Sis hydro are zero sugar and taste ok.

Is it just me that can’t unsee the channel 4 logo on the reservoir cap?

Only now you said it!

Do you think they would have argued with a male referee? No way they would have dared argue like that with Nigel Owens for example. Disgraceful behaviour.

Definitely full DH casings. There is next to no disadvantage of doing that. You can run them at lower pressure too.
Put an old tyre on your downtube/BB area 4 of us did it in 2014 and 4 of us had massive dents those areas.

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Bit of a lucky guess!

Specifically theirs, or brand name that’s the founders surname?

Not really thought about it for anyone else. Like I say I am not quite sure why I feel like that, and it also doesn’t matter as I wouldn’t buy one anyway as they are out of my price range.

They look like well made well thought out bikes and the price is no surprise its thereabouts with Santa Cruz etc.
I personally could not justify spending that much on a bike when you can spend half as much on a similarly specked Bird but that’s up to you as an individual.

My main gripe is the name! As silly as it is I wouldn’t want a bike branded with their surname. If it was exactly the same but called something different I would prefer. Not really sure why I feel like that.

Any how they look like great bikes but I won’t be buying one purely based on cost.

and no one that votes SNP now will vote UKIP or hard right in the future.

TJ, this is not true in the slightest.

I used to work with someone (now retired) who is a full on Indy supporter he is anti English despite being born and brought up in England to English parents. He is also a full on Brexiteer and I have heard him express pretty horrible racist views. He would vote UKIP in a heartbeat and I would bet there are many others like him. He isn’t thick either, he is a degree qualified engineer.

I think you have rose tinted idea of what Scotland is like, maybe its based on where you live and who you associate with but I don’t believe we are as different to England as you think. Certainly in the poorer areas that have had an influx of EU migrants have a higher proportion of anti immigration views.

The SNP is a broad church from people like me who vote for them as the other option is Tory, to people like yourself who fully support Indy to the full on anti English arseholes. If we got Indy I think things would be different and I don’t believe you can look at current voting patterns to ascertain what people will vote for in the future. People are inherently selfish and will vote for their own benefits.

P.S I am not anti Indy, I swither. Brexit though has also made me battle weary, would be nice to go back to a bit of political calm!

Its completely obvious when you live here

Completely obvious depending on which bit of Scotland you live in and who you converse with.

Rumours flying round Twatter that Laura Torysberg was there and if she was she then failed to report on it like an actual journalist should have.

Hmm, so you’d prefer to continue with an ever worsening UK

No, that’s why I swither. Ideally I would remain part of the UK get in a Labour government and have closer ties/re-join the EU. The question is how likely that is to happen, and at the moment it looks quite far away. But will the country turn things around? Yes, just depends how long.

Scot Indy isn’t a silver bullet, it will be extremely difficult and will take years to sort out. It could end up better overall but by that time the UK could also have sorted itself out.

I voted no in 2014 and then voted to remain in 2016.
After the vote to leave the EU I changed my mind on Scottish Indy. Then for the past couple of years I switch between being pro and against Scottish Indy.

Look how difficult and disastrous Brexit has been. Then imagine trying to leave a political union of a few hundred years with a land border. It will be a hugely complicated struggle. Why would Westminster make any effort to provide good will in negotiations? Especially with a Tory government there?

People dream of being rid of the Tories in Scotland but the SNP is a broad church there are rabid right wingers who vote SNP as they are pro Indy, So who is to say we wouldn’t end up with a similarly right wing party in charge of Scotland? We are not that different to England.

Well of course she has abilities, the woman won a Kennedy scholarship to Harvard ffs. No reason I should think it is a redeeming quality though, plenty of Tory politicians have a great deal of ability.

And you really think that her alleged voter appeal lies in her competence? Is that what attracted voters to Boris Johnson…his competence?

I said her competence is a redeeming quality, do you think she is competent?

Boris voter appeal was not his competence, his jack the lad spirit was his voter appeal. He did not appeal to me but to deny him of having voter appeal (to a certain demographic) would be silly.

The bit I don’t agree with you on is your comment of “No voter appeal or redeeming qualities”

Her redeeming qualities lie in her abilities as shown by her performance in the select committee.
Her voter appeal lies in her competence.

You personally think she is too right wing which is a perfectly acceptable opinion. Denying she has voter appeal or any redeeming features is silly.

“No redeeming qualities”

So her ability and competence on the select committee is not a quality suited to an MP?

You may not like her or want to vote for her but your last sentence seems a bit silly.

I just googled her expenses, she had been investigated and cleared of wrong doing.
Doesn’t sound corrupt to me, could be that her actions were morally questionable but I didn’t read enough to know.

From what I saw of her on the select committee, she seemed very capable. Why would we not want someone as capable as her in the shadow cabinet? She seems very competent and that is what we need to see?

In what way is she corrupt?

Is there any point discussing it on here? I dip in and out of this thread and its always the same few going on and on about how awful Starmer supposedly is.

No – there is no creation of money from anyone apart from the BoE and its agents.

I edited my reply to remove the bit about creation of money for that reason. If a business attracts foreign investment that is bringing money into our country no? BoE had nothing to do with it?

