioned. About for the metal ones, and $18 for the plastic ones.

$70 for a bucket? Yipes! Hope it is gold plated.

Single use shower hats? Stanley was very knowledgeable about Ian's object and I assumed he was right. Apologies to Ian. All wrong answers so far. Kevin, these could be used for that purpose but aren't designed to be. I only discovered these last week and my wife explained what is their real purpose...

No. Sorry.