https://m.pinkbike.com/buysell/3244091/

Bird Zero AM – better for a 150 fork than the TR. £180

This is a terrible and toxic message that I wish people would stop doling out.

Yup, GITFS with that shite. 👉 🌊 Along with your nonsense talk about “big boy pants” and being a “real man”.

But does any one ever have a child and regret it? Maybe they do?

Yes, they absolutely do, but because the overwhelming socially acceptable standpoint is that having kids is the best thing ever and the only thing that can give your life meaning, most who feel that way will never speak up about it and just suffer in silence, sadly.

Aviva, covered under the contents limit with no need to list separately. Requirements are that they’re locked to something secure.

I’m going to add another voice to the childfree-by-choice posters here; not to say do or don’t do it, but to say that whichever decision you make will be the right one for you.

Of all the posters saying they were unsure but now that it’s happened it’s great – how many of you had partners who were the ones who were sure they wanted kids? I’d wager it’s a very different scenario if you’re both unsure. I was ambivalent about having children, but my OH is 100% (and always has been) about not wanting to be a parent, and the longer we’ve been together the more strongly I’ve leaned towards her feelings.

Given that what’s at stake, I’d far rather regret not having children than regret having them. Whatever you both decide, make sure you support each other. Don’t feel pressured into making a choice that you’re not happy with just because it’s what you think you should do, or to please other people.

Kievs should always be cooked on a slice of bread in the oven anyway..

Other half is Glaswegian and can confirm she has done the Kiev-in-a-roll thing many years ago. Along with pretty much every other possible savoury foodstuff. And ketchup.

My experience matches Cougar’s – used to use it loads for work and if I missed my slot I don’t ever recall having to wait more than the next train or so. Since Brexit/Covid YMMV of course..

Keep it. I’d rather have “my” effectively second-hand bike than someone else’s that I didn’t know how it had been treated. Better the devil you know and all that.

No personal experience, and not directly related, but IIRC the bLevo app for Turbo Levo bikes allows you to set a heart rate range and varies the assistance to keep you in the range. Might be something that could be an option in the future?

Spring with a rubber washer the diameter of the hole glued to the top of it?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Boardman-Team-TXC-650b-FULL-SUSPENSION-FS-Large-MTB-Mountain-Bike-NO-RESERVE-/115232909855/

The problem is that “decently light, durable, not too niche” 140mm full suspension bikes don’t cost £450 any more sadly.

For that money, decently light will mean older and more used, with suspension that may well be harder to get serviced these days.

Durable would mean higher quality and less used, which blows the budget. Go lower quality and it will mean less durable and heavier.

Not too niche – I would argue that QR forks with straight steerers (which is what you’ll find on older bikes) is now pretty niche.

For me, the sweet spot for used full suspension bikes would be something in the 8/900-1200 range, for a bike that will be decently nice and enjoyable to ride.

I agree – components can all be changed in time but you’re stuck with geometry and wheelsize. If you can get something newer with a current wheelsize, why wouldn’t you?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/193991652907029/

Close to me, so I’d be happy to look at it if you wanted?

I’ve found the Topeak one to be fine – yes, you do have to push it on at exactly the right angle but I’ve not had a massive issue with that.

Checked it against a calibrated gauge and it was within 0.5psi, which is the smallest increment anyway, so an acceptable uncertainty of measurement 😁

I too have opened this several times and not yet commented – I lost my first dog late summer last year. He was only 11, and I’d never wanted a dog til we got him. 6 months in and he was my best friend, and stayed that way. We got another a few years later, and they were just the best of friends. Absolutely broke my heart when he went; we have a new puppy now, and the now older dog has a new lease of life, so it’s not all bad. Just the circle of life.. Remember the good times – wherever she is, she will be.

Ahhh, I forgot about ISBLANK 🤦‍♂️ Yeah, that.

=IF(OR(K20=””, F20=””), “”, IF(K20<F20, “YES”, “NO”))

If you don’t like it, don’t do it. No one’s forcing you to.. 🙄

I think it depends where their intended sleeping spot is going to be. Ours sleep in the bedroom with us, so we worked towards that.

