big fan of offbeat subtitled european filums but im afraid 'cinema paradiso' really tested my will to live

jean de florette / manon des sources

volver

the big lebowski

city of god

+1 down by law

didnt mean to sound officious but thems the rules for gas

oil is a dark art to me anyway 🙂

saladdodger

external controls – no

gas appliances – yes – if you have to take the boiler case off to get at it youre in 'competence' territory

vokeras not good news – but prob fixable

id have to advise getting a gas safe registered installer to look at it

could be any number of faults in the water section of the boiler

but any work on a gas appliance comes under the regs

sounds like a frozen cold feed pipe into the boiler – or someones inadvertently turned the isolation valve off

trace the cold main feed to the combi and if there is exposed pipework vulnerable to freezing try and thaw it out

gently – edit

never watched her but she cant be worse than davina

sohala
you'll be fine then
thought it was the 'best bitter' option

go steady on the robby's if your on call

shiraz and 'beeswing' by richard thompson

couple of city centre belters with riding nearby in bristol and manchester – hotel quality at hostel prices – bike storage might be a concern though

brews
stews
bread
cakes
warms
dries
lasts forever

what is not to like?

used to be a capri on bricks

the can of worms is open now

its not voodoo

just bleed them

shouldn't make any difference but off if it bothers you

if you like spanish you could do a lot worse than 'el rincon de rafa' (st johns st off deansgate) best to book tho

dimitris just round the corner (greek :wink:)

+1 for the chop house – makes me hungry just thinkin about it

48 – pipe strangler

hmm what do you call it when something's so bad that it's good ?

the clock's ticking – wonder if i'll actually watch it ?

anything could happen !

ah go on !

separate accounts for me and mrs b = 22yrs of married bliss :wink:- not going to risk it all by getting a joint one now

barb jungr

agree with what bear said except i only have misgivings not hatred for combis
and if thats the system you have its probably going to be major expense/ upheaval to change to a conventional one so you're kind of stuck with repairing it or replacing with another combi – on the positive side no reason why a properly installed reliable make (vaillant or worcester bosch -yawn) shouldn't last 15 years

mr woppit – while i'm way too young for the IOW
the anti nazi league victoria park is a blast from the past for me too
went down on the coach from grassroots books in manchester with a motley collection of ageing hippies and radical punks – good times 😀

8mm bolt on hub + surly tuggnut on d/s = no slippage on my simple

built in tensioners are a nice idea but dont really work

my classified ad now has email in profile 😳
50 quid for 2 x proride 591s + thule aero bars + mountings

got some 591s and aero bars for sale in the classifieds if youre interested

norman watt-roy -thread closed

tom waits
steve earle
van morrison(back in the day)
john fogerty

grumpy old man music 😡

as above 32mm twisters on pompino and still got 5mm clearance each side on the chainstays

el rincon on st johns st (just off deansgate) if you like authentic spanish grub

then a pint in the bp

norwich is a fine city

it says so on the signs

and there is some good trail riding (+1 for group ride)

but better than manchester i think not – goes off to watch footie

got some nice conti twister 32's on my pompino

coil will be 1" bsp

if the other two aren't same diameter (ie they're smaller ) then they are 3/4" bsp

all non-tapered thread!

counting lurkers? +1

he wanted them to play phil collins greatest hits!

he's guilty

its usually easier than turning the mains off unless you need to work on the colds as well?

once its tied up it will drain the cold tank – roughly 25 gall

in theory you did right turning off feed to cylinder – unfortunately those gate type valves rarely shut off properly so tie up the tank and leave the gatevalve open

either do what stoner said and turn the mains off or just tie up the ballvalve in the big tank (bungee strap works well) the open hot taps till theyre drained

'you think that's a schwinn !" bradd pitt in ' burn after reading'

how many? one 'karsten' inflatable

why? i guess i like "niche"