SDG Bel Air.

Got them tonight and asked my 6 yr old girl if she was happy, she replied yes, so i asked her what makes her sad, she said sometimes her brothers annoy her, so what makes you laugh i say, "you do daddy", bless i thought, surely your mum does too….." no never!"

I asked her brothers the same and they both agreed saying all she does is either, work, facebook, talk or txt on the phone and shout at them….

Substitute work and facebook for watch telly and play video games and I know how you feel. My boys (7 and 3) both prefer it here – they come every weekend, the eldest Fri-Sun and the youngest Sundays and some Saturday nights. We (missus and 2yr old daughter) had them from NYE to Sunday and their mum didn't get in touch once to see how they were (it was the longest the youngest had spent away from her) or to wish them Happy NEw Year which, sadly, typifies a lot of things at her end.

My missus and their mum get along okay – they've taken the youngest two to soft play together a couple of times so it's not as if it's an embittered and hateful split. I just can't stand how little proper attention and love they get from her and would dearly love for the boys to be here with us, getting all the interest and love they deserve. So I know how you feel sharki, it's like your guts are being pulled out whenever you think of them when they're not there.

My best response – that I can come up with – is to make sure that they get all the love, happiness and stimulation that you can give, and by the sounds of the posts above, you already do that.

In general you're right, iTunes is a bit crap although as samuri says, Options menu is your friend in this instance. If you've got a fairly big collection of mp3/flac etc files then Mediamonkey[/url] is worth paying for, imo.

Ta

What's a "turbo trainer"?

Like a Dr. Ferrari for flat fish.

If that locations correct its one of the worst council estates in [strike]Nottingham[/strike] Britain

Hmm. My missus is from there; it's not that bad at all. Bit dodgy, yes, but hardly as bad as all that.

The ad does stink of thievin' get tho'.

So, how's it looking at the moment? A better bet than Cannock atm or no? Cheers.

Bloody cold and wet though, I certainly wasn't getting in anyone's way!

It's a quiet place on a weekday. And in the sun, glorious 🙂

leaning on Cork Stone, Stanton Moor

Cheeky! Still, it is nice up there.

Last week:

Last Summer:

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Squatted for years round Stratford and Forest Gate. Never any real bother. Moved down to Peckham and that was a bit rougher but, again, no bad experiences (that weren't of my own doing).

Was it just wishful thinking or did i see a trailer for an updated 'Survivors' after the first episode?

The first one was (and is) great television – been watching it again with the missus. The new one… it sucks, it blows, it is truly terrible. And I *love* most apocalyptic tv/cinema.

thief claims to have dumped the bike to the police.

yesterday they emailed bushwqcked offering to sell it to him!

Scroty *and* stupid.

Nice one man.

Derby. Grey. Wet.

As for anyone thinking Zappa is boring, well I assume you haven't listened to much of his stuff

Well, no, sadly, I have suffered his crap round at mates' houses. The dreary doowop/rock'n'roll/flower power/etc pastiches, the sixth form jazz/classical pretentions that all turn into the same boring fretboard ****. Zappa is the musical equivalent of a 'You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here…' sticker.

The Clash were a spent force after the first album.

I never quite saw the fuss over Nirvana; they were pretty middle of the road musically and lyrically so I guess a lot of it must have been image?

U2. Horrid.

At the moment Arctic Monkeys, Killers, Kaiser Chiefs.. jeez. Plodding generic McIndie. No ta.

Stupid comments at the bottom of page "WE LOVE BIKES LIKE A FAT KID LOVES CAKE", why is it ok for companies to put this kind of crap on their web sites?

I would wager that the majority of fat kids love cake but, at the same time, recognise that it's a dangerous love, possibly tinged with hatred because of the inevitability and inescapability of cake and what it does to them. So it seems like a subtle, almost Burtian comment on the double-edged sword of bike love.

Sorry to hear your bike's still out there but top work in cornering the rat bastard.

Just got Formula 1 F1 2009 for ours. Too tough for the kids but you might like it 🙂

I have no idea what you're talking about but the FAQs at GameFAQs might.

