Berm Bandit – Member

Anyone figure out why we didn’tt just buy AK47’s

1) Relatively inaccurate
2) 7.62 not NATO standard so no interchangeability with allies. Additionally, heavier round than 5.56 so ability to carry large quantities of ammunition reduced. Plus, NATO doctrine believed it to be more advantageous to injure (at least 1/2 soldiers to look after every injured man), 7.62 more likely to result in an outright kill in the event of a hit.
3) Would make us look like two bit narco-guerilla hoods. I don’t suppose we’ll be swapping Land Rover Defender for Toyota Hi-Lux anytime soon either.
4) Was/is (original and variants) the principle assault rifle of our enemy (former now, but possibly future again).

loddrik – Member

Spacemonkey, if it is total sincerity you’re after, better to ask on an ME forum than an Mtb forum perhaps…

I was going to, but they didn’t want to know when I asked them whether I should buy an Orange 5!

In all seriousness, you often get a more honest viewpoint outside of a specialist/special interest forum.

druidh – Member

OP – you have PM

Thanks very much, just replied.

druidh – Member

PM me.

Emailed you

Well, her ME isn’t a problem for me and doesn’t change the way I feel. I liked her before I knew anything about it.

Anyway, it’s a condition that I know very little about so I just figured I’d ask for some real life experiences.

Bindings off in a sleeve style case.

I tend to keep them on in my wheeled bag though, unless I’m carrying kit for other people too.

I’d feel uneasy about accepting any money from a friend, short of it being an emergency ‘I’ve lost my wallet and my train ticket was in there’ style scenario.

There used to be a combined Tim Horton’s/Wendy’s in downtown Vancouver, hope it’s still there!

Surrounded By Zulus – Member
If you can see a six pack then there’s some malnutrition going on somewhere.

It’s in the fridge, next to that nice cheesecake!

Not a break up as such, but my dad told me an amusing anecdote concerning a Welsh infantry battalion conducting arctic warfare training in Norway at the height of the Cold War.

The soldiers were routinely enjoying the hospitality of the local women, one particular soldier managed to impregnate a girl during a one night stand. However, substantial quantities of alcohol had been consumed and she couldn’t remember what he looked like, but luckily she did recall his rank and surname.

She turned up at HQ with her furious parents who informed the CO of the situation. The RSM then instructed the men to form up so that the culprit could be collared. Instructing the young lady to reveal the name and rank of the offending squaddie, the RSM then ordered him to step forward….

‘Private Evans!’

60 or so men stepped forward, hilarity ensued, she still couldn’t remember what he looked like and the matter went no further.

On a personal note, I was ditched via a fax message once (this was in 1998). The fax machine ran out of paper midway through so I had to go out and buy some more in order to discover this!

I have to say that my experience of Van in no way corresponds to that of Peter File, I can only assume that the locals thought that Brass Eye really was a documentary! 😛

I agree about BC guys though, they’re huge although not quite as big as the cowboys (literal and/or metaphorical) in Alberta (it’s all of the Ukrainian blood).
A lot of those small towns in the Lower Mainland and BC Interior have some issues at the moment with drugs, gangs, Hells Angels etc etc
There was a quite a serious gang war in Greater Van/Lower Mainland a couple of years ago which changed perceptions of the place somewhat, but by and large you’re at no risk whatsoever if you’re not part of the underworld.

Even the Downtown Eastside (the very mention of this district would produce audible gasps from some Van residents) isn’t particularly scary. I’ve felt at far more risk in Andover on a Friday night. There were police cruisers every 100 metres or so and I never experienced any violence whatsoever. Maybe things have changed over the last 5 years, but Van always seemed pretty idyllic to me.

****, Bavaria

That would depend entirely on the case at hand and obviously, you would not be allowed to discuss that on the internet (or indeed anywhere else).

Mr.Kipling.

I need to adopt an exceedingly strenuous workout schedule as a result.

Simply leave your keys in the front door keyhole at all times, that way you’ll never need to worry about this again

😀

yunki – Member

I only read the local paper…

the nationals are full of ‘news’ about the dandies or the latest shock horror emotional terrorism or rubbish about the wealthier classes and government decisions..

If you think about any of it logically and with a bit of common sense you may come to notice that none of it is really relevant to you or your kin..
all of these things will still happen and you will still not do anything about it.. ever

utter bollo

‘**** the system, I was born to rage against them!’

