Sack the tubeless idea and chuck a tube in. 😉

I would go boots, and none of those goretex jobbies. Brasher hillmaster GTX are bloody good for the money, not the cheapest out there at £120 a pair but if you look after them and keep them well G waxed they will last for years.

Someone is a long way from home.

The bolts law killer loop is a canny ride.

Rockabilly radio. Nuff said.

the sound of a bottle top coming off a beer in the sunshine surrounded by your mates having ridden a day of amazing trails….

Second that.

Lesbian nymphomaniac.

Speaking as an Ex forester. Drill holes in the stump and fill them with just about anything toxic From waste engine oil to cyanide ( under no circumstances do I recommend the latter). Bleach, Jeyes fluid, diesel etc will do the job. The best way is to remove the stump completely with a stump cutter (not advisable unless you know what your doing) or dig the whole thing out. Removal is the quickest greenest way.

So what are they the national front in disguise?

This was from 1997 to 2010, were you asleep during the labour govt?

I don’t want a socialist anything. 13 years of socialist govt has put this country right bac to where we were in the late 1970s.

True but unfortunately the tories measure everything in MONEY

I suppose Ynot B liar and gordon the moron didn’t. They’re the ones who left us in this mess.

Anyway I’m going to get drunk while I can still afford it. 😆

[/quote]Errrrr, actually you don’t, the main benefit for most people is you get paid upfront by the company paying your company, so you get all the pension contributions, and the money they’d have to pay you if they made you redundant, HR costs, company car costs etc. So the Gross pay is a lot higher.

In our office those of us on PAYE are on about a third of the contractors rates for the same jobs, but they’re not driving round in Ferrari’s, I actualy reckon the staff have better cars as we’re guaranteed to still be in the job next week rather than on 5 days notice.

So these contractors get paid in excess of 100k a week for kicking a ball around a field, or do they have subbies ect to pay?

and why the hell not?

You still get away with paying 20 to 25% less income tax on a hell of a lot of money which is what counts.

If you are registered as an offshore company E.G. registered as a company in the isle of man or Jersey you are exempt from paying UK income tax, also if you register your name as a limited company (like David milliband has) you only pay 20% corporation tax no matter how much you earn.

Gorehound,so you just dislike anyone who earns more or less than you?

Not at all. I do dislike the fact that people who earn vast amounts of money get away with “avoiding” paying income tax when the rest of us have to.

For a start a puffball player does not pay income tax on ticket sales the mugs who pay to watch them pay VAT not the players. If you are registered as an offshore company you don’t pay any income tax at all in this country. Why should the highest earners get away with paying no income tax when the lowest earners have to. For instance after tax my takehome is £225 a week some soccer players are on over £100,000 a week and they can legally get away with paying no income tax at all, even if they paid 50% their takehome pay would be £50,000 a week.

So, by extension this facility should be available to all shouldn’t it?

Exactly.

So paying VAT on a ferrari exempts you from paying income tax does it?

If everyone in the country paid the right amount of income tax there would probably be no need for VAT.

David Milliband £2,500,000 a year and evades paying the full amount of tax he should pay. How many puffball players etc are registered as offshore companies so they don’t have to pay any tax at all? Don’t blame those of us who work hard for low wages for all the ills of the country.

AND DON’T CALL US A BURDEN ON THE WELFARE STATE!

GET DRUNK!

Tax credits and benefits? I get my wage after tax and sod all else.

Trek Ex8, they climb pretty well.

and don’t get me started on the freaking EU.

The last govt screwed the country right into the ground long before the present inherited the job of sorting their mess out.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/26/theresa-may-migrants-immigration

^^^^that is^^^^

Load of left wing guardianista bollocks more like. That paper is worse than the daily mirror.

I earn 13.5k a year and pay my taxes unlike certain labour MPS and puffball players.

Went back to work today. I need to retire.

Got drunk.

Saucer of milk and crushed asprins. Job done.

After the last crash my Mrs had I dug a lump of stone out of the side of her lid that was bigger than the end of my thumb. Without a lid I would have been taking her to hospital to have it removed from the side of her head. Wearing a helmet makes sense.

A fully grown goose weighs about 10lbs a fully grown swan about 20. What do you weigh?. Grow some balls and give them a kick FFS.

Go pick it up by the neck and see where the notch is on it’s beak and sue it’s owner. 😉

Anything, riding round with RUBBER QUEEN written on your tyres is just wrong. 😯

If they’re real leather get a couple of disposable nappies, turn them inside out (the nappies not the boots) stuff them into the boots, leave them somewhere warm overnight to dry out then give them a good dose of dubbin.

Glen nevis is about the best campsite we’ve stayed on if not the best.