Muscles need to be fed, or they will die, the energy they have stored does not last very long.
Where does the food for the muscle come from? Body fat. Calories lost.

The larger the muscle group exercised the larger the amount of fat used to feed the muscles. This is why exercises like Barbell squats are so good.

The more intense the exercise the more calories used, which is why you have to walk for a long time to use a lot of calories.

Composition is Art, Photography is science.

Use cameras as you want to, they are just a means to an end.

Fella who does work for us, is fine, excellent quality work, always cleans and tidies up afterwards.
We also trust him so can give him a key to the house confident he’s not going through the wife’s knicker drawer…..

Had a fella once though who continuously asked the price of everything
“That’s a nice bike, how much was that, expensive I’ll bet?” “thats a nice telly, how much was that, expensive I’ll bet?” “those are nice shoes, how much were those, expensive I’ll bet?”.
Got a bit tiresome after a couple of days.
He also spent the entire time talking to a succession of dodgy looking fellas who kept turning up in shonky looking vans while some shifty looking blokes did the work. Also when he quoted for the job, he said he never asked for any upfront payment, just the final invoice settlement, however 10 mins after turning up to start he’s asking for 50% upfront as he didn’t want to have to take money out of his saving account as he’d loose interest!

Had a Hot water tank fail, just after we’d bought our current house, made a mess of the ceiling below. Insurance company would not replace the tank due to it being the original 1930’s one using the “wear and tear” excuse. Paid for all the damage though and installation of replacement tank.

Wye Valley have a pub in the next street to my mum’s place.
I’ll give it a go next time I’m down there.

My brother reckons its great for a hangover, usually with some Rennies.
Saying that I like it and have one after a workout.

If 4/3rd is ending why have they just released the e5 DSLR?

Do you really need a DSLR? I’ve just bought an Olympus PEN E-PL1, and its fantastic. Essentially the guts from the E620 in a smaller package with no optical viewfinder.
Small, light, very well put together and if you look on Ebay there are adaptors to attach pretty much any make of lens.

Had a 8v MkII, with the Pirelli “P” alloys. Uprated and dropped the suspension 25mm and it handled beautifully.
40+mpg and didn’t use a drop of oil between services even with 200k on the clock.
Heater matrix had a leak so car would be like a sauna when it was first switched on, sunroof leaked in heavy rain, right into the drivers lap.
Bucket seats needed re-building eventually as well.
Rear caliper handbrake link seized up.
Headlights went out whilst driving along, but that was down to a previous owners attempt to fit an alarm.
Lovely car that one in Pistonheads looks nice.

I find most brake light problems of this ilk are down to a poor earth.
You may end up having to run extra earth cables from your rear lights.

Currently waiting for a couple of pairs of Oakley seconds from this site.
Online transaction went really smoothly, email saying they had been dispatched was received only an hour after order was placed.

if we assume they are not retired then why are these people not at work?

Its in Selby.

For this sort of job I like Imaginate. Its not free, but it is very good.

I'm looking at changing the HW cylinder to be mains pressure

Make sure the pipework is up to this, a friend of mine did this recently and ended up with a grands worth of extra work replacing pipes that leaked under the extra pressure "happens all the time" the plumber said. After the boiler was installed.
If you have a gravity fed shower, that might need modding/replacing as well.

You can opt for any extra income tax due to be paid through your tax code up to 2k (I think) or you can pay directly.

Same here. Any expenses incurred in your freelance can be offset against tax.
VAT registered as well.

So, frinstance, if I had 3 1 minute clips I don't want to delete the middle 1 and find the last one just snaps onto the first, I want the option of leaving a gap so that I can then create a clip and fit it into the gap- seems pretty essential for synching stuff to music or for working with subtitles

Sync and Ripple Edit. Easily switchable from the tool bar in Edius.

In my experience some are able to get out running early morning, other are not.
Personally I find 5 mins into an early morning run I have to turn back as I need a poo.

The car for sale is actually in my father's name, if that makes a difference.

Even though the car is not in your name, and you could possibly drive it with third party cover on your policy(not all policies allow this), the vehicle still has to have its own policy for this to be the case.

Can't you drive it with third party cover from the insurance you have on the other car?

I would think not, as both vehicles are owned by the same person.

I run Tech 2.
Much prefer them to the Avid brakes I had before.
They just keep on working and have enough power for me.

A beginner could buy a Canon or Nikon DSLR, build up a selection of lenses that would then still be compatible with a new body when they come to upgrade.

True. Most just stick with the kit lens though.

I think the OP left some time ago

Not surprised really, not sure why I kept posting…

Olympus may be considered to be an Alfa or Fiat

That explains it then, I've had 3 Alfasuds..

120's on my 18" 456. I like it a lot.

but it does seem a little odd that Olympus has lagged so much in sales if it is so on the ball for tech.

Olympus are a small company compared with Canon and Nikon, and they don't advertise anywhere near as much. Even when 35mm SLR were the norm they sold fewer units, despite the likes of the OM1 being the first to offer technology such as TTL off the film plane metering( here I go again!…)

It does not surprise that it is not widely known that Olympus were "first to market" with some now common DSLR technology as they are really very poor at self publicity.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Nikon or Canon, I used Nikon 35mm SLRs for years, I just get a little frustrated when Nikon and Canon are trotted out as the only options (I have found camera shops guilty of this) when its just not the case. Give the little fella a chance!