Every Christmas stocking should have an Orange of some description in it, innit.

Earlier today:

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I tried out the "quad" snow bike, which had double wheels front and rear.

That was awesome. Madness. Awesome madness!

Maybe DCC have run out of grit already

Hope not, don't want my plans for tomorrow put paid to. I've seen two in Derby in the last two days which was a pleasant surprise.

I've got my fingers crossed for some China Miéville come Christmas morning. In addition to the above Ken MacLeod is both engrossing and good fun.

As per RichPenny.

and I shall be… watching my 2 year old entranced by the whole event and hoping she manages her now almost perfect, "Merry Christmas. Ho!Ho!" down the pohone to her Grandma and Grandad. Then cooking a nice rib of beef. Yum 🙂

And doing it all over again on Boxing Day but with the addition of my two boys and a leg of lamb instead of beef 🙂

Booze, burning things, carnal fun. (Provided the missus isn't done in from a 5 hour trip to Asda with her mam.)

(Ronald Hutton's Stations of the Sun has a very good section on the histories and stories of midwinter/New Year festivities)

naw, she's a keeper.

Not according to my missus. Her appraisal of the situation is that divorce would be entirely justified. I shall remind her of this at any opportune moment that arises….

It is nice to hear of repeatedly good service. One day the holy grail of a convergence of style and substance *might* occur… 🙂

Bah. We've got Nectar points!

Thanks for the opinions on Green Flag; looks like a good deal but I'll also check out GEM first.

Born: York
Then Northallerton way.
Isle of Wight (Cowes and then Freshwater Bay)
Northumberland
East London (lots of bits – had to move whenever the council bailiffs came knocking)
South London
Derby (various bits)

Will soon move about north of Derby somewhere (but, like, only 10-15miles north)

When I was born they had a Morris Minor Estate with a mouse living in it; apparently it used to jump over me on the back seat.

Then I draw a bit of a blank for a few years.
Peugeots i thnk.

Saab 90.
Orange VW Beetle.
Peugeot 205? Something small and diesel that lasted a gazillion years and ended up with 200+k on the clock and a rare moss growing on it. Sold to their builders for £60.

My mum had an Alfa Romeo during the middish 90s. I *think* it was a 146 Ti. She loved it but it kept falling apart.

Then they got a 307SW diesel which is showing every sign of lasting like the 205.

Nothing spectaularly cool (well, they might have done for th chunks of time i don't remember but they've not mentioned it).

In addition to those Mario Party (whichever the Wii version is)was and is popular here. Now seven, my eldest is currently plaing Super Paper Mario. He *loved* Super Monkey Ball 2(?) on the Gamecube but wasn't so fussed by the Wii version. The Mario Bros downloads have been v.popular with him and he is *itching* to get his hands on the new Mario game.

60's Rumble -Link Wray

<geek> 1958. Link Wray & the Raymen</geek>

It all starts a bit German and is fairly loud throughout…

60s: 'Phallus Dei' – Amon Düüll II
70s: 'Der LSD-March'- Guru Guru
80s: 'Suicide' – Spacemen 3
90s: 'Temple-Projection' – Quad
00s: 'Lost in the Cold Sun' – Earthless*

*The 00s is probably even more contested than the 70s. *lots* of big instro tracks in the doom/stoner/sludge/jam end of things

Sad news. My mam and dad had a 90 and it was loved by us all.

ANother snow fan; what's not to get excited about??!

But nowt in Derby. Well, glorious sunshine aside.

Unless, of course, you'd bought one at nearer RRP and then found the resale value crashed because some dealer was shagging them out?

Please tell me people aren't considering resale values when they're buying bikes?

LSD was the required drug if you wanted to "get" Pink Floyd.

What a waste of acid.

twohats – awesome 🙂

I work in on office with 13 women and there are no men amazing how quickly a simple query labels you homophobic though.

Which makes you…?

Enjoy your bag knowledge; remember to tell the talking doctor about this little incident.

Sorry about the patchouli.

Me either.

I *am* listening to White Hills – Head on Fire. Awesome.