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- 18 Aug 2018, 03:36
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: THE FLATLEY DRYER
- Replies: 5024
- Views: 621620
Re: THE FLATLEY DRYER
At one time we had itinerant knife-grinders. https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/14730/medium Here's an Italian example. These died off during the war years and I have never seen one since then. However, when I was working in Rochdale I came across a man who had his van fitted ...
- 18 Aug 2018, 03:24
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4813
- Views: 559055
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
I liked it as well..... I am not going to repeat my shaggy dog story about the man who lived in a hotel and was caught short by a very powerful laxative before he got back to his room. However I shall give you the punch line. Fred, the porter who had been given the job of following the man and clean...
- 18 Aug 2018, 03:19
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16490
- Views: 1919200
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
And the fact that in any landscape shot the speed has to be altered to make the clouds move across the sky. For a long time PE was reporting that the BBC was locked into a contract with a large computer firm and the equipment was faulty. I think this may still be the case but is being kept quiet bec...
- 18 Aug 2018, 02:58
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20039
- Views: 2288115
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
That's what I thought they were, I've worked with bending rolls on up to 3/4" plate at REW. That set was a fairly light one. Are we considering this one done and dusted?
- 18 Aug 2018, 02:54
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12599
- Views: 1328418
Re: POLITICS CORNER
Good article Tiz and it confirms what we both think about the calibre of 'leadership' in politics these days. When I posted that speech by Nye Bevan I was trying to make the point that there spoke a man who had experience, had a star to steer by and was perfectly clear about his views and reasons fo...
- 18 Aug 2018, 02:42
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 285077
Re: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
I shall do the same, keep aiming for low carb but in view of my milder condition, not going into terminal angst if I occasionally ingest some carbs...... I repeat my point about the publishing of the report in the way it has been done. Too many people will take it as licence to eat as many carbs as ...
- 18 Aug 2018, 02:38
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 7610
- Views: 854686
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
Two things in your favour Ian, your general condition and the fact that all the pointers are towards a 'benign' condition. I know what's going through your mind and every time it pops up reject it! If they thought it was anything but benign you would not have been allowed home. All I can do is cross...
- 18 Aug 2018, 02:24
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
- Replies: 3243
- Views: 473102
Re: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
I remember that promise as well...... We were secure in those days, sure of sick pay, holiday pay and a pension when we were worn out. Not so today. Welcome to the 19th century!
Re: GOOD TV
I'm glad someone else is baffled Wendy.....
Thanks for that David, I'll look at it. I've been watching the new Doc Martin's, they always entertain me....
Thanks for that David, I'll look at it. I've been watching the new Doc Martin's, they always entertain me....
- 17 Aug 2018, 13:23
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4441
- Views: 503204
Re: BOB'S BITS
To know Jesus is to embrace the nations. William Carey. It’s often said, in studies of western imperial expansion, that religion followed the flag, a tendency that Mark Twain would excoriate in his “To the Person Sitting in Darkness” (1901). He’d more gently lampooned it in Roughing It (1872), point...
- 17 Aug 2018, 09:11
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20039
- Views: 2288115
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
I think I know what they are Gloria but I'll hang back a bit until I see what others think. I'm not 100% certain though......
- 17 Aug 2018, 09:05
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 285077
- 17 Aug 2018, 06:35
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: WATER 05
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2570
WATER 05
WATER 05 As soon as Whitemoor waterworks was commissioned and in full flow it became obvious that good as the supply was it was going to be overtaken by the demands of industry and a growing population. By 1919 a site for a new supply from Elslack Moor had been identified and in 1919/1922 the Park H...
- 17 Aug 2018, 06:32
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16490
- Views: 1919200
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Has anyone else noticed the terrible quality of any outside line used in a radio interview? Even the good ones are distorted and many either can't be established or terminate abruptly in the middle of a conversation. This in an age when communication is so much better. There is something very seriou...
- 17 Aug 2018, 06:28
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: THE FLATLEY DRYER
- Replies: 5024
- Views: 621620
- 17 Aug 2018, 06:27
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12599
- Views: 1328418
Re: POLITICS CORNER
You're still missing the point China. Yes you are right and I have argued for a realistic vision of the UK's actual position in the world for years instead of this silly 'punching above our weight' rhetoric. However the fact is that we can deal with this but the deterioration that is going to come a...
- 17 Aug 2018, 06:20
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 7610
- Views: 854686
- 17 Aug 2018, 06:20
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20434
- Views: 1895831
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Gillian reckons it is just normal inflammation as part of the healing process. I shall be monitoring it looking for any indication it is changing. It is 18 days since the attack. A wound like the one in his throat takes 40 days to heal completely. We aren't out of the wood yet but every day is a bon...
- 17 Aug 2018, 04:14
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 285077
Re: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
See THIS Lncet report on low carb diets for yet another example of how, with the best intentions, the scientific community muddies the flow of simple effective advice. The great majority of people who see this will immediately leap to the conclusion that carbs are good for you and overdose on chips ...
- 17 Aug 2018, 04:06
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12599
- Views: 1328418
Re: POLITICS CORNER
You've missed the point China. Brexit could leave us in a worse state than WW2. As it is many public services are below that standard now and they are not going to get any better.
Re: GOOD TV
I watched the last episode of Hanging Rock and have to admit I was no wiser at the end..... I wonder whether the aim was to confuse us all. Or am I just thick.
Same could be said for Keeping Faith last night. I am trying but I haven't got the hang of the plot yet!
Same could be said for Keeping Faith last night. I am trying but I haven't got the hang of the plot yet!
- 17 Aug 2018, 04:01
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: OBITUARIES
- Replies: 1887
- Views: 337165
Re: OBITUARIES
See THIS for the NY Times obituary for Aretha Franklin. Great voice and a powerful lady. I loved her work.
- 17 Aug 2018, 03:58
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: Borehole at Lower Burnt Hilĺ.
- Replies: 112
- Views: 34238
Re: Borehole at Lower Burnt Hilĺ.
Should be OK Bodge, we seldom get frost hard enough to affect underground services. Last time I can remember when it was a big problem was the winter of 1962 which was a bummer! I was on the tramp at the time and I can tell you it was one of the most miserable winters of my life.......
- 17 Aug 2018, 03:53
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9183
- Views: 1064472
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
I made a three egg and cheese omelette for dinner and Cod and Sweet Corn chips for tea. Nuts for a filler.
- 17 Aug 2018, 03:48
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: STEAM ENGINES AND WATERWHEELS
- Replies: 2575
- Views: 415996
Re: STEAM ENGINES AND WATERWHEELS
Bancroft Shed had a true North light roof. The principle was that all the windows in the saw tooth pattern roof faced North and so never got direct sunshine. This meant that the light in the shed never varied, it was always a neutral light and best for colours and fine work. The problem with this wa...