I find this a curious statement – lenses are always designed to cover some format or other, anything else would be incompetence. And I don't think a degree of backwards compatibility can be rightly described as "cobbling together" when larger sensors can deliver better quality.

The 4:3 lenses are designed to cover the image sensor with the light falling on it at right angles, the lenses on the earlier DSLR using APS sensors were really just the old 35mm lenses. As the image sensor area is smaller than the 35mm area this lead to the light falling on the edges of the sensor at an angle, this lead to soft edges/vignetting. The Canon's certainly suffered from this. I've no doubt that now all the DSLR lenses are designed for digital sensors, however it was Olympus who realised this was going to be the case first, hence the new approach. A better explanation is on the Olympus 4:3 website. The backward compatibility approach is debatable as many 35mm SLR lenses unless very expensive were really quite poor. Olympus took a decision to start again, its up to the individual to decide if they like the results.

You say that like shooting indoors is some weird theoretical situation that only "buffs" talk about. I'd say for most camera users it is the commonest situation outside the holiday snaps (e.g. parties, weddings, kids play, etc), so low noise at high ISO is pretty important.

I didn't mean it to sound like that, of course shooting indoors is important, and any DSLR, even the 4:3 ones, will give acceptable results. what I meant was gig photography etc where there is no overall lighting.

when larger sensors can deliver better quality

This is not in dispute, but when do you stop? Eventually the manufacturers will use the smaller sensor technology to cram even more photosites into the "full frame" sensor to keep ahead in the megapixel race and its back to high ISO noise. Where do we move then? Do we all go to "full frame" medium format?

I think you would have to either:
a) Be a pro photographer
b) Be really particular about your image quality
c) Pay far too much attention to advertiser driven reviews
To find much to criticise about the quality of images from DSLR's from any of the big name players.

The Olympus 4:3 system is essentially the equivalent of the "half frame" system Olympus made in the 60's and 70's.
Olympus designed it as a digital system from the start.From the outset they wanted smaller cameras and lenses, all the 4:3 lenses are designed to cover the sensor with no light fall-off at the edges making a proper digital system, rather than cobble together DSLR systems form existing 35mm technology like Canon and Nikon did initially.

All camera systems have their limitations and within its limitations the 4:3 system is superb, magazines and "camera buffs" can argue about photosites and low ISO noise all they want but for the majority of photo situations its more than acceptable. I've had images, taken inside with no flash, on my (7.5mp)e330 enlarged up to 2m x 1m on banners and they look fine.
The "live view", an Olympus innovation panned by the press until Nikon and Canon adopted it, allows more freedom in positioning the camera, if you don't like it, don't buy a camera with it and stick to the same old methods used with film.
If you are a pro then "full frame" may be worth it so buy appropriately, for everyone else who fails to see the need for some expensive "male jewellery" the budget DSLR made by whoever is giving the best deal at the time of purchase will be fine. Most people never bother with anything but he kit lens.

I've had 3 Alfasuds, great to drive but all suffered from rot and poor reliabilty.

Brother has a 156 Tourer, had loads for problems with brakes, servo and calipers mainly. Nice to drive though and looks superb.

Grass Valley Edius
Realtime AVCHD full res editing and preview, mixed formats on the timeline, very stable. Stills easily handled.
A fully functioning download is available from their website.

Edius Neo if you want the "lite" version.

If you are eating a balanced diet and not consuming too much alcohol, it suggests to me that your training regime is wrong.

No need for fancy energy gels etc.

I like the Olympus DSLRs.
I've an e330 and an e620.
Both are well made, the e330 especially, and the starter lenses that come with the cameras are pretty good.
The Olympus Pro lenses are superb but quite expansive though.

In answer to the original question. No.

"yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" said quickly and impatiently over the top of an answer to a question as it is being given. If you knew the answer why ask the **** question!

2.0 160 Insignia CDTI 6 sp Auto.
No lag, getting smoother and faster as the miles increase.

I find the low rev torque of modern diesels must more suited to modern driving/getting older.

Which ever is the most intensive will burn the most cals.
After approx 10 mins the energy will be coming from fat reserves.

ATP (anaerobic) > Creatin Phosphate (anaerobic) > Lactic (anaerobic) > Aerobic (carbs)

Went with my missus to look at Mini's recently as she fancied one.
Expensive for what you get and very small inside.

In the end we decided they were not for us as we still carry around aged parents etc and really do need four doors.

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My experience has been pretty positive.
An Engineer turns up within 24hrs after reporting a fault, phones about 30 mins before he arrives to check someone is in.
We had one occasion when we had to wait 24hrs for a part, otherwise OK.

and maybe a little butterfly friend or two…

Elaine, try not to choose Flash Art Butterflies, get some custom art.

The Lemon Grass Indian restaurant in Dolgellau is OK, usual stuff for High Street Indian.

Y Meirionnydd is very nice but a bit more expensive.

Y Sospan does the usual Cafe stuff during the day and turns a bit more Bistro in the evening, I quite liked it.

The Royal Ship Hotel has a reasonable restaurant, but like all Hotel restaurants, if its not that busy you are sat eating in a big empty room.

Take-aways are all a bit shit IMO.

Oh, and Dolgellau (except the Lemon Grass) closes early, leaving it until after 9pm usually results in going hungry.

Other than that it's a friendly place with some decent pubs, although it can get a bit "lively" at weekends.