Ooh, there was a thread about this on the ‘old’ pre hackage forum….

It’s true. But I can’t remember if our mainland European cousins are doing their usual and ignoring the rule or not.

IHN is right, but as any parent will tell you, it is so much easier said than done. But he/she is still right.

Kids, in general, need waaaaaay more sleep than ‘grown ups’ and it is usual to need less and less as you age.

I Can’t watch the vid at work but there looks like some good links from here: link

(still getting to grips with the linky buttons)

Persistence with a firm but gentle bedtime routine and putting the child back to bed with no ‘rewarding’ responses (even a telling off can be ‘rewarding’ in some circumstances) It may take a good few nights (more than the week you’ve tried). It may seem holier than thou and out of the text books, but it does work. I’ve used the technique with both my kids. There’s a book called “teach (or maybe help) your child to sleep through the night” that I used with my first child when I thought I was going to die of sleep deprivation or murder him first. There’s bound to be a website with more detailed info on how to do it. It’s a ‘behavioural’ technique so you could google that.

Too many sub categories is not good. Have you ever tried to find your way round Descent World, or Bike Radar? I can never decide which section to put a post in, so I just don’t bother. Nice and simple is best. (Jeeze, I sound like a singlespeeder!!)

As I was utterly unaware of the existence of “Snopes”, I am unembarrassed. But thanks for the info :D

Are you allowed to like both? I like to be out in the mountains away from it all and don’t mind if there’s a bit of road, forestry track or landy track. I also like to scare myself sh*tless on tooth rattlingly rocky descents and challenging myself to try bigger drops. My latest hyperventilation inducing challenge has been trying to learn to do rocky, cliff-edge switchbacks in Spain and Italy. Not quite got it down without squealing and swearing a lot though.

Nah, not that either, lacks depth. I think the original is fine.

It’s not the length – it’s what you do with it. . .

That’s what we say when we don’t want to hurt your feelings…

How does one calculate what length you need these days anyway?

Jesus Jones, the Liquidizer album. It used to be my bump skiing tape…. ha, tapes, remember them?

I believe it looks less atmospheric in yours Simon, sorry. Each to their own though. :)

Really good pic, Jedi. To me, the greenishness that Simon is talking about looks like a natural stormy sky and you don’t need to fiddle with it. Only my opinion though.

I must get some modern skis, my old 195 GS skis look prehistoric on me at 5’5″.

Red cabbage stewed with apple and raisins is super yummy.

Minor change to more like what I wanted it to be in the first place, but not different enough to be unrecognisable to those who know me…