Brighton seems to be bucking the trend – still has some decent independent record shops (including one that opened within the last few years and seems to be doing very well – always busy on a weekend)

One thing I do like about the rise of the download – is all the 2nd hand CDs I’m able to get silly cheap from the Amazon Marketplace. There are loads on there for a penny (plus 1:24 postage) – classic albums for the price of a cup of coffee

this is the “happy songs” daddy – not sure why cos the lyrics are fairly sad

Mean Girls is an excellent film – not a guilty pleasure

Flash Gordon is very tongue in cheek – it’s too knowing to be “so bad it’s good”

or you could take a look at Northern Uproar’s website[/url]

It’s not been touched since the 90s – its like finding a tin of ham in the cupboard with a sell by date of 1982 – and a label using comic sans

Flashdance (love Kevin Bacon’s “angry dancing” scene)

He did that in Footloose too

well spotted I meant Footloose (it was on TV recently), I also enjoy the “playing chicken very slowly in tractors scene” – although the welding / dance mash-up in Flashdance deserves a mention too.

2012

watched it recently – its like 2 hours of watching a dog crossing a busy motorway, and not getting hit for the whole 2 hours

think the same person made Independce Day, Godzilla, the Day After Tomorrow and 2012

I guess they are able to keep making films because they make lots of money – but please won’t somebody think of the children?

Butch Cassidy
Blues Brothers
Princess Bride
Escape From New York
American Werewolf in London

are in no way shape or form “guilty pleasures” – they are all cast iron classics

real guilty pleasures

Con Air (as already stated by many)
Flashdance (love Kevin Bacon’s “angry dancing” scene)
Rocky 3 and 4 (not seen the later ones so can’t comment on those)
Armagedon
The films of Clif Richard

My roadrat is used for riding around town mainly – I use flat pedals and flat bars

For a commute on country roads I use a road bike with drops.

So if your commute is mainly urban I would use flat bars – mainly “open road” I would go with drops.

at what point does a ride become a “rag”?

you can still do a XC ride for an hour or 2

[/quote]I have no problem with talking to them to ‘build up a picture’ of the landlord….

personally I do not think this is the right thing to do. He is innocent until proven guilty, and excessive reporting by the press about what an “oddball” he is limits his chances of a fair trial (if there ever is a trial)

anything that says Pixar on the box

come back when you’ve used them up

cant wait for “True Grit” , came out in the US already – think we might have to wait a month or so

I might be there for this too

Tim

they’ve unearthed this old Tron xmas special – enjoy

it’s the fault of porn, porn has made it socially acceptable for women to do this, and to experiment with this stuff more then men (with other men)

I am on a dating sight at the moment – where there seems to be a very high proportion of young women claiming to be Bi. I’m not assuming that they are not – but it certainly seems more acceptable to say you are now

Haven’t been all over – but of where I did go Nothern California – and specifically the Sanra Cruz area

I just liked the place – atmosphere reminded me of Brighton (where I live now) – except with the addition of Sandy Beaches and proper surfing. Obviously good riding, but also a real bike culture in the town too. Seemed very liberal etc compared to the rest of the states. Also there is something about the N Cal coastline which I love.

gravitysucks

I just want to say that I feel for you and I know what you’re going through because I’ve been there, and I’m afraid in my case things didn’t end well.

I’m also going to say that I agree that midlife’s post is harsh but fair – but it doesn’t mean that it applies to your marriage

In my case it was pretty obvious there was other stuff going on – I didn;t need a keylogger to tell me, and if you know your wife I expect you don’t either

Poking around and being suspicious just makes you feel awful – and ultimately it won’t change anything. Best thing to do is try and get her to councelling with you

I didn’t manage it – it felt at the time like we were in a car together, but she was in the driving seat – and had taken her hands off the wheel and was just waiting for the car to crash. I was trying my best to keep the car on the road but couldn’t

As you mention above though 800 pounds is a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of separation (financial and emotional), so don’t let that be the reason not to go. I think relate do let you opt to do it for free as well.

Another point – it can take a while to get seen/ get a slot – so don’t wait. Call them now and get booked in.

Steam is meant to help

if everyone takes an hour to learn this – then does it with their colleagues at work tomorrow, the world will be a better place

I watched Elf with the kids today as well

Love that film

Don’t think it’s dreadful – but I thought it was a little dull and yes, not as clever as it thinks it is

Far too much exposition – characters all very flat and one dimensional

haven’t got a desire – do have an iPhone 4

Not an objective comparison then – but the camera on the iphone is really very good, as is the video camera. Putting aside things like mega pixels, it takes really pretty good photos and videos (evan better when the large numbers of photo apps are considered as well). Good enough that I no longer feel the need to own a stand alone camera or video camera .

