And question them on how the subs are spent,fancy offices, comapny cars, high paid management, etc

Well, we are going back 14 years but I once attended a meeting/dinner at the NMC HQ as a student representative for Leeds Nursing School and we dined in style, and I mean style-silver service, carpaccio of beef, aged wines.

While still registered, I now work in a clinical role for a global devices company and as profit making organisation we never eat like that….difference is it’s our money to spend.

P.S our company clears £18 millon PA in the UK, the NMC does £81 million

And it’s not even a pre paid envelope when you return your documents and a paper registration card when confirmation eventually arrives!

For all the naysayers, if you understood how utterly F***ing useless the NMC are as a governing body you would understand why the rise in fees causes such a response from nurses.

You are effectively paying to have your name on a register and nothing else, they aren’t worth 76 pence never mind £76.

Unlike other professional bodies that support their members, throughout all the recent changes in the NHS and all those before the NMC have remained silent and ineffective.

Petition signed

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

As above, send it back.

I returned my three year old jacket after the taping started to come unstuck and they sent me a brand new replacement free of charge.

Great service in my experience.

I’m with Fanylion with regards to Harrogate.

I currently live in Chapel Allerton in Leeds and was over in Harrogate at the weekend and it’s on another level compared to even the nice parts of Leeds.

I lost my car key there once in Valley Park, and unlike Leeds where whoever found it would have walked up and down the street clicking away until they found my car and made off, in Harrogate the bloke formed a possee and walked around the park asking if anyone had lost them, eventually reuniting me with them.

It also has per square mile the highest content of Class A yummy mummies I’ve encountered :D

Wow, imagine the pain he was in. Nice people standing around filming it..

Totally, the dudes on fire and everyones stood around like it’s Dynamo pulling a stunt

they’ve taken over McD’s for filling the gutters of Oxfordshire.

Surely it was always The Gourmet Burger Company in the ‘shire?

Currently got got a 2008 Kona Unit 2-9, 73 degree headtube angle and 74 degree seat seat tube versus 70 degrees and 71 degrees on the Highball; Now I see that written down it makes sense why the Kona handles so badly in the singletrack

The other option is a large frame (rather than XL) with a 24 inch top tube but the head tube is alot shorter and I don’t fancy a ton of spacers.

Sorry to hear that.

My parents still dine out on the story of wheeling me around York circa 1976 until A+E opened (back then it wasn’t 24 hrs in the provinces) and exposed bone protruding from my little finger.

He’ll be alright and chicks dig scars, even at nursery.

crossmark on the front?, in this drought? asking for trouble that is

:lol:

I’ve got a Specialized FastTrak (front) and Renegade (rear).

Scarily fast but as soon as it gets damp prepare for lots of sideways action, not always in a good or expected way

I’ve got a Kurt Kinetic road machine and it is awesome, solid and reliable.

I got mine from Planet X a good few years back and it was a silly price, maybe £125?

While I couldn’t afford one at current list prices I can see why they cost what they do and expect it will last for years.

Can we throw Woodrups into the mix; absolutely faultless service

The first ‘real’gig I went to was Run DMC and Beastie Boys at the Royal Court in Liverpool May 1987, aged 14, courtesy of my mates dad.

The Beasties shaped my musical life, got me in to Hip Hop, which got me in dance music, which got me into trouble and they were there when I finally matured.

God bless and RIP.

Well at least I know I’m not the only one.

The working long hours and being time poor is something I definately identify with and though commitments mean downsizing isn’t an option right now.

Olddog, thanks for some sound advice.

Yunki, you are quite right, the things you own end up owning you.

You just believe that God made sure there was a cardiologist in the crowd.

You made my point for me

My BB7s have been as powerful as any hydraulic brakes I’ve ever used

+1

The only thing I’d say is on big, long downhills (Alpine stylee) your forearms can take a beating with mechanical discs alot sooner than hydraulics, aside from that I find them spot on.

I’m going to roll in miles behind the field to find the medals already awarded and the marshalls packing up the course.

Been there, done that

It’s just riding your bike

+1

I’ve found it daunting especally Kielder 100 but more from a ‘Why’ve I chosen to ride 100 miles on a singlespeed’ point of view than because its a race.

Go out, do your best, enjoy yourself and remember that whatever place you come plenty of the DNFs will be because they ran out of steam/didn’t train as hard as you/lost the battle pyschologically so you’ve beaten all of them straight away.

