Canny lass

From The history of the Cornish Pasty: " since 2011 the European Union's rules for what constitutes a true Cornish pasty have been much more restrictive: to be a cornish pasty you must have potato, swede, onion and beef wth the filling containing at least 25 percent vegetables and at least 12.5 percent meat. Most importantly, the pasty must be made in Cornwall". I wonder how things stand with our very own Bedlington Terrier. How long Before the EU rules state that it must be concieved in Bedlington in order to use the name?

Try telling that to the Swedish pensioners! No subsidised dental care. No free Health care - they pay for every contact they have with any kind of health care worker. No free prescriptions (until you reach 130 GBP. Then the rest of the year is free). They pay for their food when they are in hospital and also for the ambulance that took them there. No free bus pass (but they do get a reduced rate if they travel outside of rush hours). No heating allowance and definitely no Christmas gift from the government. However, they are well used to it - it's the same for everybody, old and young alike.

Happy birthday Malcolm. Such a shame you had to work though. Never mind - the week end will soon be here. You can celebrate then.

43 Children and only one teacher! You wouldn't see that today! 20 Children require i teacher and 1-2 assistents in my neck of the Woods.

Now that's a very good idea! Pitmatic would be wasted on the majority. I'm sure there are miners all over the UK who would thoroughly enjoy HPW's 'ramblings'. OR and even better, the book written in standard English and including a cd with the narrative related by HPW himself.

As usual HPW, fascinating reading!

3g, I have my own rule that says you should never own anything older than yourself - unless it's signed by Rubens, Renoir or Gauguin.

We Girls must have something to pass the time while the lads are getting their tattoos.

Nice to have met a few of you on my all too short visit. I did wave at the camera everytime I passed that way so I hope I 'met' a few more. even if not personally. Maybe we should have a sign to be able to recognise each other - secret handshake, lapel pin (bedlington terrier, market cross, B for bedders)? The possibilities are endless.

I'm well impressed Foxy! Not only do you remember the date but even the time! Your lass is lucky! Nice to have bumped into you, by the way.

Well, that explains Everything. Still on Windows 7 here so no charms. As for the charmers i Think most of them are on this site!

Thanks 3g. I think I'll give it a go. Foxy, what's a 'charm'?

3g, I'm getting loads of 'pop-ups' telling me to upgrade to Windows 10 'for free'. Should I Believe it?

Quite right Symptoms! Carbide it was. Just me having another 'senior moment' I'm afraid.

Carbine! Now there's a memory HPW. I remember going to the 'store' at Netherton to buy it. They weighed it up in thick, blue paper bags. It smelled awful - as did the cupboard where it was kept at home.

What a grim Picture of Life and poverty. We've come a long way. Thanks Eggy

Good thinking, Maggie!

On the subject of names - anybody know why it's a rag and 'bone' man. The rag bit is self explanatory but where did bones come into the Picture?

I love the colour and style of those flower tubs etc. Gives a nice 'country village' feel to the place. I hope they keep developing Bedlington along those lines. It really is Beautiful. Well done to whoever came up with the idea of including the railings in the scheme.

We certainly don't HPW!

I can report that the computer cleaning was definitely the easier of the two and with less problems in it's Wake.

It's Amazing isn't it, Maggie. When I've thought about coal-mining I've never given a thought to anything other than taking the coal from underground to the Surface. The whys and wherefores of how they got to the coal in the first Place or the logistics of getting people and coal in and out have never entered my head until HPW started sharing his experience and knowledge with us. Coal mining chould be a science in it's own right! Keep posting HPW!

The knife grinder was called the "tinker" in Netherton. He also mended holes in pots and pans . Not really sure how he did it. The repair looked something like a washer had been used but I don't remember any screws being involved.

Strange thing is this computer, even if it's 6 yo hasn't been connected to internet for more than 8-9 months - since I sold the business. It belonged to the Company and then i tried to keep it only for work that didn't require internet - book keeping, letters, office work and the likes. Thanks for the tip about monthly cleaning, Symptoms. I'll give it a try.

Great joy!! It's working again. I couldn't get it going with the system restore and didn't dare go too far back in case I lost anything important. Hubby thought he'd uninstalled Java but it was still here this morning. Maybe he hadn't completed the job? However, now it is definitely uninstalled and we'll take your advice about all things to do with Java, 3g. Hubby found something called "C-Cleaner" which he downloaded and used with apparent success. Everything seems to be working again - and at great speed - and the CPU is going at about 5% instead of 100%. If it happens again we'll try your remedy 3g. Thanks for your help. My sanity is now restored.