Someone needs to put a banging donk on this:

in the meantime…

That one from Silence of the Lambs… Sick F*ck

This is a repeat, which is pretty appropriate really…

In case you’re wondering the link… ‘Why are you so obsessed with me?’

What’s the half life of a TWh?

There will be updates post all of this again but the figures will still be exceptionally low

Is wide scale water contamination factored in? How long term are the effects?

The tragic news just in from Japan reminds me of Hinkley Point… down by the river is never a good place for a Nuclear Reactor

And, genuinely one of the most random videos I’ve found on youtube…

Throwing a curveball…

You could have a DIY solar coil installation which would be cheap to install and run… basically about 6 small ones of these distributed across the roof:

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-1-Hour-Solar-Pool-Heater/

You could also go solar for the heating, with something like these:

http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/PopCanVsScreen/PopCanVsScreen.htm

Then for non sunny days (and also outdoor barbeques… you need a mount where you can remove it to empty ash anyway)

You can get these for £40 delivered with a 4 litre boiler, or £80 with a 8 litre boiler

Still need ancillaries such as a flue and suitable heat shielding, but no biggie…

for an outdoor shower, either:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-Portable-Camping-Hiking-Travel-Outdoor-12V-Car-Shower-With-Bag-Hook-Kit-/291712389149?hash=item43eb69d01d:g:4ZYAAOSwI3RW8i55

or for full pikey points:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARDEN-PRESSURE-WASHER-KNAPSACK-SPRAYER-FENCE-SPRAYER-WEED-KILLER-12L-16L-8L-/302063275989?var=&hash=item46545fcfd5:m:m_RcGVK_UqtQ79PMNa3Z-bw

There’s some right weirdos lurking out there; part of the reason I stay away from Trafalgar Square…

Anyone for cream teas?

Crumbs!!

And the Pope said; ‘I need you to raise some funds’… Vat-I-Can do

‘So we can sort out global poverty’… Vat-I-Can’t

Often world leaders play chicken in negotiations…

Original is by ‘Colonel’ Bagshot

A ‘democratic’ election for ‘the most powerful person on earth’

The punchline…

‘So then I said, for my works of mercy, I’d be instructing the ignorant!!’

‘So then I said, for my works of mercy, I’d be instructing the ignorant!!’

Last night I had a really intense dream about the internet…

1st up, I had a nasty injury and woke up in what seemed like a hospital…I was laid out on a table, like you might imagine for an alien probing and these kooky and charming scientists from a website called Bluebike installed a chip in my head that allowed them to communicate with me.

To start with, it was all warm and supportive, helping me along with physio to overcome my injury and bringing light and laughter to a dire situation.

As things progressed, my actions profited Bluebike immensely, and I was happy to oblige, as they had been so supportive of me in times of need…

However, over time, things got increasingly dark and twisted, as unreasonable demands were placed on me and a campaign to bring me down was put into action. The Bluebike Programmers had decided that I’d served my purpose as a useful idiot and had to be decommissioned. They wanted me Munsoned.

It ended up like The Running Man, where I had to face all this nasty adversaries, before confronting the head programmer, who cowered away in a corner and said ‘don’t listen to the man behind the curtain’

The silly thing was, if the programmers had had a chat with me, instead of cowering behind the curtain, everything would’ve been fine.

In the end, we all cracked a beer and lived happily ever after.

‘We’ll have evolved into something that transcends matter,
Into a species of pure thought, are you with me?’

Might have just been a bad batch, but found 2 more:

Transition Covert Chainstay Image search

(Not a reflection on Transition as a whole, just Alu Coverts… all manufacturers produce duds every now and again)

Edit: Looks like the Covert Carbon still uses Alu Chainstays…

I’d avoid alu Coverts… a friend had one that snapped by the brake brace on the chainstay and it seems a fairly common fault:

^Not his, found through internet search

Carbon ones may be better, but worth researching

RJD2 was well ahead of the curve… from 2002:

and in all it’s sweary glory: