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by Whyperion
21 Mar 2026, 16:33
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 10075
Views: 1965848

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Packet of 9 Cadbury's Chocolate Twirl Bars - not - £3.20 so I didnt but. Its lent and chocolate is supposed to be generally off the menu . I remember when they were about £1.20 for a multi pack
by Whyperion
21 Mar 2026, 16:29
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 22791
Views: 4174652

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Looks like one of those Home Guard ( not quite them it was another mil try out mob ) weapons for clearing beaches or similar fired by rockers. First seen on British TV i think with William Woollard "Secret War" as home defence thing. Having said that it is more large and seems to have some...
by Whyperion
21 Mar 2026, 16:19
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 13986
Views: 2649541

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Bring me the head of Diago Garcia
by Whyperion
20 Mar 2026, 14:57
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
Replies: 8380
Views: 1803299

Re: MEDICAL MATTERS

Meningitis spread. Messaging from Govt was it was a disease difficult to catch. The numbers reporting seem to show different. I dont blame the Govt as such but has the department of health been caught out in not working out what to do when incidencies start rising rapidly. Back to general Pharmacy s...
by Whyperion
20 Mar 2026, 14:49
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
Replies: 8380
Views: 1803299

Re: MEDICAL MATTERS

Physio this morning, how can such a small woman have such strong hands. I'll know about it tomorrow but it's getting better :biggrin2: same as short men make quite good weightlifters , shorter muscles can create more pull or push force ( its probably an inverse square rule) For others on Pharmacies...
by Whyperion
15 Mar 2026, 19:18
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

...the US may hit Iran's Kharg Island "a few more times just for fun". That sums up Trump's attitude to war. There are lots of news reports saying that an amphibious group of the USS Tripoli and 5000 marines is being sent in to sort out the Hormuz problem. But when will they arrive and wh...
by Whyperion
15 Mar 2026, 19:16
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 13986
Views: 2649541

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Time to fund ground and air source heat pumps
by Whyperion
12 Mar 2026, 22:35
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

A "proud" sixth-generation weaver has been unveiled as the next High Sheriff of Lancashire. David Collinge is to take over the historical role next month. Born in Nelson and now living in the Ribble Valley, he has spent most of his working life at John Spencer Textiles, his family's weavin...
by Whyperion
12 Mar 2026, 22:04
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 18516
Views: 3816960

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

every time in general I here spokespersons for Iran speak they seem relatively sensible ( aytollah a bit more mad and revengeful maybe he has a point though) spokespersons for US sound like mad men
by Whyperion
12 Mar 2026, 22:01
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS
Replies: 2357
Views: 550868

Re: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS

It's effectively chemical warfare by the US and Israel and will cause lifelong illnesses and early deaths among Iranians and anyone else affected by the wind. The lighter particles, vapours and gases will affect surrounding countries too. we also get wind from the south , late feb had that arabian ...
by Whyperion
10 Mar 2026, 22:33
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

I believe it started in a vape shop, full of lithium batteries. Here's some more info on the venture. The ferret Unlikely to carry any insurance I'd say - for fire or third party consequences. PS Reports that the Fire Brigade are still 'playing on the ruins' nearly two days after the start of the f...
by Whyperion
10 Mar 2026, 11:29
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 18516
Views: 3816960

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

It looks like the US military have sunk to the same depths as the Israeli military... `US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows' LINK A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people, including arou...
by Whyperion
10 Mar 2026, 11:22
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

So many houses living "off grid" with heating oil. it has always been a balancing trick of when to order fuel. Even in London some of my workplaces were heated with oil rather than gas and working price forward contracts was fun with the Total distributer. Otley has a distributor (Tate) I ...
by Whyperion
10 Mar 2026, 11:14
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

I believe it started in a vape shop, full of lithium batteries. more that there were a lot being charged on traling cords I assume USB so either charger to battery not matched or a failed wire joint (they use small wires and I have had a few sparkings and fires on USB and similar "elbows"...
by Whyperion
10 Mar 2026, 11:04
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO OGFB?
Replies: 20
Views: 1398

Re: WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO OGFB?

IF Images were on a separate sub domain (I cannot remember how they were done) likewise LTP, there may be wayback links avalible for them but I think MOST images have been restored from the offline sources they originated from so that is less of an issue
by Whyperion
10 Mar 2026, 11:00
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 13986
Views: 2649541

Re: POLITICS CORNER

I hear France are sending a small navy toward the Gulf. France has always managed to be independent and not tied to US policy as such. It also runs a number of overseas territories which give it a reason to have a fairly robust Navy along with that long Atlantic and Med coastlines. But Ukraine has s...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 18:17
Forum: Horse Racing
Topic: Not Really Horse Racing
Replies: 16
Views: 36731

Re: Not Really Horse Racing

One is also near at mums the likes of Sandown Park - where the grandstand has a decent antiques fair once a week (As does Brighton Racecourse - another breezy location atop the south downs with the channel a few hundred yards away ) and Kempton Park. Doncaster Racecourse opposite Doncaster Corporati...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 17:42
Forum: Horse Racing
Topic: Not Really Horse Racing
Replies: 16
Views: 36731

Re: Not Really Horse Racing

I dont know as such if I even like the sport, maybe it is the hype over the years of the media of mainly TV and Newspapers - the correspondences for each crossing over to write in advance and in review for each the same day. I guess the Racing Post offices were nearish to where mum lived , the Publi...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 17:04
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS
Replies: 2357
Views: 550868

Re: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS

See THIS BBC report on new methods of determining levels of stress..... When I was asked to give an impromptu five-minute speech and then to count backwards in intervals of 17 - all in front of a panel of three strangers - the acute stress was written on my face. That is because psychologists from ...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 17:02
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Replies: 2174
Views: 607135

Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING

isnt the stuff referred to known as "dettol" (do generic formulations differ?) does anyone gargle with Dettol ? I am told Listerine is a floor cleaner
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 16:59
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO OGFB?
Replies: 20
Views: 1398

Re: WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO OGFB?

Wayback machine may have been able to crawl more than the front opening page/s depends on date of crawl and where it got to earliest seems to be 31st Dec 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20050101021543/http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk gives fu...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 16:42
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

I'm glad the Ukrainians are being so creative in their approach to the Russian invasion. I hope our military are taking note - it's not aircraft carriers we need but robots. `Necessity is the mother of invention'.... I suspect the British Army may well be taking note - and possible action - but the...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 16:34
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Best laid plans......and all that!
Replies: 22
Views: 7183

Re: Best laid plans......and all that!

Sally has just sent me a message on WhatsApp, an update on today's travel arrangements. I dropped her off this morning in Skipton for the train. She has to go to Sheffield now to meet our Ruby, for some bizarre reason the Birmingham train up north doesn't go to Leeds any more, what the hell is that...
by Whyperion
09 Mar 2026, 16:20
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 18516
Views: 3816960

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Communal bin store last night someone had left the remains of a Toshiba laptop for disposal. I forgoed (?) picking all of it up but the charger and power cord looked OK. Plugged it in to the Toshiba Laptop I use and it fits and seems to work safely with a longer lead than any of the previous two cha...
by Whyperion
23 Dec 2025, 09:51
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 5093
Views: 1061833

Re: Seen in the News

Fujistu were out of their depth. I think the essence was computer/software people that didnt understand accounting , and accountants that didnt understand computers. And a Department of Trade that did not want to fund the entire Horizon project to the extent the specification , test , and implementa...

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