They got it much more convincingly from Jeremy Corbyn a few years ago but they were too busy trying to make him out to be a dangerous communist terrorist.

But he was pro leave and always was. Brexit is bad for business especially leaving the SM & CU so I am not sure how JC could have been credible with this?

Money is not ‘generated’ by business. Businesses are currency users not issuers

is this always the case? If a business attracts foreign investment? Or if they sell their goods abroad? Or in the case of tourism tourists come here and spend their money earned abroad here?

@trail_rat, you should go here https://aberdeenshirehighlandbeef.com/ Good quality local meet at a very good price. Buy all our beef from here and walk along to collect it.

Not Starmer. 2019 manifesto.

He’d probably have dropped that too if he’d had half a chance.

The good ideas came in 2017 and 2019. Starmer doesn’t have any of his own.

So it would be better if he didn’t try to implement this?

How about this…..

https://www.balenciaga.com/en-gb/reversible-parka-yellow-809854742.html?targetid=aud-403332756193:pla-1182654368786&location=9046891&gclid=CjwKCAiAp8iMBhAqEiwAJb94z4paU40nepOh5UDBvyuU5UCe8ju_L_Og-SuPkHXyDe43DpDb2Mf6dxoCXYIQAvD_BwE

Could get a nice jumper to go with it….
https://www.balenciaga.com/en-gb/destroyed-crewneck-blue-809910207.html?targetid=pla-1391491315361&location=9046891&gclid=CjwKCAiAp8iMBhAqEiwAJb94z4ppIRZ-HhITWFuAplM8Lc1pcmDhsIiTiOv1m5Nh5H9f-nhRG8QqHhoCO2YQAvD_BwE

I live in Banchory in Aberdeenshire, it ace.

https://www.pinkbike.com/u/rossbellphoto/blog/destination-showcase-aberdeenshire-scotland.html

Why bother with a mortgage at all, just pay it all now?

Dam it, why didn’t I think of that before fixing for 5 years at 1.29%! Could have saved a fortune.

If it were me I would fix for 5 and overpay the £90 (or more if you can) a month.

And how long did it take?

I don’t think they ever managed it? Covid gave them a handy excuse to continue fail.

Thats exactly my point, the majority don’t have a clue. It just shows what a moutain Labour have to climb. It’s so easy to ridicule Labours spending by comparing it to personal cashflow, people understand it that way despite it being utter nonsense.
Most people will see a headline or a soundbite and assume this recent budget to be a good thing. Throw the peasants some scraps to keep them happy is the Tory way and it works. So depressing.

Party you would associate most with on…

Increasing public spending:
Con: 28%
Lab: 42%

Tax rises:
Con: 39%
Lab: 30%

Economic responsibility:
Con: 39%
Lab: 26%

via @SavantaComRes, 27 Oct

— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) October 27, 2021

This is what Labour is up against despite 11 years of Tory Austerity. There are still seen as bad for the economy.

His interior design skills are top notch….
Del boys flat

Geoff is a nob!

So the verdict is regular drill/ drivers are better as battery; but how about hammer drills for masonry/ concrete etc?

Unless its very small holes or soft material drilling into corded is the essential or spend lots on a cordless one.

For a drill and impact driver there is no way I would buy a corded one over a mains powered one. You will use them more often than a corded one too as they are hassle free to use, compared to having to get an extension lead etc.

Corded tools have there place no doubt, my SDS drill and circular saw are both corded as the price of the battery versions are prohibitive, but if I used them both more often I would get the cordless versions.

I really liked it its a shame they had to knock it down but I thought the finished product looked really good. The effort they put in was superb and they both looked knackered half way through.

Not a location I would choose, how dark would it be? The flood risk is what would put me off the most.

I only had a quick skim, but the article doesn’t seem to put forward much in of evidence that you can refute. It just says ‘think things are bad now? Just you wait!’ a few different ways.

So why do you think that what the article says could happen won’t happen?

No wonder you find Brexit utterly depressing if that’s your source material* – it reads like someone came back from the pub and just decided to publish a Binneresque rant into the ether

I found it utterly depressing from the get go, appreciate that article is an opinion piece and very much on the pessimistic side. But I can see how it could get to that stage. Can you refute what they are saying or just going to dismiss it as rantings?

I haven’t followed this thread as I just find BREXIT utterly depressing. Unfortunately I just read the following article and thought it worth a share.

https://eand.co/this-is-the-brutal-reality-of-brexit-1639c6c5e653

https://eand.co/this-is-the-brutal-reality-of-brexit-1639c6c5e653

This makes a scary read.

Choosing to drive 500 miles a week is bad, but it’s potentially justifiable in many people’s minds

This is likely to be around 12 hours a week minimum in a car, assuming full time job, and other family commitments etc when are you going to have time to ride your bike?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1293781/Mountaineer-Alison-Hargreaves-perished-trying-conquer-K2–son-plans-climb.html

This article was written by the author of Regions of the Heart (Hargreaves biography) really very interesting and paints a nasty picture of Jim Ballard.