Bet it’s in the last place you look

OP should look there first then.

Yeh we’ll be getting a subway pass. When I said about walking I don’t expect to be able to walk everywhere but walking to some places would be a nice option.

Good info newrobdob, thanks. Just a point on the bblodges, we would be looking at the two bedroom option but am I right in thinking they don’t have a sitting area?

I have it in my pocket, I picked it up from your bedside table last night while I watched you sleeping.

We did look at Brooklyn but just thought that using the subway to get anywhere would be a pain all the time. We would like to be able to walk around mainly.

battery life says it lasts a year. Mines using 30% battery a day with minimal use

Is the 30% a typo or will the battery only last 3 days? Even if you meant to type 3% a day that’s still only going to last a monthish.

East Village looks like a good call, I’ll take a look. Cheers

All one bedroom unfortunately

Thanks, but that’s a hotel, we want an apartment. There’s my wife and I plus our 20 year old son.

Not sure if we’ve looked at places there, there’s a couple in hells kitchen that are within budget.

As I said I’ve no idea really but thought £300 a night would get us something okay.

I got a Bird Zero through Halfords C2W

I have zero interest in downhill, or any mountain bike racing for that matter.

They had a free Amazon Prime trial….which then rolls over to a default £7.99 a month subscription.The scamps.

I used a trial membership during December and was great for christmas presents. I clearly knew I was signing up for it and turned off auto renewal immediately. They do also send reminders, but I guess people love to pass the blame for daft mistakes.

Katie Archibald gets my vote, great rider and I sometimes see her on my commute. I’m sure the chap mentioned is nice and all but I’ve never heard of him.

Tescos cheapo triple blade cartridges and one of their own handles. Indistinguishable from gilletkinsonsword****balls in use.

Do they have the ‘edge’ blade on the back as mentioned above as I need this. Tried the aldi triple blade things and they were good but lacked the edge blade.

Yeh I use sumif with a rolling total and an annual total. Works a treat.

I have a spreadsheet with six columns – date, description, debit amount, ‘off’ for come off bank, credit amount, category. My sumif function looks like this for 2018 ‘=-SUMIF(Accounts!$F$5756:$F$6469,”Bike”,Accounts!$C$5756:$C$8469)’, the negative at the start of the formula is to show debit amount as positive in the total. And at the end of 2018 I’ll amend the last cell to sum to.

I’ve also added data validation to the category column so I have a pick list. This is the category list from the summary of spending table – so if I add a new category it’ll add automatically to the dropdown list.

Yes I am fun at parties :)

I used safety razors 30 years ago when I didn’t have the money to spend on proper razors that work. They were okay but the shave was nowhere near as nice as a modern blade. I wouldn’t go back to them even if I craved the authentic heritage shaving experience, using shaving soap does that for me.

I had a look at the ring doorbell in john lewis at the weekend and quite fancied one as it’s a nice idea. But after checking the reviews on john lewis I won’t be buying one. There’s a couple of good reviews but the rest are pretty poor.

in what sense?

In the sense that it’s a much nicer shaving experience. But as you say each to their own.

Seeing as it’s not visible, I often wonder how people know this.

Chain starts squeaking, that’s how I know the lube has stopped working.

I’ve tried squirt, fine in the dry but doesn’t last at all in the wet. Using holy cow at the moment too.

although my first bike commute of the year (driven in today and was going to ride home and back in in the morning) has been scuppered by Storm Eleanor, don’t fancy riding in 50mph winds PAH

Same here, although scuppered by a stinking cold. Think I’ll be off it the rest of the week and back in full flow on the 8th (as long as it’s not icy).

What’s not to love.

They’re just not as good as a mach 3.

I’ll certainly be cutting down, but I won’t be giving up completely. I don’t drink that much anyway but will probably stop the mid week gins.

My wife’s away skiing for a week so will probably have two weeks with no alcohol.

Is there a need to give up entirely? Genuine question as a non drinker

Not for me, no. But it’s nice to cut back on food and alcohol after the over indulgence during the festive season. And I’ve got about 4 or 5kg of winter insulation I’d like to shift.

for the ultimate in gnarr mountain urban twattery

Because you don’t understand something it doesn’t mean those that do are ****.

I use foil tape, the stuff used for sealing round insulation sheets, pipe ducts, etc. Works well, I just tape it to the underside of the insole.

Using on a turbo trainer possibly?

I bought mine on chain reaction using my December British Cycling 10% off code.

If you want my January one then PM me.

Mine does.. mounts on my Enve Stem

Sorry I meant garmin mounts.

Just bought the Bolt.

But they don’t fit out front mounts?

Thanks johnnystorm. I thought with the £50 price differences there would be functional differences.

So Bolt is 520 sized ish and element 810ish?

I’m after a new garmin after my 500 died, was going to buy a 520 but think I’ll now go for the element.

Whats the difference between the element and element bolt?

I think the last time I combed my hair was when I had a quiff/flat top so probably around 1987. I still have a full head of hair but its cut to a no.3 so no combage required.

They’re just cagoules, FFS

Even the trousers, fleeces, etc, etc?

Can’t see any issues with it myself, I think the uplighters/downlightes thing looks good. I was going to do it round our house but controlled with a pir, which is ideal after coming home from a bike ride in the dark.

Doing the wiring was a fuss and I would have needed to run conduit round the house so got some battery operated ones instead.

Works a treat as they’re linked, so when one is activated they all come on, and they’re only on for 30 seconds.

Too much turkey

I’m slim and was smoothed in front of the telly..

Makes you think…

DrP

Me too on both counts, I’m also eating celebrations and quality street at the moment. I’ll still weigh around 70kg at the end of the week.

Better that being a fat ****

Not really, not everyone hates fat people, but everyone hates a smug ****

I would always go the A66 but no idea what the snow conditions are like there at the moment, there’s no snow gates on the M6 :) A66 is the slower option though.

very little in the way of actual outdoor kit.

Should have gone to an actual outdoors clothing shop rather than an actual fashion clothing shop.

It’s not The North Face brands fault that you’re too stupid to know where to shop.

Or spend your working life doing a job that doesn’t involve things like spreadsheets…

Things like spreadsheets and spreadsheets themselves can be great fun you know.

Drac … I’m a geezer mate … lol

I didn’t know Danny Dyer used this forum, but there you go :)

Should we remove the yellow ribbons from the tree?

Last lot I bought was from eBay. To be honest I don’t find it that good at doing most things that I think it should be good at.

What would the police force cost if they took on this level of “serve” for everybody?

Left my phone on a bus.
Can’t get through to a taxi, need a lift.
Dropped my keys down a drain.

Are you my son? :)