Cold tyres and slipped …. :D love it

We never had issues with crushing the tablets to powder and mixing it into their favourite foods/treats. Scruff of the neck never worked with ours, they went mental.

As I said cycling was my main form of transport so I didn’t “dress up” to cycle and I wear jeans mainly when I don’t have to be smart. I rode to work (13 ish miles) a few time in corduroy and found that horrible so it all depends.

To be fair corduroy IS horrible, full stop.

Done a few alpine trips now. First time was on a rigid XC bike. Second on a 6″ full sus, 3rd on an NRS. If I go back it’ll be on a lightly built short travel hardtail. Ignore your mates, bleed your brakes beforehand and all will be lovely.

Indeed. Though human error is almost always the most likely, not suggesting he was acting irresponsibly at all though, its easy to get caught out.

My last one. I only drunk buy stuff I’ve been wanting for ages but not been decisive enough to pull the trigger on.

Good to see the knee jerk “license them” reaction, even the various marine associations disagree, its a pretty rare accident. Don’t spoil it for the masses (been power boating since I was a sprog, worst accidents I’ve seen have been sail boats!).

I suspect he was just cornering too hard over rough stuff and the rear span out, seen it happen a couple of times. Generally doesn’t cause a problem but in a loaded boat with people not expecting it it could end badly.

Plenty of folks out to make a buck or two jumping on a bandwagon though, beware the guilty until proven innocent stupidity.

DNA was trialed around my previous residence, significantly reduced the offending rate.

I’m all for it, we have a couple of local dog owners who will stand and watch as their ball of antisocial fur deposits on the lawn and then walk off. Next time I see it I will run out, grab the poo and smear it in the chaps face.

He is 19 and not a born killer, his religion was the killer not the boy.

People choose their religion and humans have their own consciences regardless of what they are told is ‘right’. That said, no one said it was a religion related incident. He’s a Chechen isn’t he (not sure if there are any linked political issues there, it’s possible).

Good old renault designs :)

I spent a short time doing 34 a day for no wage, but I wouldn’t have sustained it!
But I’d rather being working than being useless at home.

screen might be better, and when you have a noisy pap photo and compress it down to a small physical size the apparent quality rises. That’s why most people get drawn in by phone/pad makers claiming good cameras and it looks ace on the. native screen, then you blow it up to monitor size and its shockingly bad.

They lug the pad because it offers a better all round experience and would be taken anyway?

if no sound it is more likely to be the main PSU board.

sound? is it just the backlight?

no

the media are generally untrustworthy and full of nonsense

why anyone takes any notice of any of them is beyond me

I think that’s the crux of it. the images area petty crude unless only viewed on a small screen or at web resolution, these are not being taken to be printed in a panoramic canvas print, they’re snapshots to amuse friends and family on Facebook. No sane photog would swap them but no sane day tripper would carry a DSLR and bag of lenses to stick 20+ MP images into a social networking site.

And don’t try to cut old greenhouse glass. it just doesn’t work. trust me, I went through 10 panes before giving up!

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Pug 306 estate. Many nights spent kipping in the back of it. It will take a double air bed but that compromises the head room. I prefer a sleeping mat with a duvet over the top and me in my sleeping bag. The car has many advantages to a tent. Electric, sound proofing and nowt to pack away.

I would always prefer a tent unless the pitching is during rain, but my girlfriend and I have slept nights at a time in the back of both a pug 205 and 306 estate. 306 was comfy and warm and more than enough space for both despite my 6’1 17st bulk! No worries at all.

Won’t make a jot of difference in that sort of fire, especially not long before enough heat got into the wheels/parts to ignite. As you can see, even five minutes into the blaze the wheels are fine. plus the car items made from magnesium are generally made from mag alloys anyway.

I do this with most foods, don’t worry, I’m still male.

Water – on a fire with petrol in it? Oooooft… Not sure I’d be recommending that coffeeking.

I didn’t recommend anything!

I would naturally already have an extinguisher present if it were my car. if not though I would risk investigating as fast as possible and identify whether it was more likely to be fuel or electrical. Many older cars suffer electrical fires, which I would be happy to drown in water, urine or anything I could get my hands on practically! :)

Fairly sure I’d have been running into nearby properties trying to get hold of fire extinguishers or water or anything possible. Poor thing.

Do you find the free standing ones produce heat more efficiently than the inset one Carl?

I may have stumped the STW hive mind. Is this like a googlewhack?

lol simultaneous posting, always fun

Andyl – not sure if they are 240v though? loads of 12v 20w ones about but it seems there’s no 240v ones.

Homebase claim to sell them but dont have them in store when you drive miles to buy them

tesco sold me 240v 10w ones and they worked fine but were a bit dim but have since stopped selling them :(

I would have to rip up my loft insulation and boarding to add a transformer, which is no mean feat and has only just been put down. I don’t see how they can’t be available, the light unit uses 10x 20w G4 and was purchased only a couple of years ago, its frustrating!

Alpin has it

Harey what shape of vehicle do you drive!?

or middle button click

I have previously suggested sub forums but having spent a decade here I actually prefer this now. keeps everyone together discussing stuff and blending ideas instead of insular little groups. I was wrong.

We’ve had snow for a week solid. None of it has stuck.

I’d LOVE to travel with that huge (not that big you girl) lump (weighs a kilo and a bit, I weigh 100+ – I can cope with a 1% increase). Nothing worse than a fiddly little camera with no weight behind it.

if its 3 years of more sling it and get a new one , if its gone dry then topped up the plates would have buckled again sling it , just buy another btys last about 3 years.

Not sure that’s really good advice. My fathers BMW only had one replacement battery in it’s 22 years of life, the second got to the stage of not holding charge for more than a couple of days after 6 years, it was desulphated and topped up and worked fine again. We’re far too throw-away these days. Sometimes it’s needed, most of the time it’s not.
The battery sat in my ’91 celica currently was bought 10 years ago, still going fine after a desuph.

Maybe. But don’t tell anyone, they might start taking notice of my engineering advice :)

I’ve not had good results with commercial chargers that claim to recondition. I’ve had about a 50% hit rate with a custom-created desulphating circuit, returning 2 batteries to acceptable function. The other two were dead as a doornail and never recovered. Considering the cost of most replacement options it’s bearly worth the effort and cost of new hardware. Last time I got a new battery it cost as much as a decent conditioning charger and came with a 4 year guarantee :)

Not really statistically usable but there ya go

I’d agree with cheez0 here, looks like a polite ditching.

roflcopters

I’m not sure it’s quite as vitriolic elsewhere, IMO. After lots of discussions with Scottish friends (having lived here for 5 years) the realisation is that (certainly in the highlands) when school kids in England are taught about WW1 and WW2, lots of Scottish schools teach far more about the wars/battles between England and Scotland (naturally) and the teachers often push their personal feelings on the students. And this tends to reinforce the historic feelings.

On a personal level they are some of my best friends and I genuinely love living here, but out in the pub wih them there’s an almost scary switch to hatred of the English teams (or even the English commentators), shortly followed by repeated “sorry, nothing personal” lol.

As an English guy here I have no issues, it doesn’t affect my daily life and I never get “anti-Englishism” causing a problem day to day, it’s only apparent in sporting situations. As such, I don’t really care, though it would probably be healthier to teach facts and emphasise harmony, I don’t think it really matters that much.