I miss having a proper optical zoom – but can live with this in exchange for having a “good enough for me” camera and video camera with me all the time

i think its been mentioned before – but apple phones do seem to suit people better who just want something easy to use. The android phones are very easy to use too I;m sure – But what I have read suggests they are not quite as easy to use straight out of the box. The trade off is that android is more “open” and flexible if you like to fiddle around with gadgets alot

This is more important to some people than others

the list of 1970s albums on pitchfork is a good starting point[/url]

I think you can tell a lot about someones musical taste based on their Fleetwood Mac preference – Peter Green or Stevie Nicks “Rumours” era – I’m a Rumours man all the way

because they went to Taylor and said – why don’t you give us money to feature your guitar on air

Taylor said “no”

so x factor put masking tape over the logo

Kylie Minogue’s people recently gave Kinesis bikes the “opportunity” to have their bikes feature in one of her videos.

The opportunity would have cost them $50K

this came up on shuffle in the car the other day

I’m not too big to admit that a few tears were shed at the traffic lights

I remember reading about Moon, is that the one by David Bowies son?

Fish Tank looks quite good too, have just checked out trailer for it. I dont mind the odd brit grit flick but it can all a bit too Danny Dyer sometimes.

yes Moon is directed by Zowie Bowie, or Duncan Jones as he now for some reason prefers to be called

Fish Tank is the polar opposite of a Danny Dyer film

edit – and talking of dire british films, don’t watch “Harry Brown” – absolute rubbish, all the cliches of the vigilante film intact. Obnoxious, Michael Caine should be ashamed of himself

Moon is superb

just watched Fish Tank – really good, though maybe not your sort of thing (its a gritty UK drama set on an essex estate)

I’ve just tried to log into lovefilm to remind myself what else I have watched recently – but the site is down

What did he write on the album?

Odd comment from your friend – all the accounts I have seen say he was a perfect gent with chapman, signed an album for him etc

go away and watch the ice hockey scene in Omen 2

compulsion cured

if I open a PDF doc on my iphone – there is an option to view it in iBooks

then a finger swipe is enough to move to the next page – it doesn’t do a page turn effect as such, but I don’t see why that would be at all important

You could store the docs on Dropbox for easy access (the dropbox app gives the option to view in iBooks)

porridge

I like to have spaghetti, tinned toms, garlic, anchovies, olives, capers and dried chili so I can make Spaghetti Putanesca

they have a good reputation – pretty consistent quality wise etc

not the most exciting brand in the world, but I would have no problem owning one

The problem is that they don’t “move them on”. The policy seems to be to herd them up and pen them in for hours on end – stop them dispersing and going home

So if a woman has the house, the holidays and the kids but the sex isn’t upto the grade what should she do?

she has an affair with the next door neighbour, or someone at work, or someone she meets whilst out with the girls

I’m not saying women never use these sites – – just that I imagine they are significantly outnumbered by the numbers of men who pay up to use them hoping to meet real live women in lingerie, like they see in the ads, and are sorely disappointed to find the reality is somewhat wide of the mark

That’s not what I’m saying at all hora

I’m just saying that men are far more likely to resort to a website to try and meet women for casual sex

A woman who wants an affair will not have too much trouble finding someone the old fashioned way

I’m happy to be corrected – but by someone who has actually used these sites, rather than just fantasised about using them

There are alot of bored married people men out there just looking for no-strings action.

Fixed that for you – I stand to be corrected, but I expect the sites you are referring to are something of a sausage fest

I only use non stick pans for eggs and pancakes really – and then just buy cheap and nasty, and replace as required.

Otherwise I use a le cruset or stainless steal pan – just take it easy at first (low heat, plenty of stiring) and you will get a pan with a “non stick” surface that will last for years

Expensive Teflon pans are a waste of money IMO

The number of photos of (hideously ugly ancient blubbery) men wearing lycra and leering at the camera in obscene poses made my stomach churn.

Must be like old times on here

My problem is getting the dates in the first place – I suspect that being separated and having 3 kids is some kind of dating kryptonite (although it could of course be down to my hideous photos and boring profile)

I have to agree with others who have said that all music will date

loads of good stuff mentioned above – but it all sounds absolutely “of its time”. I can think of music which was “ahead of it’s time” (Sister Lovers by Big Star springs to mind). Or music which is relatively “timeless” (folk/ country/ old style blues type stuff which could have been made in 1990 or 1940) – but I honestly can’t think of anything that hasn’t – or will never date.

Stuff like Massive Attack might be holding on for a bit longer than most – but it will sound dated in 10/ 15 years (if not sooner)

Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy old stuff – I know I do