Had in elbow… not that effective for me but thats due to the damage orginating in my shoulder…

HURTS LIKE FEK without a local…. really not kidding about this. This is from a person who has had multiple warfirin injections into my abdomen.. get it done under local.

Aye, you need a reasonable size cropper or cable cutter respectively to get through those quickly

The almax chains will stop virtually anything “stealthy and silent” they are only vulnerable (eventually) to stuff like a gas axe, still saw or a hydraulic cropper… 😯

try these … well worth the money http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/

You can negotiate that one yourself with Ian himself ..lol

Is that your bike shop in Shiney JM? Haven’t been in yet, but I pass it every day.

Yes tis my new place of gainful employment worth a visit

I’m astounded that the local council have allowed this (and delighted). I’ve been run off Penshaw Hill more than once and chased off by some very angry workies. Very, very unfriendly towards bikes, especially in the woods behind the monument…

It’s National Trust land and it’s taken a lot of hard work by Ian at Sanctuary to get permissions etc. details will follow but best chance to see what’s been done is to turn up on the day, even better to enter.

Timex Explorer with an Animal strap… keeps time perfectly, easy to read even at night and virtually bullet proof. Essentially a civvy version of the G10.

Real beauty is the price they are about £30 new so you don’t mind if it breaks.

I smashed the pin retainer on my last one but the watch remained perfectly workable, in fact it’s still attached to my hydration pack via the remnants of the Animal strap in similar style to a nurses watch, ticking away keeping perfect time… 😉

Depends whether it is Asbestos or not. You can’t tell unless you have had it lab analysed so it’s just best to assume as you have done that it is.

It needs to be disposed of as other posters have said by a licenced contractor.

Full PPE if you are DIYing it is seriously reccomended, Dad died of mesothelioma so I know how devastating Asbestos can be.

That’s cos I’m over caffinated at the mo… 😯

… you should have heard the squeal that Mutt’s lass let out when I told her…

😀

I am floating at the mo … 😛

Gotta be spending a day riding and chilling out with the Athertons. They are as nice as they seem. Brilliant day out.

Oh and Angus is REALLY cool.. I’m the muppet whose bike Rach is leaning her hand on.

I’m thinking Battalion or Brigade or even Base Stores,

Could even be a regimental acronym for a locality in Cairo like a casbah or other local market.

If you are really struggling then you could ask on the Arrse forums…. the answer however may not be what you expect as they can be quite irreverant as the linky will demonstrate

But yeah. So, it’s basically map reading + fell running? So I need to brush up on my map skills and buy some non-goretexed shoes?

You need to brush upon your MAP and COMPASS skills… you need to be able to plot bearings (oh and being able to do a back bearing is useful too) and measuring/guesstimating distance travelled is a good one too.

as for fell running…. try navigating in a dense coniferous wood

I have guttering on my shed, feeds the waterbutts.

so it’s your fault we are having all this rain then .. Eh?

a few years ago in the celestial home of the gods*

“Hmmm I say Odin… why the duece are they putting guttering on their sheds?”

“Oh that’s because they are scared there won’t be enough water for their plants… they collect it you see.”

“Oh they do do they…. right then… they want water… I’ll give the buggers water”

* insert deities/deity of choice

Well… what job is it

well done

tell all

Well done ;0)

110 WKIK… perfect for the Zombie Apocalypse

or

Lara Croft’s 110… avec Lara… was going to say “perfect for the Zombie Apocalypse” but her landy don’t have the Gimpys, 40mm grenade launcher (optional) and good ol’ Ma Duece (the 50mm M2 HMG)

EDIT (and yes i do know that a) that ain’t a 110 b)it possibly isn’t even a landy (could be a bobtail disco) and c) that isn’t really angelina jolie but…. I just liked the pic… )

These parents need to seriously GET A GRIP…

You don’t negotiate with a 5 year old… you don’t ask a 2 year old (oh you can frame it as a question but it is an order in reality)

Pandering, politically correct, cotton wool wrapped…

words fail me…. Mutt’s lass has had to turn over as I am in a constant rant mode…

What happened to smacking them on their arse????? never did me any harm and we never had any issues with our children either.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

These people should be neutered… violently

Set boundries and have realistic consequences if they step over them bearing in mind a toddler cant conceptualise future concsequences ergo has to be immidiate consequences of misbehavior gentle corporal punishment works wonders…

but a chugging diesel engine

Gotta say that my Pug 306 HDi on winter rubber was almost unstoppable, it was prolonged deep snow that like you say defeated it.

