Proper strong zomerset cider.

I’m incandescent with shock and outrage at this flagrant violation of the law … by none other than the corrupt Polis themselves!

In protest I shall be attending the next next public demonstration, bandana’d up, wearing a brightly coloured wig and carrying a piece of two by four to show my displeasure at the morally decrepit Babylon. They are the glue that binds the oppressive political and economic power structures together to keep a super elite, cloistered and in power.

Rise up.

There’s a fair bit of regurgitated rubbish about.

But … ‘Prometheus’ is going to be released in a few months and all will be well in the universe.

Then you would not have been an ideal candidate to deliver the death message to the aforementioned persons parents.

I’ve attended the scene of an RTC when a woman on a m/p not concentrating on her driving, drove and mounted a central pedestrian island – the middle aged fella on that island jumped out of the way into the path of a bus and got churned up in the axle – so when I hear balls like that, it tends to annoy me – having been at the working end of it.

I like how you tied in the username – clever that.

mbr30 😀

Until your son or daughter is wiped out by a knob on a m/p, hey hexhamstu.

hora,

You want to join up don’t you? Go on admit it.

There will be prevailing road traffic conditions (carriage size, visibility, weather, amount of other road traffic etc) where cycling two abreast may amount to Dangerous, Careless or Inconsiderate Cycling as defined by Sections 28 & 29 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and in those circumstances you run the risk of being reported for summons, depending on how the officer interprets the situation. Common sense generally prevents people from rendering themselves liable to prosecution.

Regarding the Highway Code – Section 38 (sub section 7) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 states –

A failure on the part of a person to observe a provision of the Highway Code shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any kind but any such failure may in any proceedings (whether civil or criminal, and including proceedings for an offence under the Traffic Acts, the M1Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 or sections 18 to 23 of the M2Transport Act 1985) be relied upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to establish or negative any liability which is in question in those proceedings.

… so, if the HC says don’t do it, you ought not to – as it could be quoted to lend weight to a prosecution case!

Vampires are amongst the undead hierarchy. Zombies are mere foot soldiers.

The question ought to be about who would win in a rev-up between a Vampire and a Werewolf.

The story seemed to be about about a death cult, selecting an appropriate subject and then performing an extended ritual with the ultimate intention of making that bloke their leader or some evil preternatural figure.

I thought it was gratuitous, unpleasant and generally not very good. A contrived mix of genres that doesn’t really work IMO. The critics liked it though, drawing political allegory and all sorts from it – which I thought was pretentious guff. It’s a brutish exercise in violence – to shock, cause controversy and sell and nothing more.

It’s difficult to explain to a non local (obviously not you cheers drive) but once you get off the A369 there are a fair few back doubles to exploit either via Clifton or Hotwells and the Cumberland system, but agree it’s all much of a muchness and Gloucester Roads not a bad shout. I’ve always found coming in via the North and East a real pain.

Is it worth circumnavigating all that balls and coming off the M5 at the Gordano junction (19) and traveling into the centre up the A369 or via the A4 Portway?

Agree with yossarian (apart from the end paragraph)!

My sympathies for whoever becomes England Manager.

Even with Harry’s undoubted ability, there’s only so much he can do with a squad of fannies who possess vastly inflated views of themselves, their talent, and their importance.

It would be a shame for Harry towards the end of his career to suffer the ignominious backlash from a fickle public & media when it inevitably goes belly-up.

Personally, I liked him.

I knew when to appreciate his posts and when to not take them so seriously – the London gezza vernacular amused me no end.

He was a supportive of some good causes on here and often displayed a humanist touch.

No matter how you get around it, if people are debating the fella’s absence a good month after he was banned …. well, that might tell you something … better him than some boring git droning on about what tyres at Afan.

I think if given the opportunity he’d come back into the fold, chastened and moderated.

No, you need to watch 1 & 2.

It’s not just about accomplishing things that maximise our individual happiness through jollies. People have got old and perished having not set wrongs right, or not tried to reconcile differences or misunderstandings.

It also follows that the living aren’t able to put matters straight having let others pass away … and then it’s all too late.

