can’t you get disposable contact lenses and use “normal” riding shades?

My prescription is always changing and it would cost be a fortune if I had to get new lenses for my day to day glasses and potentially 2 or 3 sets of lenses for my “sports” glasses

how about some celtic soul?

Been listening to “His Band and the Street Choir” and “Too Late to Stop Now” by Van Morrison today. Awesome stuff.

question – how is the “soul” writing applied to the re-painted frame? Is that a sticker too? I’m not sure what it is on my soul – feels more like its painted on? (I don’t know what I’m talking about really)

i think the beatles don’t get played enough – a perception that they are always “on the radio” so they are actually very rarely “on the radio”, the fact that for the most part they have shunned being used in ads etc helps.

The Beatles haters need to buy some CDs and a copy of the book “Revolution in the Head” to put the whole thing into context and look at the music with fresh eyes

Bands I missed out on at the time – stone roses/ smiths/ dance music as I too was a bit too much of a metal kid

also missed seeing Jeff Buckley and Big Star at festivals I was at cos at the time I wasn’t aware of them – love both acts now and I’ll never get to see them (Jeff for sure anyway)

I have 100mm durins on mine, had rebas before. I think 100mm is the way to go – I’ve thought about putting longer forks on but like it to much how it is

i have a little topeak one – digital works on presta or schraeder

its pretty good

I have birds nesting every year in my roof – I like it. Nice chirping in the morning. Don’t really make a mess.

Drives my cats mental though cos they can’t reach them

who reads porn mags these days? – it’s the porn equivalent of buying vinyl

“Age is irrelevant, I have been seeking out alternatives to “pop” music since I was in my early teens! It is all about free thinking, being inquisitive and taking the trouble over something you care about.

I’d say most people listen to what they are fed, are accepting of it and are too lazy because music doesn’t really float their boat.

You go with the hype my friend!

I will continue to seek out great artists.”

You don’t know who I listen to, or why. or whether I searched it out or not. I’ve spent plenty of time in small venues watching “obscure” artists, and plenty of time screaming along at the top of my voice to a “pop” record in my car.

Some stuff is popular because people genuinely like it, most of the greatest, most uplifting songs ever recorded are “pop” records pure and simple

I’m not familiar with any of the artists you mention, and I’m sure they are very good – but in general people are more interested in songs and lyrics than musical virtuosity.

by all means seek out and enjoy the music you like – but moaning about talentless “pop” musicians just makes you sound rather old and tedious

3 x ipods here, all running off 1 itunes

i just keep a playlist for each of us – and set the synch on each ipod to the correct playlist

simples!

had tiscali – was awful, and they are now selling up to talk talk too

I’ve been on sky for a while with no problems – if you are getting sky tv anyway probably the way to go.

the film of all the pretty horses was directed by Billy Bob Thornton and starts Matt Damon. i think it went staright to video

Matt Damon is too old – the character in the book is 16 – and they miss out the best bits

the bit in the mexican prison – in the book its amazing and the film just ruins the whole thing

its a damn fine book

I’ve read loads of CM since – the boarder trilogy is amazing (all the pretty horses, the crossing and cities of the plain (i think!))

avoid the film of all the pretty horses – its a load of pony!

i bought one of the new macbooks last year – after starting a lengthy mac vs PC thread on here

I have the cheapest aluminium one – and I love it

Really easy to use – the ilife software is excellent (and you will get the 09 version too, I’m on 08), totally reliable so far. Early days still on that front I guess, but that was my main motivation after getting sick of PCs that die on you and require tedious tinkering to get them working. feels like money well spent at the moment

maybe just check if things like cameras/ video cameras etc are compatible. If things work with a mac they work starightaway – my printer, cameras, router etc all worked straightaway

my phone can only transfer photos via bluetooth, but not via a cable, which is irritating. And I had plans to do some editing of family videos – but my rather old video camera is not mac compatible it seems

twitters only as good as the people you follow really

I quite like looking at it, and it often leads me to other stuff on the web – but I post very little as I have no illusions about how interesting my life is

always get a cut of the gross, never the net

never start a land war in asia

if there was a fight it would be the kind that involved lots of pushing and shoving, anorak hoods being grabbed and a “no faces” rule

amex blue, or platinum for cashback – accepted in loads of places, certainly not getting less

for travel abbey zero mastercard is best – no foreign transaction fees

Houses get robbed all the time!

if thats the link I think it is it is NSFW

1. about 5 years
2. one trip to A&E to get checked over, fractured fingertip and stiff neck was all, but my helmet was smashed up
3. knocked off twice by a car, and once by a motorbike (that was the one that sent me to A&E). 1st words of the driver each time “Sorry – I didn’t see you!)

willh is correct – the BBQ flavour comes from the hot fat on the coals smoking and drifting back up on to the food

lighting a “real” BBQ is fun – but the improvement in flavour is largely all in your mind I’m afraid people

I’m not sure why I’m wading in – but its like playing Cludo so I can’t resist

A few mentions of iPhones for 200 pounds – sounds like his “plan” was to sell stuff up front, get the money to pay for his US holiday and source the stuff over there for cheap then bring it back to send to his buyers

it went wrong, he spent all the money and now doesn’t have the stuff to send.

its a “del boy” style business idea gone wrong

uri gellar style bending technique – my grandad managed to bend his car key whilst watching him on Wogan in the 80s

i have some from merlin – very good so far

Got my Cato 105 today. Not ridden yet but it seems reet nice

thanks very much

5’11 , medium custard frame, 100mm magura durins for fast handling, 90 mm stem, use low risers. Perfect

ski

good point – I have M&S insurance and pay extra for the “away from home” cover (with bikes in mind)

that could be the way to go – I’ll call them

Tim

its in warranty

i can here the sand grinding when I switch it on – there’s no way I’m going to get away with a warranty claim

its a couple of a hundered pounds worth of camera (I think – haven’t dug out the receipt yet) – will it really be more than that to fix?

that morse episode was directed by danny Boyle previous to trainspotting

if your talking about truly starting from scratch – from zero then I would suggest some of the following – many of them fairly predictable “critics favourites” but they do keep getting on those lists for a reason

beach boys – pet sounds
beatles – revolver
stones – exile on main street
Motown Gold
Van Morrisson – Astral Weeks and His Band the Street Choir
Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions

My personal favourites – just beacuse I like them

Steve Earle – I Feel Alright
Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
Lemonheads – It’s a shame about Ray
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Master and Everyone

I hate the new wave of ads for the banks (they all seem to have one on at the moment) which aim to show how “caring” , “helpful” and “cuddly” the banks are

look they’re showing him how to budget

ahhh look – he’s joking with a pregnant lady

ahhh aren’t they niiiice!

I use Vs. All you need. Plus discs are tempting to thieves and easy to steal, it’s happened to me on a previous commuter.

go on you tube and search on the words “spider bite”

enjoy

😈

i think 2 is the minimum

you’ve still got to have a pub/ station bike – and that’s not a pub bike

one of the parents at my kid’s school has a big dummmy

he currently has one child sitting on the back – and has rigged up a tag-a-long thing which attaches to the back of the wooden deck thing for another older child

looks quite clever – next time I see him i’ll ask if he minds if I take a photo and put it up here

bbq sauce

then a curly whirley for afters (eaten with a knife and fork)

liked it – it all came together and made episode 1 make more sense

would like to watch it all again now, think it will benefit from a 2nd watch – but I think I might read the books first