What about getting a Jap import? Something like a Toyota Previa/Estima, Nissan El Grand etc. A friend is importing one himself (saving a lot over buying one pre-imported apparently). You get all sorts of toys you don’t get on Euro cars (remote control doors for example) you can get them in 4wd and hybrid too.

Personally I’d much rather get an MPV type thing rather than an estate, you may lose a bit on drive-ability but you get a lot more space, practicality and higher driving position.

I looked at (new shape) Berlingo when we recently changed cars, really great cars, may have bought one but the 110 XTR model which we saw smelled like an ashtray, we came back looked at it again, it had sold in the interim at a big discount and now smelled as fresh as any nearly new car full of chemicals could.

Thanks for all the feedbacks. Not averse to an active dog, didn’t realise that walking on the lead did not count towards any of it’s exercise, the school run is a bit over 4 miles daily so thought that would be worth something. Saw the little critters tonight, my fave taken though :-( Bastardly cute.

Very, very nice. Shame the Simple doesn’t come in the same colours, it would probably have been my next bike, wait for mk2 colours.

For what you want I’d go for the one with the big screen, ie the S2. I’ve got a Desire (same screen size as iPhone, albeit nowhere near as good) and find myself suffering screen envy. Alternatively cheap phone and tablet computer?

If you need it it’s all still there, just “View Page Source” (In FF) and you can see the page with all the HTML and ting.

2721.55422g

From the Grauniad article linked up there ^^^^

How many civil partnerships are there?

More than 18,000 civil partnerships were formed in 2006, the first year they were legal in Britain. Since then 6,000 to 8,000 a year have been performed.

That compares to (in 2008) 233000 so about 3%ish

err it seems to be the same party on both sides of the debate, so if you voted for the Tories you voted for and against gay marriage. A move which Labour ultimately shied away from.

Pilates effectively cured my semi-chronic lower back pain after being advised to go by my osteopath – did himself out of a few quid there

Gonna see Henry Rollins doing his talking thing @ the Southbank Centre on Friday. Anyone seen him before? Looking forward to it

Saw him wayyyyyyy back in the 90’s, brilliant.

Pretty chuffed with my Chiba Dry Star, pretty warm, allegedly very water proof, not too chunky (ok on a SS, just about alright with gears I’dve thought) only down side is lining not fully stitched in. Bought silly cheap (£16?) on Merlin, more now.

As long as you haven’t borked them trying to get the tyres on then distance selling regulations are your friend.

The home brew tubeless compressor made from a 2l soda bottle, plastic tubing and valves works amazingly well ime. There’s a thread somewhere but can’t find it at the mo. I’m sure somebody will oblige.

Interesting thread MJ-808 seems to be on the way out, well the battery does, buy now or wait till autumn, decisions decisions.

One of the reasons why Westminster is not trusted to set the referendum up – memories of what happened last time. it looked like a yes vote would go thru so the terms were changed to make a yes vote totally implausible

What would count as a yes for the SNP, 50.01% of electorate?

Jacobite succession, welcome the potential new King of Scotland

Franz Duke of Bavaria (on the left :D)

I wonder how accurate a picture it is, we’re shown Coppers in action for 50ish minutes (albeit I only watched 20 minutes) and I didn’t see a single copper drone endlessly on about their pensions.

This is a grossly inaccurate portrayal judged by my recent encounters with the the old bill.

#shutupaboutyourfunkingpension

Love my Quito jacket, too much really because I never use it on the bike, just for bodding around in. Would definitely buy again.

Another vote for fleegles, I like mine just fine.

The Guardian softening the punters up for the paywall perhaps?

Ages, about 10-15 minutes, not a long time really but an age when staring at a white screen, as you’ll know.

i see…how does one s-off then?!

DrP

Something called Revolutionary.

not convinced this has worked
White screen with green HTC on it – about 15 minutes like that since reboot

Reboot takes ages.

Partioning the sd was the only issue I had really, Rom manager wouldn’t work, I downloaded a free windows utility, which didn’t work at all despite reporting success, annoying. Ended up using the gparted tool in an ubuntu machine I had access to.

Definitely try to s-off it, I didn’t when I rooted mine wish I had when it was the task in hand.

+1 clerks

made for $27,575

Panasonic Smart VIERA TX-P65VT30B, brilliant

coke and whores

Yup bedding in essential, my unbedded in organic Formula pads lasted one wet ride in the Hertfordshire slop. Bedding them in extended organic pads life to a good 4 or 5 months. Fully bedded in Superstar sintered have lasted over a year.

To bed them in I ride down the hill I live on a few times stopping as hard as I can several times without locking, building up a lot of heat and then spray with water, a fairly satisfying sizzle and cloud of steam ensues.

You could try importing favourites/bookmarks into IE.

Completely uninstall FF. Reboot.

Reinstall FF and import bookmarks into FF from IE.

Maybe

I used the unREVOked guide here.

It seems daunting but once you’re actually doing it it really isn’t all that difficult.

I bought some Chiba Dry Star after reading some threads on here from last year, picked them up silly cheap from Merlin and they worked a treat in around zero-ish riding at the weekend, linings seemed to be stitched in but still had minor problems with little finger.

If it’s in the same format as the freebie mag ST had a month or two back I used an app called Moon reader.

I used to be (am?) a pretty hardcore atheist, however we will never be able to disprove the existence of a god so why bother? Maybe we are just a part of some meta-being’s science experiment?

However the God of The Bible loooooooool, the guy (for he is a guy) is a nutter, he doesn’t want worshiping he wants locking up.

LED TV’s aren’t available yet probably have to wait until next year

Probably get a better deal in the sales in January if you can make it that long

My parents in law have one, it’s quite unbelievably bad

assume that’s the Bose???

Plus the Vita is a british company…

Yeah the Bose, Vita stuff is lush, although tbf I’ve never actually heard it but it certainly looks the part.

Roberts do something equivalent to the Wave too as do Tivoli

Happened to me too. It was the final push I needed to make me root it. Glad I did, transformed my phone. Couple of hours “work”, tops.

My parents in law have one, it’s quite unbelievably bad. For the money it’s almost criminal.

Why is everyone so concerned about how much other people spend on the people they love?

Half these posts scream of jealousy or hypocrisy.

^^^^^^So much this

Laptop, 10yo’s will be doing the social media thing and keyboards>>>>>screens

Liz Jones has to be the biggest WUM’er in “Fleet Street”. Kudos though for the sentence “….Willie Carson, a nasty little man with soft, pendulous breasts. “

Peter Crouch is one lucky fella.

Are there any fat bike haterz? I love em but probably overkill for Hertfordshire.