When we got the latest at 8 weeks, one of us slept downstairs with him on the sofa so that he could be let out if he needed it, whilst the other slept upstairs with our older dog. As pup gradually got better at holding it in overnight, when he was up to 5 hours without needing the loo we moved him upstairs for the night. Think we had maybe one overnight accident when we didn’t wake up to him needing out, but that was it. We then moved him from sleeping on our bed to sleeping on his bed on the floor – took a couple of nights for him to be OK with that. 7 months old now and sleeps on the bed if allowed or on his bed if told, no issues, no crying, etc.

Don’t HiSense use LG panels? That’s where I’d be looking at that size/budget I think.

Holding steady at 93.9 (previous weeks didn’t save for some reason?) but still on target. Going to start training for Tough Mudder soon as well, so that should help!

Suissi Vegan Kitchen – quite possible the best plant-based food I’ve ever eaten, and it’s not just because it’s vegan. The lotus root crisps are incredible.

Big screen tv’s = council!

🤣

Think I’m still on a 32″ tv – I don’t watch it often enough to make me thing having something lifesize on a screen makes it worth spending the money.

Seems very odd to me that people want such a huge format to watch tv on, but each to their own.

So.. You only have a small TV, you’ve never gotten a larger TV and either regretted it or been happy with it? Is your sole contribution to this thread simply to be snobby and say you don’t understand people who like big TVs? In which case, why bother commenting? 🤷‍♂️

Nope, went from a 42″ HD Sony to a 55″ 4K LG. Seemed insanely big for a couple of days, now it’s just right. Again, sit about 10′ away.

Bookmarked to watch at lunch.. 😁

Eagerly awaiting season 2 here, we thought it was superb..

I have no dog in the fight as I’m not connected to the property in question other than living in the same road, I was just idly musing.

The planning permission has already been approved and work has started – Link to application if anyone is that interested..

Remember – having to work overtime exists because your employer hasn’t provided enough labour to do the task in time – that’s not my problem

Absolutely this. If you were short of money regularly, would your employer freely give you what you needed with no promise of anything in return? That’s what unpaid overtime is, except that time is a finite resource that can never be bought back.

We have horses and dogs – you can’t lie to animals the way you can people, so they are wonderful for de-stressing. That and infinite repeats of Modern Family and Downton Abbey 😁

Missed last week’s weigh-in but remembered this morning – down 3kg overall so far with (embarrassingly) minimal exercise. Been eating better, less of the processed stuff, and trying to save drinking for weekends!

All sounding absolutely spot on so far!

I’ve had Heko ones before and the fit and quality is good. However, be aware that once they’ve been on a while they permanently distort the seal the window goes up into, so if you remove them the window will no longer be a tight fit, so you effectively have to leave them in forever or buy new window seals.

We’ve been with Animal Friends for a few years now for both our dogs (and our horses previously) and they’ve been great – were brilliant when our older boy was ill and PTS in the summer, and our vets say they’re great to deal with direct as well.

Had something very similar after my first AZ jab, when all the blood clot stuff was going on. I phoned 111 who sent paramedics as a precaution – ECG was all clear but they decided to admit me to A&E just in case. D-dimer and ECG, etc, all clear in hospital as well. Put down to unrelated/stress/anxiety and told to phone 111 if it reoccurred or got worse, which it didn’t.

You won’t get a V6 manual mk1 TT for less than around £6k now, not a good one anyway.

As has been said, Mk1 TT, particularly if you can get a very very early 225 that never had the spoiler added as they are going to become very desirable imo.

Forgot it was weigh-in day yesterday so did it this morning after managing to get out for a run – first actual exercise for longer than I’d like to admit..! Just over 2kg down, which is a good start, and probably due to stopping the Xmas Xcess 🤣

As has been said, Glasgow is amazing for vegan food:
Mono (vintage clothing store a couple of doors down)
Stereo
Hug & Pint
Glasvegan
Flying Duck (very cool subterranean bar)
Suissi (more dinner than lunch but incredible)
13th Note
Zilch Bakery & Deli
The 78

That’s really great news – thanks for the pupdate. Parker looks like a proper little dude as well!