That has got to be the easiest puzzle ever.

descended into petty racism.

eh?

As suggested above, this is too tricky, 50 albums would be easier:

1. A concept album, either Tommy, The Who or The Wall, Pink Floyd
2. Blood on the tracks, Bob Dylan
3. Something funky, Maggot Brain, Funkadelic or possibly Sign of the Times, Prince
4. In a Silent Way, Miles Davis
5. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Benjamin Britten (ousting a Kate Bush album, which feels like betrayal!).

It was Saturday night and I’m feelin kinda sporty
Went to a bar and caught me a 40
Got kinda a high and a…kinda drunk
So I kicked the ass of this little punk
Forgot my key and had to ring my bell
My momma came dressed, she said, “Who the hell?”
Wait momma, wait, it’s me ya little son
Before I knew it my mom pulled a gun
“I know who you are, but who the hell is that?”

Read more: Schoolly D – Saturday Night Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Best stop there as the rest may offend.

The Beatles, Abba, Elvis Presley, Mozart.

Shakespeare.

Sport.

Alcohol.

Cars.

Fellatio.

Looks great. I’d need full length trousers, but tell me you wore gloves?!

Finished. 505km. Another windy day, but remarkably mild – people out in shorts, but then for Scotland it was warmer than it often is in June!
Don’t think I’d do it again. What am I going to do with my patch??

Distance: 5019 miles
Time: 508h 37min
Elev Gain: 120,458ft
Rides: 553

This includes commutes, may aim for 6000 miles next year, but that takes quite a bit extra effort/commitment.

Very impressive, it would take me more than 24 hours to ride that far. Actually I’m even slower in the dark. Best of luck.

So far it has been hard work. Normally when the weather is dreadful i’ll still see a few other people out on bikes and you’ll nod to each other with a look of grim satisfaction and for a while it lifts your spirits because someone else is out feeling the same. But i’ve only seen 1 other person out on a bike, ive never known it to be so quiet.

Indeed, I went out for about three hours early this morning, really hard going and only saw two other riders. This was going to be quite a challenge anyway, but with this wind it’s something else.

I am far too impressionable to read this forum, with a push from my wife I signed up for this challenge. However, I guess I ride at about a third the pace of the majority of others who have signed up – it is going to take a good while.
50 km done this morning, in the pouring rain, but I did see a kingfisher :-)

What do you see? I will be angsty over Christmas if I feel I’m missing something :(

Still is

Don’t believe the Daily Mail, standards have not really slipped…though clearly people’s memories have

Not in my experience, children’s understanding of fractions is woeful.

I’m so old I went to primary school where such things were routine :wink:

How can anyone be bothered making shite like that up? Anyone typing all that nonsense for a bit of attention must have something wrong with them

+1
and this

OP – I sincerely hope you get the cat aids, yes the bad kind.

+1
I cannot believe someone would waste so many people’s time.

I passed first time, despite being taught by a friend as a dummy run before teaching his children. The test is far too easy. I hated driving and haven’t driven since.

Also it’s 1875/10000 (but nicer as 3/16)

^so re captainsasquatch’s video, just so I’m clear, is that acceptable ‘driving to the conditions’ or unacceptable driving? – because once you allow driver discretion I don’t know how you’d tell.

Oops, missed what you’d done already, sorry.

Turn it off and back on again??

@whitestone: thanks, I even learnt a new word ‘contiguous’ :-)

@Cougar I hear what you are saying and have a little sympathy with your position but far too many drivers have an overconfident view of their driving ability (IMHO). I am not convinced they all drive as well as you appear to [there was a member on here recently, I think he was a spy ;) who did not fill me with confidence in his driving]. Accidents do occur, surely a large number of these by people mis-judging something fundamental. Also, aside from the extra risks, being the delicate flower that I am, I would rather cycle on roads beside people driving at 40 mph than say 60 mph. I find the extra noise also unpleasant – but heh ho, I have no say in the way things are.

Then again if I did, I’d change all the speed limits to km/h – no need for new signs

I went into Edinburgh cycles today to ask about a manual for an odometer I bought years ago(they were very helpful as usual) they had records of me buying it and pretty much everything I have bought from them in the past 25 years. I’d be surprised if wiggle did not have the same.

I have yet to finalise any plans for 2017. I cannot decide whether to aim for 5000 or 6000 miles, although 5000 is a bit of a cop out.
Have yet to decide on our main holiday, but at the moment am considering (wife and I) cycling from Belfast to Dublin to Cardiff – people’s thoughts ??
However, I would like to be a bit more adventurous this year. Following the bimble thread, the ‘lonely’ threads and the bivi/wild camping threads, I am considering suggesting an STW beginners, bimble, bivi/wildcamp weekend trip somewhere in central Scotland. However, I’m no planner and rather shy.

