Gutted.

'finally someone has put Sawyze in the corner…'

Donald, I hear you, but I had to water some plants this morning as it had been 5 days with no rain!

Can you believe it? FIVE WHOLE DAYS!!!

Thanks for all the advice folks.

Ended up with this Bosch 14.4v lithium ion drill driver complete with 3 li-ion batteries

Good deal I feel.

Been to Cala D'or – nice village and beach.

Thanks guys, keep them coming please.

That's really very impressive. I used to train with a local bunch where I live in Lanarkshire called the Bundy. Many of those guys were, and still are, top level Scottish Amateur road racers and with that kind of performance you would comfortably be near the front of their training rides.

Troutie, the light looks fantastic and will surely be a big hit.

Realistically it is overkill for my needs so I wanted to ask if there was any plans to do a full self-contained light and battery combo unit?

Best of luck!

Thought some folk might like to hear about my meeting with the nursery today after my original post last night.

I asked for a chat with the nursery manager today who was only to happy to oblige.

I started the meeting by saying that I understand that these things happen and that they are only young kids who are probably biting more out of frustration and a lack of ability to properly express themselves than out of any malice or badness. I pointed out that I wasn't intending to be all self-righteous as it could quite easily be me here in 6 months time talking about how my daughter was doing the biting and hitting.

I was however keen to hear about their policy for handling these types of things. It turns out that the boy in question had bitten 8 younger children that day and when they had brought it up with the mother, they were told that the mum doesn't believe in shouting or strong discipline.

After they took the evening to think about it, the nursery have since said to the mother in question that they have a duty to provide a safe environment for all children in their care, and whilst they are not going to use any heavy handed treatment, they will have to keep a close eye on the biting situation. Also said that if they try and explain and demonstrate to the little boy that biting isn't acceptable and he continues to do it over a period of time they will have to re-evaluate whether he can continue attending the nursery. They did however make it clear that they are going to put an extra member of staff in the room to specifically work with boy and provide all the help they can – hoping the situation improves.

Me and Mrs AB are a lot happier.

Last thing I'd like to say is a big thanks to everyone who's taken the time to give me and Mrs AB some advice, it really helped form my thoughts and response when I spoke to the nursery manager today.

Much criticising and ridicule at times, but once in a while STW gives me a warm feeling in my tummy!

Not for me, but looks a great deal for anyone after a drill, angle grinder or jigsaw.

Have read quite a few reviews on them and by all accounts they seem great bikes.

Supposed to be light, stiff yet more comfortable than an average carbon frame due to the more relaxed sportive geometry – longer wheel base, slacker head angle etc.

The condition of the roads these days would lead me to buy a more relaxed/sportive type bike, than an out and out racer.

johnikgriff – good advice too. Feel a good bit calmer now.

neverfastenuff – I wasn't going to bring this up, but my wife was speaking to her mum on the phone earlier tonight, telling her what happened and apparently my brother-in-law's little boy is still a bit traumatised from a biting incident at his nursery about 9 months ago, so that is also playing on my mind.

Jackson, my wife and the other mother was told my the staff that the boy has bitten other kids before.

Starting to see that biting seems to be more common than I thought, although, Jackson, clearly we disagree that this situation has already been adequately addressed.

Good advice, stumpy.

Glad I posted this on here. Always to good to get another perspective.

John, thanks for that post.

Taking these points on board, so thanks.

Should have said I'm going in to see the manager to discuss this.

Guess I want to know that if this keeps on happening it won't just be dealt with by giving the offending kid's parent a 'talking to'.

At the end of the day, my responsibility is to look out for/after my daughter as she is clearly too young and small at the moment to look after herself.

Not easy being a parent – is it.

If we're talking about riding roadie porn then of course I would have chosen this:

Kingtut – I do, actually.

Just bored is all – didn't say it was particularly creative 😉

As others have suggested, there is plenty to choose from, but Macallan is consistently regarded as one of the best Single Malts around. Very drinkable too. It's what I buy friends and clients who want to get into Whiskey, but haven't drunk much of it before.

Ah, the old Ford Mondeo TDCI problems, eh?

Agree it is expensive, but it's still better than a car boot sale or the stuff sitting in your loft/spare room.

I really like the guy. As folk have said, it was cool to take the piss out of him and for a while Ramsey was more popular, but for me he comes across as an honest nice guy.

Haven't noticed it happen, but I know a few guys who wait till the new ranges come out (about now) to wait to buy second hand ones that invariably come on the market when riders upgrade to the 'latest must have trail niche'. So that demand might actually push prices up – if you catch my drift…

rockitman – thanks for the suggestion, but not really my/our thing.

Sorry to disappoint Capt. but it ain't that kind of 'boys weekend'.

Although, judging by how much the lads are looking forward to getting away from their wives and kids for a couple of days, there's no saying where we'll end up!

Been looking about for a few days now and think I'm quite close to deciding on this drill. It's a Bosch 14.4v Cordless with 3 x 1.3ah Lithium-ion batteries.

It comes with a 3 year guarantee. The batteries might only be 1.3ah, but there is three of them. Also, there is a fair whack of money off and it's about £50 less that what it sells for elsewhere. Torque up to 50nm as well – which seems plenty. Pretty lightweight too.

Any final thoughts before I pull the trigger?

Thanks.

Donald, I take it that's not a euphemism?!

Right guys, thanks.

Off to the woods tonight to look for some fallen branches!

ourmaninthenorth – who mentioned indoor?

uplink – no danger of the stick rotting?

Donald – you are bang on. Any other shrewd observations you care to offer?

Handsomedog – he edited his original post. First one didn't make sense.

BTW, the are going to go under the eaves of our our house so have to be artificial. Done right, in big pots, they do look good.

BigDummy – ❓

scaredypants – would it not just rot?
mrmichaelwright – they are ringing out just now.

snaps – oops! Sorry.

Does switching telephone line rental providers affect your existing broadband service?

Thanks. I'm a little unclear about the relationship between the volts and the torque. Some of the Ryobi 18v drills have torque around 37nm, but some of the 14v Bosch and Makita drills can manage the same levels of torque, if not more, but are smaller bodies and voltage.

So, am I better to go for a voltage, or is it the torque numbers that really count?

Having a wee look at 14v Makita drill and there are TONS of varieties. A little confused by the differences in each of them. Also most look only 10mm chucks.

Here are a few of the deals I found:

One
Two
Three
Four

Any thoughts?

Thanks for all the advice so far guys. Went to my local Screwfix last night to take a look at these two:

Ryobi 18V Compact Cordless Drill

Ryobi 18V Combi with 2 x Li-ion Batteries

I know you said go for a Ni-Cad drill, but these two look quite good so I went to give them a feel. Both pushing out 37nm of torque and it was noticeable how much better the smaller, more compact model was to hold. The Li-ion batteries made the whole package very light too, but something about the drills didn't convince me to buy either of them.

After your suggestions, I might try and see if I can get a hold of a 14.4v Matika and see what I think of that.

oops, didn't think of that!