Although it’s a touch screen the 6th gen Nano is great for riding/outdoorsy type stuff. Mine has been dropped, thrown, stood on and in, through and out of a spinning bike wheel. Other than looking very tired, it works perfectly.

The touch screen is easy to use when on the move. I attach it to my sleeve when riding and can easily tap and slide the screen to whatever song I want. Battery life is impressive too as is the radio built in.

He’s a horrible oafish bore who appears to endlessly whine and complain. If ever there was anyone who needs a good dose of MTFU it’s Charlie Bloody Boorman.

(and he can’t ride a motorcycle off road for toffee)

Well HDEW are only 20 quid more for the 60D Body only (Which is what I want) so I’ll give them a go I think.

I didn’t realise all of these places were basically import places. Are there any compatibility issues then?

I lost my Grandad to cancer last night. He battled it for seven years but I’m grateful that the decline was very short and sharp in the end and that he passed at home.

A Macmillan nurse stayed with my Grandmother last night during his last moments and I’ll be forever grateful for that.

My dear grandad has only got a matter of days left. Lung cancer has finally defeated him. Recently he’s had Macmillan nurses visiting him at home. Out of everyone that has treated him in and out of hospital they are the only ones who have treated him with real dignity.

I can only echo all of the good things said about them. They deserve every penny they get.

My grandad trained and raced a few greyhounds. One of my memory’s of him is visiting as a kid.
He was on a deck chair in his living room and one of his ex racers was lying on the sofa. So we had to sit on tge floor.He never remarried when his wife died when my mother was 8. Grumpy auld bugger, but he loved his greyhounds more than anybody.

Why did you post this twice?

Hit and miss in my experience. Between myself and my parents we’ve had five ex-race greyhounds.

3 were great, loveable, friendly with lots of energy and generally good personalities. The other 2 were incredibly difficult. Temperamental, withdrawn and nervous with everyone and not the sort of dogs I would like to be around children with.

We did our best with them but no matter what they remained very nervous and withdrawn dogs. Sadly with race greyhounds they can be treated quite poorly in terms of socialisation and affection so sometimes they are difficult dogs when retired.

I don’t have an excessive amount I don’t think but when I went to the WC at Fort Bill last year I bought:

2 pairs of Maxxis Wetscreams
2 Pairs of Maxxis High Rollers
2 pairs of Maxxis Minions

I’d already got a good set of High Rollers and a good set of Minions so still all the above are hanging nicely in my garage. Looks nice when I open up the door though so it was worth it 😀

Thats what makes people happy though – people have an insatiable appetite for the notion that things are getting worse. It what they want to read.

It’s not what makes my grandparents happy though, which was my point.

My grandparents read the Mail and although I would never dream of telling them what they believe is wrong or ill-judged it does upset me to see them become so unhappy when they read the mail. Most of their angst is based on Mail headlines (immigration, benefits etc) and they feel so utterly disenfranchised by society as a result of, almost exclusively, the Daily Mail.

They are both in their late 80’s and it’s hard to try and make them understand the full agenda of the Mail and how utterly spurious their stories are so I’ve now just resorted to telling them not to waste their time with the paper because the stuff they report is of no consequence to them. Pointless trying to argue the truth of the stories. Horrible misery inducing paper for those who don’t know any better.

I have no idea how old I look really. Never really gave it much thought or can remember a time when someone commented.

More importantly though I still don’t feel any different to when I was 18. I’m not sure at what point I’m supposed to feel like a grown up. 30 isn’t the point.

Well, I’m about to turn 30 and am also about to start BMX racing. It crossed my mind I might be too old… It soon passed.

Spend more money.

Without pics this is nonsense

… And almost certainly lies.

We’ve just been offered a free boating holiday in Scotland because I sent the boat hire company a little video edit i made of our last trip with them. They liked it so much and got such a great response to it they offered us a free holiday. Chuffed to bits to say the least!

Yeah, cannock was perfect today. I was bone dry and mud free. Forgot what that was like.

he just handed me the controller and didn’t say another word (he went for a smoke).
the game only gave the briefest of tips (controller buttons),then left me to work it out for myself.

I find that game to be great therapy after a stressful day.

I remember playing Shenmue and Shenmue 2; on the Dreamcast, if memory serves! Wonderful game.

Likewise shenmue got me through a stressful time at university. A very real escape.

Halo

I still cling desperately to the hope that someone will pick it back up…

I’m about 99% certain it has been picked up again. I’ll need to retrace my steps to find where I found that out to 100% though.

Watchmen. That has yet be made successfully into a film.

