OneGuyFromBarlick

The model we're looking at, in B&M, is branded Tower. Not sure where they're manufactured but the company is registered in Staffordshire. The one we got was also a 'Tower'. but petty sure from Argos (Sainburys) 1500W Model T17021RG Made in China Wholesaler in Ireland. Used it twice a week for a...

Present Chancellor - Jeremy Hunt "We will do whatever is necessary to drive down debt in the medium term and to ensure that taxpayers' money is well spent, putting the public finances on a sustainable path as we grow the economy." I am beginning to think that Trickle Down might have been a...

See THIS article in the journal Nature that suggests that The 14th century Black Death was the trigger for changes in the human immune response that can still be identified today. Totally fascinating..... On the other hand our DNA contains so much 'junk' DNA that we don't know what it does or why i...

How is the lettuce doing ? Ms Truss will become the shortest-serving PM in British history when she stands down. But he(Brady) sidestepped questions about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run, telling reporters: "The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is o...

"When the Going Gets Tofu , the Tofu Get Going"

All English Bus Services are included in the Pensioner's bus pass ( after 930am ? ). Some specific "touristy coach services" are excluded. Indeed though the length of time of the Skipton to Leeds bus is quite slow, but I think there is now a Skipton-Otley service and then Otley-Leeds, whic...

Low Pressure whipping from the South West sending wind and rain accross the UK for the next couple of days. The trees have worked out autumn is here and leaf fall is noticable with trees now about 50percent leaf in branches, the rest on the ground

I think it is the normal 2 week indian summer during the present phase of the moon, looks like it it might get colder later ( it normally becomes so from Nov5th to 11th onwards)

" squeaky clean unknown MPs " Their voting record is avalible to see how clean they are.


Surprised Truss has made it to the day of PMQs. I presume she has worked out the ability not to answer any question with a meaningful response.

It is being floated in the FT that Hunt is thinking of a rate of tax of 33% on Bank Profits. This of course will lead to higher rates to borrowers and lower rates to savers, it sounds more like a labour policy than a tory one. Do our troubles go back to 1968 and the loosening of credit controls ?

The NHS was fairly good at opening up the lines as people died without being asked as such. When browsing through local streets I found some redacted that I knew were mums friends that were still living. Doing it again a year or so later two had died and their records were on display.

Let's be thankful for small mercies, Hunt is definitely better than Kwarteng! :smile: I was expecting a resignation speech from Truss. Does the lettuce have a use by date of 18th Oct ? ( though you can sprout the stumps with care). Hunt's form of words in his televised address seems to have been wr...

The turbine is fettled and back up! More work to do before it's connected up to the new system though. Always confused, though I suggest they are useful, in that Solar creates DC, Generators can give a form of DC , alternator driven ones are normally AC output, its quite tricky to create a balanced...

Mark me down as 'baffled'. I just got a letter telling me what my winter fuel allowance will be. Combined with the reduction in direct debit from Octopus (now down to just double last years figure) - and I shall effectively have free electricity and gas for the next six months. :smile: T , I presum...

And of course you taking a slot in Burnley removes a slot from someone nearer, so it is hardly a win for the service.

London Had Rain, Sun , Rain (Heavy short burst) cloudy sun, Rain (some heavy) Sun , Rainbow.

These algorithms are written by top Mathematicians who look at probabilities as well as actual numbers. They also use some of the fastest computing power available. You're spot on there Plaques, it was bad enough when it went to algorithms but the big change came more recently with high-frequency t...

P I note that the Tory Supporting Press (and BBC) appear to have blaming the Head of the Bank of England for much of the market mess. However KammiKahzi has gone, having done the job of getting massive profits for hedge funds as Hunt leads a trail of normality of 10percent real terms Budget cuts all...

I have mainly been cutting the grass, with a break to watch F1 highlights at lunchtime. I cleaned up my strimmer and mower before putting them away, hoping that's the last time they get used this year. 🤞 All the dandelions decide the sun day length and temps is right for the second bloom , while th...

All the big accounting companies have been sailing close to the wind and not regulated hard enough for years. I hope we might be seeing an improvement but I doubt it, I shall not be holding my breath! If you dont do it you are fired, if you do do it you are fined. The trick is to do it and not be f...

I can't remember ever seeing a number similar to that that applied to me.... The number was your National Registration number and would have been written on your Identity Card and Any Ration Books. Screenshot_20221012-070428_Opera.jpg Why didnt they use National Insurance Number (I thought that rel...

Quite why someone under 80 is deemed to spend £100 less on fuel is a bit unknown to me (but I do know a lot of my southern softey older friends seem to increase tremendously the heat in their rooms) Our house core temperature is now 61F. Only one room gets any heat in the evening then up to about 6...

Later, we are getting news that the £Sterling has fallen again, news that the Tories are going to impose a windfall tax on generating companies which do not use expensive gas to generate the electricity but are getting the same price rises as companies that do. (Solar and wind cost 9X less than gas...

Still totally confused on Energy Support for Pensioners It appears that a household with a person over 80 years of age on the qualifying date will get (Sometime in November is present indication) £600. All other state pensioners (actually I think it is on age and may also apply to persons whom are n...

Prob for the Ancestry thread, but I have found the 1939 register can miss some people out if you are looking for persons in sequential streets and houses and they are not there, or at their normal home, go through the next pages, sometimes right to the end and you will find additional people and hou...