The main thing from my point of view is just finishing as during a 10 hour race you will have dark moments but if you finish you won’t have to carry the shame like all of those I passed at HTN this year lurking in bushes near the 2 hour mark rather than go out for an extra lap.

You’ll be alright, good luck.

110000 miles on a Mondeo and not a single fault light, most reliable car I’ve ever had

Get your geometry sorted and speak to Ricky Feather.

I’m away with work tonight and got builders in so at mother in laws for two weeks :( but as we’ve got interest I’ll speak to the gatekeeper tomorrow and identify a date (likely in May).

I’ve got a Mondeo estate and and can fit me+3 from Leeds area.

I’ve got no route in mind, more that I want to ride with some new/more folk.

I quite like it up around the North York Moors; if anyone want to suggest routes lets get it started :D

Draw a line from the mouth of the Humber to the mouth of the Mersey, above this line is The North.

Below this line but above a line from The Wash to the Severn Bridge is the Midlands.

Below this second line is The South.

This is about right; I’m Yorkshire born and I would have let North Derbyshire in to be honest, well Mansfield, but below that is South.

There is no Midlands, just South.

I tend to average around 15-16 miles an hour on my own and even when really fit I struggle to average more than 18mph solo.

This is the what my Garmin says about yesterday, I’m happy with it but I’m sure someone will come on and call me slow.

Distance: 37.17 miles
Moving Time: 2:27:32
Avg Moving Speed: 15.1 mph
Max Speed: 31.9 mph
Elevation Gain: 2,842 ft
Elevation Loss: 2,512 ft
MaxElevation: 845 ft
Avg Bike Cadence: 81 rpm
Max Bike Cadence: 128 rpm

iDave, walk away; it’s obvious from the feedback in this thread that you don’t need to be defending yourself at ten to eleven on a Sunday night

jet26, how long have you been in PenisTown? (you must have seen the Look North clip :D) I’ve got friends who grew up there and one still lives in Thurgoland

Blue rings a bell Shep, it was always around the junction of Harrogate Road and Gledhow Valley Road; I think I saw the same guy at Kielder 100 2010

probably but the irony is they’ll be £3

the one that only ate carbs wouldn’t die of scurvey in a short period of time thus surving the study unkike the exclusive fat fat and protein eaters.

You say that but what about your Inuits living off seal blubber and fish for 9 months of the year?

If three identical people got 2000 kcal per day, one from fat, one from protein and one from carbs, would they all remain at the same weight? If not why not?

I know that conversion of carbs and protein into fat for storage is very inefficient and that insulin plays a role in this but what’s the answer?

This link’s not about HDMI but I’m sure it’s equally applicable

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/audiophiles-cant-tell-the-difference-between-monster-cable-and/

I just pump them up until my knackered track pump starts leaking air from the seals

Same here; are the folk who run different pressures front/rear and wet/dry trolling?

As a teen I once had to dispatch an injured rabbit in the back field.

Being a bit squeamish about necking it I got a spade from the shed to take it’s head off and in height of the moment missed and chopped its ears off.

At that point it squealed and hearing the noise our tabby cat shot out of the hedge and did the job for me.

You may have better luck with a pigeon as they don’t have ears.

It’s a difficult one.

Me and wife have a close friend whose functioning coke addict (she would deny this but doing lines in your own home on a week day night says otherwise to me).

She’s depressed because life hasn’t turned out as well for her as it has for some of us but never connects the two even when you spell it out to her.

Just after New Year she hit what we thought was bottom, cried for help, we got her family involved (she’d hidden it from them; they just though Lady Luck didn’t shine on her..?..) and for about two weeks it looked like she was making an effort then we went out with her one evening and she had ‘just a couple of cheeky lines’.

Unfortunately like TJ says he won’t stop until he does, addicts are addicts and rehab only works for those who are ready.

As hard as it is we’ve had to step away and let her get on with it; my personal feeling is as long as addicts know there are people to fall back on who will pick up the pieces they never have the impetus to change.

I started at 35 on holiday in Cornwall, just woke up one night wheezing like good un.

It’s generally seasonal (Autumn/Winter), occurs more often than not at night time and while not diagnosed through allergy testing the GP thinks it’s likely to be leaf mould and mould spores that cause the problem (my side of the bed is next to a cold wall that has damp/condensation issues).

Ventolin and Beclomethasone doing the trick.

My mates got my 94 Kilauea (19 inch) with near original spec that he might be willing to sell if anyone is interested. he’s based in Cornwall (Bodmin).