TJ – actually wrecker just called it irrelevant (not crass). You’re conflating posts!

khani’s analogy to the extermination camps was crass and idiotic – and I think in retrospect he knows that – but his point is valid, in that ultimately, no matter what position we hold in society, we are all individually accountable for our actions. Perhaps Mr Kennedy lacked the moral fibre to extricate himself from a situation that he and others allowed to spiral out of control. I’ve not seen the documentary and don’t know much about the circumstances, but maybe he developed relationships that he didn’t want to end and therefore was inclined to allow the duplicity to carry on – not being able to turn his emotions off.

Undoubtedly he was let down by senior officers (his handlers) who failed to govern his actions and provide him with clear, proportionate legal aims & directives. Or if they did, failed to check he was following them at regular periods.

The whole sorry business was a big waste of time and energy and clearly shows the pitfalls of an officer doing SEVEN years of UC work. It’s hardly an unforeseeable shocker that allowing an officer to assume another identity for that long, living that double life, could change his psyche and mindset and things might go pear shaped.

I think it would make a good film or BBC drama … and personally I’d cast Daniel Mays as the officer!

I can’t speak coherently about this self-satisfied buffoon, without loSInG iiitttt k ck c , ….

Good, but not as good as The Shield. And for the uninitiated make sure the subtitles are switched to ON – otherwise the Baltimore drawl will be lost on you and you’ll not have a clue what’s going on.

1) Penmachno
2) Afan
3) Nant-yr-Arian
4) Gwydyr Forest
5) Cwmcarn

To my regret I’ve not as yet done any trails in Scotland, which I hope to put right this year. Having done so I fully expect changes to the above list.

Haifisch is one of my favourite Rammstein videos – very clever.

I’m looking forward to seeing them at the LG Arena in February.

As I and others have previously recommended on this thread – James Ellroy. Do it.

However, if you like Amis and Rushdie, I would suggest a book by their recently departed mate Christopher Hitchens entitled ‘Arguably’.

Any other clues –

House, Trance, Electro, Drum & Bass, Dubstep?

I take it, it’s a female vocal?

What else can you tell us?

The pub in which Begbie throws a pint glass off a balcony is Crosslands, located on Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow. The pub has an oil painting depicting the scene hung in the upstairs area – Wiki.

I wouldn’t mind ‘Filth’ being made into a film.

What are the persimmon lenses like in bright sun deluded?

Fine – no problems at all. I thought they might be too bright in the sun but they’re not. To be honest you forget that they tint your vision when you’re wearing them out & about. For me they’re the most versatile tint.

I have an old pair of Half Jacket frames if anybody wants them.

You might be able to get them vented now but you couldn’t when I bought these – or my prescription was too strong, prohibiting said venting or something like that.

I have prescription Jawbones with persimmon lenses. The colour helps to define trail detail in low light and I’m able to wear them on night rides. Unfortunately because they’re prescription I couldn’t get them vented – which is no big drama as a dab of Fairy liquid stops them from steaming up.

Brightened up my day this.

Brudda from anudda mudda?

😀

They’ve never set a foot wrong with me. Always delivered on time – with an easy no hassle returns policy.

If I knew nothing of this tragic incident and heard only that transcript, I’d conclude that it was an utter piss-take … the dialogue/script for a Little Brittan, Monty Python-esque sketch show or something.

Irrespective of who is to blame (and at first sight it looks like Mr Schettino and his crew), he was in governance of a liner that crashed and his abrogation of duty is shocking to the extreme.

Why is Fred getting a slagging in the tags?

I thought that as well – seems a bit much TBH.

It’s fair to say that RealMan hasn’t covered himself in glory with this transaction.

Best thing to do would be for him to make proper reparation, along with a donation to the classifieds forum. Once that’s been done all should put it down to experience and move on.

Hopefully this thread doesn’t descend into a hate fest for people to get all third party righteous and indignant over.

Religious indoctrination.

The restorative powers of mountain biking are unsurpassed. Never have I come back from a ride thinking that was crap. Massively important for body and soul.

Man on Fire.

Vederers trail – FoD Sunday morning.

DD – know where I can get any tickets for England Vs Wales that aren’t ridiculously expensive? I gather from the big’uns you’ve been giving it on all the rugby threads you might be affiliated to a club that have some knocking about 😀

Edit – wife and I would consider watching the Irish as well.