@Scotroutes

Working on my VeloViewer Explorer Square (currently 12×12)

This sounds interesting, what does it mean?

It’s my personal opinion is all. What are you suggesting I’m wrong about, and what do you base that on?

I wouldn’t question the need for extra space and attention. But surely the faster you go, your reaction times will be the same, friction forces will be the same but centripetal forces increased, time until you reach a hazard after going around a corner etc reduced, braking distances increased. In my limited experience people drive as if nothing will go wrong- thankfully speed limits and the Highway Code reduce the likelihood that things will go wrong, but they always will and the faster people travel the more likely it is collisions etc will happen.

My experience is extensive though

I have a little.

and of more value than yours.

Possibly, but how can you be so sure?

The second thing is that I don’t actually care for your opinion on the matter either.

Why should you? I was just looking for some rationale behind the idea that increased speed would not affect the incidence of collisions, as this seems counterintuitive to me. I was hoping to gain some further understanding; your experience appears enough to convince you – my intention was not to irritate anyone.

I’d be basing my agreement with cougar on experience.

Anecdotal evidence, nothing better?

@Cougar:

, but if people left adequate braking distances for the conditions of the traffic and of the road and looked where they were bloody going rather than fannying about on Facebook or eating a bowl of cereal then speed would make very little difference to the incidence of collisions.

A lot of ifs, but what do you base this on?

Sounds like it, but I think you missed the : Commonbleedinsense bit
Nope, I chose to ignore it. It’s so often used to justify stuff that isn’t justifiable on closer inspection (that wasn’t a dig, just one of my own bugbears).

Interesting, I’m pretty convinced there’s no such thing as ‘common sense’. You only ever seem to hear people complain that others don’t have common sense from people in my experience, who have a very narrow way of thinking.

When in a car you either have to remove the car seat and place it on the trolley or remove the baby from the car seat and place them in the trolley. more room is helpful here. If one or both is older they may well be keen to jump out and have little understanding of the value of property or why it’s wrong to dent a strangers car.

Ah, I see, it’s the extra space rather than the distance, I didn’t realise that. Thanks.

Those spaces are a god send if you’re on your own with small children. Especially if you have more than one. And it saves you having to worry about dinging someone else’s car.

If you anyone thinks it’s acceptable to take these spaces when you don’t need them perhaps next time imagine your wife, sister, mother etc struggling to carry a baby in a car seat while walking hand in hand with a toddler through the car park. Maybe in the rain.

Really though?, I’ve never had a car and only ever walked or used the bus when my children were small, it’s hard to imagine walking a few yards across a car park is an ordeal. Fully able people at my work moan if they can’t park within 20 yards of the door and any sign of rain has them in a panic. It is incredible how the comforts and convenience of driving lead drivers to feel so entitled to an easy life.

. So why the 30mph limit at the start rather than at the end of the slip road.

I have no idea, someone who likely knows what they are doing had a good reason, maybe? But, how representative is this 0.4 miles? – because people break the speed limit on every stretch of road!

And there we go again, someone who’s been brainwashed into thinking that only speeding = bad driving

Clearly by your own admission you are an especially gifted driver, but not everyone is – nobody I have seen has claimed that “only speeding =bad driving”, there are many causes of bad driving, one of which is the very common occurrence of speeding(we could all list many others). To deny that increased speed contributes to increased risk on the roads, is not an option.

Depressing reading, so many people happy to exceed an often already too high speed limit. Why do so many people feel entitled to complete lengthy journeys in short times? [Early coach travel was slow; in 1673, it took eight days to travel by coach from London to Exeter! ] The sooner all cars are driverless and keep to speed limits the better!

if he’s got plenty of money why is he living in a car?
Not sure how the amount of money you have has a bearing on whether you suffer a mental illness?

Highlights the ignorance around mental illness.

This seems harsh, for somebody asking a genuine question – seems like an ignorant response to me.

Stoatsbrother’s advice seems sound and well informed. So long as he’s not a harm to himself or others at present, then johndoh’s suggestion may be a goer, or perhaps he could rent somewhere,whilst he gets his house sorted. He may well be ill, it’s impossible to tell from the information given; but if my wife didn’t clear up after me I’d soon live in a midden, I do not have the skills/inclination to live a tidy life.

If I could sing like any British male, it would be either Paul Jones [Mannfred Mann] or Peter Pears [tenor and partner of Benjamin Brittten].

Any male, would include: Otis Redding, Bob Marley or Captain Beefheart.

There is a longer list of women!

You can not divide by zero. Infinity is not a number. As CharlieMungus says, the question ‘makes no sense’.
Can we have an easier question, please?

A false statement implies any statement.

One vote for the op here.