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  • Chevin Cycles MTB Demo Day
  • donsimon
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    You can go to "all sizes" button which appears above your selected picture. Below the picture you'll see a couple of boxes with the code you need. Nº2 has "Grab the photo's URL:".
    And Bob's your autie's live in lover!

    donsimon
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    Allan Carr +1, not just useful for giving up the fags.

    This could have been you. 8O

    donsimon
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    I used to use the Decathlon protein powder after a ride, now I generally just have fruit juice/ water and a pinch of salt or nothing. But I do eat and drink regularly during a ride so I guess there is less need for post ride stuff.

    donsimon
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    +1 algarvebairn

    donsimon
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    user-removed – Member

    Ian Kerso?

    here's his ebay shop

    thanks, that's the guy.

    donsimon
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    More Ms Stokke. I think she fits the AandA criteria.

    donsimon
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    uplink – Premier Member

    and nothing will come of it.

    at least you got one thing right

    got to be a record that, from a yourface article about cyclists to nazis in one easy [goose]step – I bet you're a bundle of laughs on a night out

    Bye bye troll.

    donsimon
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    uplink – Premier Member

    It's the internet billybob not the playground – get over it

    Thanks Uplink, I was a bit worried about this[/url] too, but fortunately it's only the internet and nothing will come of it. :roll:

    donsimon
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    Here looks quite good. :wink:

    donsimon
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    I used to use irfanview, but it somehow distorted or damaged the pixels giving a strange look to the pictures. After a recommendation from Simonfbarnes, I have been using Faststone which is perfect.

    donsimon
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    If they're fitted properly you should be ableto use them on the cattlegrid. They'll be fine one ice aswell if you keep your speed down.

    donsimon
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    I like this one of Alejandro Valverde during the Tour of Madrid.

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    All the best for 2010.

    donsimon
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    I have heard that foriegn SIM cards will roam to find whichever operator has coverage. If this is true then a 15.00€ PAYG card from Spain will give you maximum coverage for minimum layout. I assume you're looking for a card for non 999 emergencies.

    donsimon
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    dave_aber – Member

    Don't discount living in Wales until you've tried Wrexham.

    You've got to be kidding, right? The area around Wrexham, fine, but Wrexham itself, no way!!! :twisted:

    donsimon
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    6. You're not invited. :wink:

    donsimon
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    :D

    donsimon
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    Two for Sri Lanka and still not on the list!! Just can't get the service these days. :wink:

    donsimon
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    8. Sri Lanka

    donsimon
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    Feliz Navidad…

    donsimon
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    'We had 6 foot of snow and took of on time, you've had a few inches and we couldn't land'

    aircraft slides off end of runway

    So, I have spent a bit of time thinking about this and the answer is really quite simple……. Build longer bloody runways. How could the Ryanair jet slide off a 20 mile runway, that would take some doing!!! :wink:

    donsimon
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    stumpyjon – Member

    I just bought a kilo of Chorizo from the German markets in Manchester. Yum Yum, slice it thinly and the skin is edible.

    Spanish product from a German market in an English city??? No wonder I'm confused. :| :?:

    donsimon
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    Any Bowie upto Lodger.

    donsimon
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    Snow tyres and it's sorted…………. innit?

    donsimon
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    I wouldn't recommend the Autosock, or whatever they're called. Today was the first decent bit of snow we've had. By mid morning I had counted about 5 of these things that had deserted the car they were supposed to be helping, left on the carriageway. Not a cheap thing to lose.

    Last year I used chains and they were great, fitted in a couple of minutes and very stable in the snow.

    The problem with both the above is that they are great for the conditions they were designed for, and cr4p at everything else. The guy who was driving down the hard shoulder this morning will testify. The road was clear and he was using the Autosock things and was looking for snow!!!

    This year I've bought snow tyres. They're not that much more expensive than normal tyres and are great throughout the winter, not just in snow. Pulled up the hill to get home this morning without spinning, no need to get cold and wet playing with chains. For the average snow conditions they are worth it. I still carry chains just incase there is too much snow, but I don't think that'll be a problem.

    I had some years ago on a Mk11 Escort and was the only car to get out of our valley during the snow.

    Maybe worth getting a second set of wheels so you don't have to pi55Around changing tyres at the end of the season.

    Can one person fit those Autosocks on their own?

    donsimon
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    Just started the car and it was showing -8ºC, luckily there's no wind, Madrid!

    donsimon
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    Avast.

    donsimon
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    Harry_the_Spider – Premier Member

    I can remember that Doctor Who used shop dummies as the enemy, the hands were hinged revealing a gun. Frightened the living 5hit out of me.

    I think it was Dr Who, anyone know better?

    Dr Who and the Terror of the Autons

    Them's the bu66ers.

    They don't look so bad now. :D

    donsimon
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    I can remember that Doctor Who used shop dummies as the enemy, the hands were hinged revealing a gun. Frightened the living 5hit out of me.