He came on the bike once?

More of a Kona Sticky then.

TAXI!

Bournemouth Daily Echo, but online only and mainly for the comments after the articles.

A recent highlight was ‘I can spell perfectally well thanks’

allthepies – Member
Could be on to a winner with any laydeez who have watched The Kings Speech and fancy giving it a go

Yeah, I’m hoping to cash in on having the disability du jour! 😛

Imagine Swindon, but without the excellent transport links and a lot more unprovoked ultraviolence.

I was going to suggest Silver Jews, but I’d get turned back at the border with Lebanon!

Did you attend a course or are you self taught?

Wish they’ scrap BBC3…have any of you watched Coming of Age?

Sweet Jesus, it makes 2 Pints of Lager look like Pan’s Labyrinth

I found myself pondering that the other day…

I’m 31 and have a couple of pairs of GAP slim fit (not as tight as their skinny cut, but still a somewhat tighter silhouette than a well fitting pair of 501s). I hope I’m pulling the look off now that I’m a racing snake once again, they look good with Clarks Desert Boots in my experience.

Penny Farthing on Lyriks, it’s the future.

Went out to try and see it in Richmond Park, Bournemouth earlier.

Way too much light pollution though unfortunately.

Ahhh, STW where everyday is Judgment Day!

Well, I already own an iPod dock (basic Cambridge Audio effort) which sits on my mini hifi.

Basically, I want to get rid of my CD collection (900 albums) and this bit of kit seems ideal. I can have them all on this rather than slowing my laptop down (and worrying about the music becoming inaccessible if it dies) or bothering with a conventional external hard drive.

My friend used to live in that village. I’m pretty sure we both bought porn from that shop at various times too!

20.
ton – Member

bravohotel8er…………..seriously?
Posted 28 seconds ago # Report-Post

I believe so.

However, in the event of either of those scenarios we’ll most likely be too busy fighting mutants for canned food and battling giant radioactive scorpions in the wastelands to care!

I think I recall hearing that there’s a protocol in place in the event of some sort of government liquidating disaster.

Mandarins from the various departments of state would form an interim administration. In the event of London being subjected to an apocalyptic attack (thereby rendering the mandarin plan a non-starter), there’s said to be some form of super-council comprised of local authority chief executives….and if that happened expenses really would shoot through the roof!

I used to subscribe to the Spectator, Thrasher, Whitelines, Skyscraper and Punk Planet

These days I have a subscription to Private Eye and that’s it.

I occasionally buy a magazine if I’ve got a long rail journey.

The guy is obviously a ****, but is that an arrestable offence now, really?

Scary stuff if it is.

It is.

Hence the ‘it’s all happening in reverse for me’

It makes The Road look like a feel good movie!

Michael Caine plays a geriatric Richard Littlejohn

I feel sorry for a friend of mine…

He studied Law at Reading University (2:1), took the LPC at the College of Law in Guildford (or is it BPC, one of them anyway) then applied to over 200 firms before being offered a training contract at a decent sized firm in Reading. His training contract coincided with the recession and they only kept one of his intake of 8 on at the end of it.
He’s applied for all sorts of posts around the country since, but has had no luck and after 2 years has jacked it in.

Now he’s trying to establish himself as a web designer, but is getting screwed over by clients who take forever and a day to pay him. 31 years old and living with his parents again in rural Dorset…not really the life he had envisaged.

Legal Executives seem to be suffering to, they seem to be the first out of the door. Those ILEX exams take years to complete and then they find themselves earning just a few grand more than paralegals and legal secretaries.

People thought that indoor skate parks couldn’t work in the UK and then Radlands (RIP) opened.

But, I think the high rents coupled with the even higher insurance costs would put paid to it over here.

I just can’t keep up with their ever changing line-ups, but the two women on bass and rhythm guitar duty with Nashville Pussy cicrca ‘Leth them eat pussy’ were a force of nature!

Nice to see a mention for Sleater Kinney’s Corin Tucker. By rights they should have been huge, but then they probably wouldn’t have wanted that anyway.

Peaches was something of an ultimate rock chick, but I lost interest after the first two (brilliant) albums.

Ahhh, Melissa Auf der Maur…just beautiful.

I remember watching Hole at Reading 1995 when she’d just taken over bass duties. Bought her first solo album, that was pretty good.