Only thing that I found would work in the deep stuff then was my 300TDi Defender 90, put that on snow chains and it was like a tank. Battering through and over most of the nasty deep stuff. The only thing that stopped it was when the drifts reached mid grill height, but bear in mind that with the suspension lift and the rubber it had on this was about 4ft so I couldn’t really grumble.

What I found helped as well were the sailsbury axle guards and the steering guard tended to push the snow down rather than it clog the engine bay.

I wish I had never sold it.. 😥

My V70 T5 SE… ex North Yorks ARV… 320BHP through the front wheels, with the Good Year Eagle f1s on it was appalling however when fitted with Continental winter rubber it was brilliant as long as you weren’t too “enthusiastic” with the loud pedal.

Tyres tyres tyres are the key..

Today we have a ’89 classic range rover (snow, for the use in)

Not into Dance/Club per say but gotta say

+1 Insomnia
+1 Born Slippy
+1 Tiesto version of Adagio for Strings

this on hit me out of the blue when THIS video (Whistler Bike Park – Elements of Perfection – Soul) that used Avicii “Levels”

think I’m right in saying that this was a couple of months before the track actually broke in Europe

Make your own bearing puller…

Threaded bar and nuts and washers of appropriate size simply tighten and out she will pop.

Hot water & WD40 all help too…

Jasper Carott… beaten to it!

+1

Now y’all play nice, y’hear?

could be genuine… 😉

triple post….

do i get a prize?

Odd to find a Police service actually administering fines… this is a job for the Courts Service.

Are you sure you had to send your documents & fine to the Police…. I always thought that fixed penalty notices were dealt with by HMCS i.e. the courts service.

Could be wrong..

Can’t we force them to work or do something useful?

Ahhhhhh Die Endlösung…..

“Chantelle, Crystal, Chardonnay, Kade, Kane, Kieron, Kyle, Mason, Troy, Tyler…. bevore you start ze public vork you need ze delousing, step into zis shower…..”

“…. Gunter, das zyklon heißem Wasser bitter”

I smell troll…. no one can be that inflamatory

I think he missed the intelligence queue when they made him!

No that is exclusively a lab thing…. actually pointing in the right direction when the ball is thrown is what we term “advanced lambador”….

However, she was extremely tasty.

You can forgive an awful lot for much hotness and debatable morals

hey testosterone doesn’t even come into it… he is an ikkle girly..

I reckon it’s a Aussie thing (she is a Kelpie)..

“nah mate, that’s not a stick THIS is a stick”

I’d be more tempted to throw it at that ghostly headless dog prowling around in the background.

that’ll be our Milly the lab then 😛

“…..Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver …….”

I would…

“Mr Grenade is not my friend”

did a wha….. then remembered “google is my friend”

yes

agree

😯 😛

Agree… scripted but sill v.funny

If I’d been that salesman I’d have introduced my elbow to his face a high speed multiple times til the vehicle was brought to a halt, and the bleep machine would have been in meltdown….

Plus when he said at the end “it’s a prank” I’d have still planted him….

It the number of mag changes that cracks me up, it’s the apparently inexhaustible supply of spare mags and bundles of gelly with tripwire/timer devices that they are able to carry in a couple of daysacs.

Had to wipe red wine from my screen.

White wine in my case!

speed is your friend

I have oft been heard muttering this mantra on particularly gnarly downhill sections

“speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my friend, speed is my f……” *jiggle, jiggle, smack, bleed* “…….aaaaaauuuuuuckkkkk, bollox!” 🙄

Never judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes.

and always make sure that you can run faster than him in them too 😉

*sits down next to garage-dweller*

I have a nice glass of something chilled & white too… but it is fruit oriented rather than bovine derived