    I think it was Dr Who, anyone know better?

    donsimon
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    -4ºC this morning, with a touch of wind to cool you down. News reported that a village got down to -18ºC yesterday, and this is Spain!!!

    donsimon
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    mickasaki – Member

    If you have to replace the glowplugs on the 1.4, they are a bit of a pain to do. They are located behind the engine and No4 (peugeot cyclinders are numbered back to front – 4 is the cambelt end) is a right pain to get the harness plug off! you will probably need to remove the EGR cooler if it has one (depending on emmision level) also to replace them. They aren't the cheapest things anymore either, so you want to check them properly!

    Words of wisdom, thank you. I had a quick look lastnight, in the dark and couldn't find them!!! I guessed they were hidden away somewhere or hiding behind a cover. I've just been to the motor factor and they are 16.00€ each. 8O
    I asked them where the plugs were located as I couldn't see anything, the reply was that they were on the rear of the engine.

    Time and light are limiting factors, so I'll try and strip things away to see how accessible they are, and, if it's too complicated it'll get thrown at a garage to be repaired, and Ill suck up the cost. I've also spent the morning looking for diagrams or pics to help me see what I'm doing, but without joy.

    Tried the 2-3 cycles thing, and still no joy. It was -4ºC this morning though.

    Good job I live on a hill to get it going in the mornings!!!
    Thanks again.

    donsimon
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    That appears to be the first option and see how it goes.

    Thanks everyone.

    donsimon
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    If it is glow plugs when it does eventually start from cold after a lot of cranking you will get a cloud of smoke out the back.

    Bump started it at lunhtime and it blew out a cloud of black smoke.

    When it's cold it won't start off the key, it has to be bumped.

    Cheers.

    donsimon
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    If you turn the ignition on a few times (about 10 seconds each time) before cranking it, to allow the glow's more time to warm the air, does it start better?

    I haven't tried, but will give it a go.

    Have you had it seviced regular?

    relatively regularly.

    Is it 1.4 or 2.0?

    1.4

    Is it only in very cold temps or also if just not started for a couple of days?

    It generally gets used every day, but I guess I can say it's the cold that's the problem.

    If its a 1.4 and happens after standing, it may just be the leakoff pipe seals split at the injectors.

    Not sure about that as it starts fine when warm, both ambient temp and block temp.

    Cheers.

    donsimon
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    dmjb4 – Member

    Depends what its for, to be honest? Is the photo of them? If so they have as much right to your image of them as you do.

    I really think that some photographers are taking the proverbial charging £25 for event photos. If you want to take photos of me, fine, but if you want to charge people for them then I want my modelling fee. £200 please – pay up.

    I love this one. You get your lawyer and I'll get my lawyer and let the legal chaps sort it out, eh?

    Re the OP, the letter sounds polite enough but I wouldn't expect the picture to be removed. If the picture has any value you should look at a legal way to recover money.

    The security issue is interesting. How can you prevent theft of an image from the internet? Impossible I think.
    I need the internet as a shopwindow for my pictures, and I have chosen flickr for this. I accept that pictures will be taken without permission and live with it, but all the pictures are a lower reolution and carry a watermark with my web address. This, however, didn't stop one site poaching the pic and cutting the watermark off before publishing it on their own page without crediting me, I found a further 800+ photos which the site had been using. They are currently being sued.

    I need to publicise my pictures to sell them and accept a number will be stolen, but I make sure the photos are not the greatest resolution.

    I have a photo of a guy taking a picture of one of my display prints which don't carry watermarks!!! FFS!

    Good luck.

    donsimon
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    +1 for sardines on toast with a bit of tabasco sauce, yummmmmmmm!

    donsimon
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    I knew the shot, often though there would be simply no way I could stand by and take even one frame of such a scene – i'd be in there taking the child away….

    Just read up on the detail….

    This shocking photo depicts a starving Sudanese child being stalked by a patient vulture. It is a horrific picture that gave people a true look at the dire condition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kevin Carter, who took the photo, won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. Kevin then came under a lot of scrutiny for spending over 20 minutes setting up the photo instead of helping the child. Three months after taking the photo, he committed suicide..

    Sometimes the picture is more powerful in my opinion. Would we still be talking about (the) atrocities if he had helped the child? Were the people who criticised the photographer even there? Do we know what happened to the child? How many other children were saved because the more advanced countries saw this image?

    I fall in line with Kevin Carter and would have taken the picture without hesitation. Just an observation.

    donsimon
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    Xipe Totec put a link to that photo (larger size) and other powerful shots here[/url], some shots may offend the more sensitive.

    donsimon
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    Met him several years ago at Oulton Park for some celebrity racing thing……..celebrity c0ck he is!

    donsimon
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    Fast car and crap tyres just aren't going to work, are they? The EOS 5d Mk11 is supposed to have excellent colour reproduction so why screw it up with a cheap lens.
    If you are put off by the price, have a look at cheaper lenses from the L range. I bought a 70-200L f4 last year and it's awesome. Sharp, fast accurate focusing and light. I was looking at the f2.8 but couldn't justify the price tag and light isn't really a problem, IS is not that important either.
    Next on the list is a 17-40L f4, I'd rather have an L lens at f4 than anything else at f1.2/4/8 etc.

    The jump from kit lens to fixed was enormous- the jump to an L lens is just as big, in my opinion.

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