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by Stanley
29 Apr 2024, 02:14
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20492
Views: 1904504

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I shall be in the shed this morning as usual working on my crankshafts. I think I might be frying my sweet potato chips later this morning. Looks like a wet day apart from the morning so I might not get out for a walk.
by Stanley
29 Apr 2024, 02:11
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: Wine Lovers Corner
Replies: 147
Views: 19876

Re: Wine Lovers Corner

Fermented products department..... I am still waiting for my brown vinegar even though have been told it is in the post.
Update at 13:40. PayPal have refunded me the money for the vinegar without any quibble at all. I have re-ordered it from another supplier.
by Stanley
29 Apr 2024, 02:07
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16563
Views: 1928069

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Thank God for that.... Thanks Lads..... :good:
by Stanley
29 Apr 2024, 02:04
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL
Replies: 2114
Views: 310790

Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL

I think they will be regarding Thursday with a certain degree of perturbation. :biggrin2:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 13:34
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4456
Views: 506875

Re: BOB'S BITS

Mothering Sundays As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you, and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.   Book of Isaiah, 66:13.  It is well known that our ‘Mothers’ Day’ is a modern invention, the brainchild of Anna Maria Jarvis (1864-1948), midwifed by President Woodrow Wilson’s Mothers...
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 12:03
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20492
Views: 1904504

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Cooking is done, everything put away and the hob is clean. I shall do nothing very slowly now..... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 08:28
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20492
Views: 1904504

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I'm back up after a good sleep and having a pot of tea. I shall be into cooking veggies very soon.
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 06:25
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20492
Views: 1904504

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: 20492
Views: 1904504

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: 2419
Views: 288359

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: 5374
Views: 445113

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: 2608

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: 4456
Views: 506875

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: 12619
Views: 1335025

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: 6890
Views: 939159

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: 9197
Views: 1070550

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: 354
Views: 49225

Re: May I recommend. . .

Indeed! :good:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:11
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: Tripps Clipps
Replies: 42
Views: 1004

Re: Tripps Clipps

I think he was upset! :biggrin2:
by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 03:07
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5374
Views: 445113

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: 20080
Views: 2328528

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: 3767
Views: 397071

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: 4841
Views: 565512

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

Alles Gut!

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by Stanley
28 Apr 2024, 02:45
Forum: TV
Topic: GOOD TV
Replies: 3787
Views: 504670

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: 20492
Views: 1904504

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: 16563
Views: 1928069

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.....

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