OneGuyFromBarlick

I feel as though I've stolen Peter's fire! That's fine, you can serve up the pics to Cathy earlier than I can. I liked the one of the fox tightrope walking on a tree branch. We've seen them on TV crossing a stream using a fallen tree as a bridge but this one looks like it climbed the tree! They're ...

We have them in Taunton, planted in the mid-1800s. Also called Wellingtonia....

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Rami al-Halhouli, out with his mates yesterday at a refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem made the mistake of rising to a `dare' and lighting a firework. Before the firework went off he was shot through the heart by an Israeli border police officer. At a press confer...

Yes, it's always good to have the information. In this case we're lucky because the relative concerned recently got a holiday flat in Spain. Also communication is so easy these days that he can send a copy of the image to one of his new Spanish friends for translation. This crazy modern world does h...

Thanks. I did a bit more googling and saw something saying Ancestry was working on its own 1921 data. Perhaps we'll see it in 3 years time! Typically, I've been side tracked from trying to find my South African ancestors by the easier job of tracing those of my cousin's husband, Mark. All going well...

Peter, I am getting very pessimistic about Ukraine's future. In case nobody has noticed, the US has already given up on funding them despite Biden's fine words. It's our future too and we're going to have to look after ourselves in Europe. We're carrying on as usual while the Europeans to the East ...

`Lee Anderson: Ex-Tory MP defects to Reform UK' LINK ...He becomes Reform UK's first ever MP, representing a party polling around 10% of national voting intention.... ----------------------------------------------------------- `Trump will not give a penny to Ukraine - Hungary PM Orban' LINK Donald T...

I'm surprised that Ancestry don't offer the 1921 census but apparently Find My Past does have it. I wonder why the difference?

I have the same query about the cost of Johnson's trip to Venezuela. The Sunday Times first reported that Mr Johnson travelled there by private jet while on holiday in the Caribbean but someone paid and it wouldn't be Johnson! And Johnson didn't warn our Foreign Secretary of his visit to Venezuela ...

See THIS explanation from NASA about how ocean currents are affected by climate change. It's on the right level for me. Simple explanations are always best! :biggrin2: It's good to see simple graphics like those. The ocean currents graphic is the AMOC I referred to above. The cold water currents ar...

We don't have a smart meter so we shouldn't be charged for other people's smart meter maintenance - but I'll bet we are !

Don't confuse the little Gulf Stream with the majestic Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation (AMOC)!

I wouldn't rule out tipping points. I'm not thinking of one big single tipping point that would be catastrophic worldwide, that's unlikely but individual ones could cause considerable upsets. The deep ocean currents that circle the globe could be changed suddenly by loss of ice at the poles.

Yesterday's copy of The Times Magazine had an article about Liz Truss. Most of those who knew her think she's crackers. A couple of extracts follow. Most of the article is along the same lines... https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28453/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co....

I agree with you all. I don't have `a job', I'm not employed but in addition to my hobbies I'm currently researching family history for the husband of my cousin and have been transcribing a mineral identification document for the wife of one of Mrs Tiz's friends to use in their U3A geology group. Fo...

Tripps would say this is spooky. I've just seen in an astronomy magazine an image sent back by one of those `rovers' on Mars. It show a rock shaped just like that but with no grass inside or outside, of course, and everything red in colour due to iron oxide content. The NASA folk believe that it was...

Sadly, I think the world's politicians and all the vested business interests have left it too late. Now we're seeing the world getting more fragmented and belligerent and you can't solve climate change without all nations agreeing to work together and put a stop to the decline.

But even when that's done Peter, you have to ask yourself what benefit faster and faster is. With full fibre we get 80mps but I think the major benefit will be in reliability in the long run. True. We don't need our connection to be faster, it does all we need now and PlusNet have been very, very r...

I've just checked online for the broadband speeds in our local area. They're all the same as we're getting, about 45 to 49 Mbps, so we wouldn't benefit from a faster speed until they've installed fibre here.

Happy Birthday Pluggy - Mrs Tiz and me hope you enjoy the day!

I saw a headline today saying `Zelensky escapes Russian missile strike'. What they should have written was `Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister escape Russian missile strike'. They were standing together at the time in Odessa. The Greek PM could have been killed. Greece has been a Nato member since th...

I wonder what happens when pirates climb aboard one of these?
`Robot ships: Huge remote controlled vessels are setting sail' LINK

Last week it was Barclays taking over Tesco Bank. This week...
`Nationwide strikes deal to buy Virgin Money for £2.9bn' LINK
I hope swallowing Virgin Money doesn't poison Nationwide!