But doctors don't go knocking on doors at Xmas with their hands out wanting a tax free payment for doing their job, do they?

mick – Member
well if you window cleaner chooses to clean your windows after his 48hr week then you may do dunno where hes posted but i sure dont do any work in my off time

Well my boss has a regular gardener who is a fireman, and his mate(s) have just redecorated all through his house. How DO they find the time to put in a full time job, and still have the time and energy for second jobs? Assuming that they are actually working in the first place. Remind me again, what goes on during a nightshift? And I've been in firestations at night and seen!

Posties and firemen. Last bastions of old school union idiocy.

We're still waiting for the "efficiency savings" that were to be brought in after the last fire strike 5(?) years ago. Why should we believe that posties will be any different.

Automated sorting? Just a means of ensuring that the post gets to the address stated, unlike the present when post goes anywhere(especially the interetsing looking things)

Hey Gary M. That's my recipie, but without chocolate topping. Damned good it is too.

I've got a stonker. If you'll put your e-mail on your profile I'll mail it to you.

They're riding at 11am tho, not 9am

Yup I know, but I'm not a great one for official functions and talking shops, so the thought is to go and get a ride in before it all gets too organised.

What's the parking like at Dog and Partridge? I might have a ride round if this weather don't improve. Thinking of getting there about 9AM. Will there be restrictions, or is there room for us all?

P7. No real alternative.

Why has no one suggested giving the bench a coat of paint?

10d per pint of mild.
1s for bitter
1s3d for "keg".

All about 1967, in the backstreet pubs in Blackburn.

1s equates to 5p in today's money. Could get well ratarsed on 50p.

Didn't we have this conversation the same time last year?

You don't want a vac. You end up walking around with a big sack of leaves hanging on your back. Get a blower and a shovel. Best are Stihl, but like anything good they don't come cheap.

Have you tried Betd?

Wife uses one. Seems to work OK. Just make sure that you place the butt high enough off the ground so that you can get your watering can under the tap.

I'm thinking along similar lines. There was a thread a couple of days ago that seemd to indicate that sealing was the problem, and used tyres might be too loose to seal properly without an industrial compressor.

Works on my M4s.

alwyn – Member
I'm not, but do love the French life style. If I have money when I retire then I'm off to the Pyrenees. The main problem is the way they test for epo. I am not a sports scientist so don't know a better way.
It would be nice for to tour to return to the days of LeMond and Hinault. Don't get me wrong this year’s tour was amazing and I'm sure next year will be too. But it would nice to have a tour that’s about the cycling.

And you think Lemond and Hinault were clean? You're living in a dream world. Presumably you think Tommy Simpson died of dehydration, that Virenque was a nice boy, and that Ullrich only ate bratwurst. The pros in the peleton have been doping in one form or an other since the Tour started. Maybe, just maybe, they are easing off now. But, there could be yet another "new" drug that the testers haven't heard about. Cynicism will always be present, because cheats will also always be around.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47781/Cleaning/Swarfega-Surface-Cleaners/Swarfega-Heavy-Duty-Degreaser

Screwfix degreaser. £10 for 5 litres, dilutes 50:1 so you get 250 litres for a tenner. You won't get cheaper than that. It's what I use on chains, cassettes etc. Leave to soak and the grease just lifts off.

This is the best battery charger on the market. Battery Logic are good to buy from, and their batteries are also good. The beauty of this beast is that it charges slowly, which somehow is good for the battery. Fast chargers burn the batteries out. I don't know the technology but my geekish neighbour does.

http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/technoline/technoline-bl700.asp

to borrow …………. to me,

You could lend mine if you want.

there is a 100 waypoint limit for routes.

If you use Memory Map you can override that limit, and set a limit of your choice. I have set 250 per route.

If anyone has taken their windows off, and wants a beer token or two in exchange then I'd be happy to talk to you!!!

build your routes on something else and import them as gpx. i use tracklogs to design routes then import them

Tracklogs will send them direct to GPS without the need for any other software.

I've tried all sorts of free mapping technology, but Memory Map/Tracklogs beat them all. Unfortunately you have to pay for them. Depends if you want an accurate track/route that you can reliably follow, or if you just want something more general.

Think it's one to take on the chin, and not use that company again.

We're having a long e-mail conversation at present. I threatened to send an invoice for a morning's work – £100 – and use Small Claims to recover it. That really started them thinking, but they don't know that I won't do it. Seems like I'm moving up the heirachy at their end.

Realistically I won't get anywhere, but their service is poor, and I'm giving them a bit of a run around which I'll settle for.

Postie here is good, and will deliver to next door if I leave a note (Don't tell RM though!)

So what are the thin flat ones, approx twice the diameter of those shown?

Well I've never buttered a Chorley cake. Are you talking about the rather large thin flat cakes, or the somehwat smaller but deeper cakes with sugar on the top. Eccles cakes are of the small and deep shape, but no sugar on top, ideal for butter.

Could be we're talking about lots of variations on a theme here. How many varieties of Cheddar cheese are there?

I was given no choice as to postage methods. I was told what the costs would be, take it or leave it. On the basis that items from Lunnun and of this nature are likely to go walkabout I realised why this method was being chosen. Their delivery note states that "Royal Mail Special' delivery and will normally arrive next day before 13:00pm." was used, hence why I waited in.

Eccles cakes should be eaten with butter on top, or in a dish covered with Bird's Custard. Chorley cakes are sugared on top, and are made with flaky (aka puff) pastry. Wife used to live right opposite Joe Hall's, so we consider ourselves experts!

Orange P7?

Route goes from High Eskholme, over Muncaster Fell. That looks cheeky. Presume that's what you mean.

SFB, is one of you routes/gpx thingies available?

I use Copperslip, and it seems to help mine a lot. Doesn't stop them squealing after going through water, but otherwise, yes, it helps.

Evans is crap in the evening. Can't see him being better in the morning.
As for Sarah Kennedy, think we all agree there. Even worse is that Mo Dutter on Saturday/Sunday mornings, though he's been off for the past couple of weeks; blessed relief.

Like Wrighty though.

Charley Varrick.

The Taking of Pelham 123.

I did hear that they were remaking the Pelham one. Have to be good to beat Walter Matthau at his best.

F1 is boring. Moto GP is exciting. Motre action, more chance of overtaking, more chance of something happening, rather than a procession that relies on something unexpected happening. How those guys ride a bike at 200 mph is astonishing. And the lap record for the IOM TT is over 130 mph. Those guys are seriously mad! Even Rossi said so.

Pembo, if you're reading this…I'm trying to contact you, but you don't show your e-mail, and we can't PM through here. Mail me will you?

There were some big threads, maybe on the old forum, about CK scoring steerer tubes. IIRC CK know about it and it's something to do with them not wanting to buy a licence to use the Aheadset patent. Seems this patent runs out in a couple of years, and they may change their format then. But, they do seem to score steerers; I took mine off when I saw what had happened and fitted a Hope.

It's a 6mm threaded hole in the bottom of the steerer tube. I use a Topeak Defender on mine. Simply throw away the plug thingy and use a 6mm bolt instead. Bit of Locktite and the job's done.

Sorry mispost

Ah, that loggy section. Totally ballsed it up first time round. Second time I got half way up it then bounced myself to a stop. I'll get it eventually.