Well I found it amusing yunki. I managed to not analyse the figures and not worry myself about the accuracy.

YT Tues without doubt. Regardless of the YT’s crazy price the Canyon is actually not that great. The frame just doesn’t work.

I didn’t associate that as I just see as a person so the word short for me only means something to do with legacy.

Wow.

Why did it go Ta daaa in the first place? What had it done?

That’s pretty awful. Amazed it arrived intact! It did I assume?

Your argument is also flawed because the fact that the majority are not affected does not mean everyone is unaffected.

Absolutely. On that point I agree completely. Few would argue that those who are predisposed to violence or aggression combined with a level of psychological susceptibility would be potentially influenced by violent films or video games. In fact, going back to my psychology degree (some years ago) I can’t remember finding any study which dared to argue otherwise. The point is that on that basis, violent films and video games have very little to answer for and so many (not you of course) are quick to attribute a huge amount of blame onto the movie and video game (and hip-hop) industries for gun crime/violence/murder etc.

And likewise I agree that causality is incredibly difficult to determine.

Edit: I’m not saying he’s wrong about film violence just that personal experience is a weak or even invalid argument.

Not always and not in this case I don’t believe. The fundamental argument is that film violence is linked to actual violence. That people imitate what they see on screen. The argument is flawed because if that were true then we would all be acting out violence after watching violent films. Those that supposedly do were already predisposed to act in that way. The fact that someone imitated something they saw in a film is not an indicator that films are a cause of violence, just that people that are predisposed to violence or aggressive behaviour can use films to ignite their desire to act violently.

That first garden pump track vid is one of the dullest things I have ever seen, as is the track.

Based on a sample of one person (you) who turned out ok after watching violent and disturbing films it should be ok for everyone?

It is relevant though.

ah.. yes, that is exactly what I want. Are you a retired gentleman by any chance?

Considerably younger than you, but with a sense of perspective.

While I was there I picked up a copy of Graeme Obree’s biography, “Flying Scotsman”.
One of the best books I have ever read. The way he describes everything from attempted suicide to winning world records in a “This is what I did, this is what happened” matter of fact, yet very readable, way is incredible.

Read it a few years ago. I found it hard to read to be honest. You could pick out the chapters he’d written whilst the black dog was with him. Insightful in that respect but still found it hard to read.

My parents were very lax when it came to allowing me to watch violent films when I was very young. I remember watching Robocop and The Terminator when i was about 6 years old. Not very responsible of my parents I admit but I wasn’t inclined to copy them or grow into an adult obsessed with violence or aggression.

Now you would argue that my own personal experience has little bearing on the wider picture but psychologists would argue that the fact that one individual who watched violent movies was not affected by them and therefore not inclined to imitate them in any way is just as relevant as the individual who watched the Childs Play films and murdered a child by copying the images they saw.

You have to have an inclination to act in certain way regardless.

Would it be outlandish not to think there is a link?

Not completely outlandish but not supported in any way by the most respected psychologists or academics in the world.

Binners we control what are children see at a rate. This is to let them understand boundaries/limits as they grow in a controlled manner. They learn what is right and wrong so that when they ARE confront with brutal things they have ground rules (almost brainwashed) into them from a young age to help them understand the basics of right and wrong and apply to anything that may be outlandish.

But if we accept that a child is prone to imitating screen violence that doesn’t mean that it follows true that adults with formed minds are prone to doing the same thing.

My solution isn’t anything- its QT. He can’t get angry or irritable when the interviewer is asking a relevant and linked question to his films.

But you clearly believe there is a link?

If violent movies don’t influence children why not let your young daughters etc sit and watch a movie with you?

I can assure you it’s not because I think they will go and copy what they see. Some movie violence is disturbing and unpleasant and just not suitable for children. I wouldn’t let a 6 year old watch a hardcore pornographic movie, but not because I’d be afraid that they’d be trying to 69 a teacher.

If I buy your argument hora, that screen violence can be directly linked to people imitating what they see, what would you suggest the solution or at least part solution is?

If I’ve just watched The Fast and the Furious in the cinema, really enjoyed it and jumped into my Mums Vauxhall Corsa to drive home would I drive that bit quicker?

If you were an idiot possibly yes.

The books are shit but the film still manages to miss the tone of the books and utterly mis judge the character of Jack Reacher himself.

Rubbish.

It’s a very old point but I think that it’s still relevant, that some people will be susceptible to violence they see in images, films, video games etc and may as a result act out what they see but these are people who would have been inclined to act out violence regardless.

Do we have an outright ban on screen violence on the basis that some people who are already inclined to act out violenty may possibly act out something they have seen on screen?