don't get me started on mike leigh.

i mean, films from any era are good, if they are ggod!

"they're the sort of films that you only love if you watched them when they were originally out"

don't understand this! Have you seen Vertigo?!!

when I was 12 i had so much innocent fun on my cheap falcon bmx, just riding about town with my mates and messing about, trying to do all the stuff we saw in the mags. It was just meeting up after school, and pissing about on bikes and getting into scrapes and adventures.

I had bikes before that, and bikes after, it was the Falcon that mattered. Probably an age thing! It was a piece of shit!

I dunno, they're gonna have to do something truly amazing to remove those ray harryhausen films n effects from my brain and replace them with something better. Clash of the Titans is proper ingrained in my head as fantastic big style film, that's what I think an epic is, like spartacus or sommat. It has it's own personality. I hope it's good, otherwise it's just another vacuous moneymaker :(

I'll be watching control. Big joy Division fan here.

if u can get it working, it's a great bit of reliable kit. it works and you forget about it. Perfect for a cheapo ss bike conversion. Much better that surly singulator.

I can only see churchills fat face :(

DIY prawn curry type thing. Strongbow (hey, it's cheap). QOTSA

good one that. If you haven't seen it -go watch it people instead of faffing on here!

cool stuff. I reckon a skillz course must be a better investment PPF (pounds per fun) than buying new bits/extra suspension etc. My bike is more capable than me! although, I'll be out riding with poeple far better than me soon, so I'll learn more one way or another just keeping up! Gotta look into this. Can you suggest anyone up in North Wales jedi?

sure you're not getting any and just dreaming up possibilities. Nothing wrong with positive thinking!

has anyone mentioned "it's not about the bike" yet?

arrogant limpbiscuit.

my car was blowing and making noises, my mot is coming up. took it to a mates house and he jacked it up and diagnosed the prob and sorted it with lashings of that exhaust paste. seems fine now! hopefully jobsagoodun!

and I have a day off, so a day of dicking about. yesterday was **** hard graft!

hmm, I just read that back. I'm right, it's a conundrum !

I thought god was in a piece of toast, or was it in marmite?

The whole thing about "god" is it's a word, and as such must have "meaning" and explaination and verbal discussion, connotation, points of view and dictionary definitions, etc. The whole human thing we create to comunnicate.

Personally, I think it's beyond all that, all reason and discussion and human comprehension, and that means it has no definition. Therefore "god" does not "exist" as we know it, as to exist, we HAVE to explain it right? it's a conundrum. but we have to put it down on paper right, and argue on forums? or something maaan! I suppose that's where "spirituality" comes in, but that's another word..etc etc

I like the saying "God exists in the detail" cos when you look at something enough you see the indescribable beauty and can't help but wonder. But there's that word again "god". I prefer the word "it". I believe in "it", but the word "believe" has definitions, connotations etc. so it never ends, cos we have to use feeble language.

I like Bill Hick's idea- we're all stupid, but one day we'll all evolve into one conciousness and zoom off into the cosmos and infinity exploring forever together.

I like "be excellent to each other… and party on dudes!" though :) if only it were so easy.

"I swear there is some sort of correlation between cycling and depression."

physical exercise is a great anti-depressant. That's all.

I agree with TJ, you'd be surprised how many of the population have depressive illness of some kind. If you're trying to say cyclists are more likely depressives. then that's just bollucks. You gathered all this wide ranging info from what.. a cycling forum?

isn't it 42?

" God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."

gotta try to be happy with what ya got, cos it's a damn sight better than a lot of people on this planet. Our perspective is skewed.

My mum. end of thread. she's not dead yet tho…

I like that one (points out of window into darkest Conwy)

I have, and always will have, the right to be a dickhead. It's not like it's a new thing for me.

Rise up dickheads!

If you want "proper science" there are loads of websites, journals, university courses, textbooks, etc for you.

This is the sort of programme that's going to get a kid hooked on science (my 6 year old loves the kiddie version on CBBC, Space Hoppers) such that they might study it 'properly' later in life. As such, it should be applauded.

Totally agree. I know for sure if I was a kid, I'd be mad for this, then making cosmic landscapes n stuff out of my lego, or drawing stuff, and straight on to my parents nagging for books. Fabulous, inspiring programme.

I didn't like it to start off with, cos I thought it was a bit condescending, with all the "wondrous" orchestrated music, and all the wow, cor, amazing, look, it's a planet stuff.

Maybe it is the hair.

love the guy. used to love TvGoHome, his online satire of the radio times tv listings. funny as ****. He's doing his best not to compromise on his telly programmes now he's actually getting paid!

I remember when I was a kid and owning a commodore 64 would be the shittest hottest thing ever and I could play all the coolest games with 16 colours and it had that sid chip that sounded amaaaazing and a proper keyboard. I'd get all the bestest games, and it was better than my spectrum and my Texas instruments ti44a before that, and my atari VCS before that. I really needed it. I finally got one. Then everyone else got an amiga or an atari st. Then I really needed one of them, so I sold mt GT freestyler to get one.

I was 13. I hope I don't think like that anymore!

Certain people think these gadgets enhance themselves and make them better people with more status and kudos. That's bollucks of course, for them I really want Charlie Brookers app to be real, and mandatory..

"1. An app that makes the iPhone scream 'I'VE GOT AN IPHONE!' each time the user pulls it out of their pocket. Once activated, it would be impossible to switch off. The only way to stop the constant embarrassment would be to repeatedly crack the device against a wall, or preferably your own face, until it shattered."

These things will be totally commonplace and old soon enough. get over it!

Good luck to ya mate, takes a bit of balls that.

Did Penmachno today, was great! goes on for ages if you include loop2 and get lost as I did. Marin Trail is just a few miles away. I tried to do that as well this afternoon, but was knackered, so bailed mid way and went to the chippy and ice cream shop in Betws :P

Bit out of your way perhaps.

That's a nice spot to get yer flute out. woooop…doo weee oopp doo weee… :D

http://www.youtube.com/user/simonralli#p/u/76/je_gw6i1UOA

Worked at home fine, 'till I got the internet! Takes a lot of self discipline/control. If you've got loads of work it's great, you just lock yourself away and get on with it, and bang out the invoices. You can get a bit self-involved though. suppose it depends on the nature of the work and your own personality.

If you got no work, you can get far too distracted with crap, when you should be doing the non-paying "boring work" of finding more work and chasing invoices, etc. when it's far too easy to fanny about or go for a ride. If you're prone to procrastination – forget it!

It's 99% a statistical fact.

LOL!

7.7% of my pubes are over 2.5 inches long.

"If it's a private car park, could you not just remove/cover your number plates, as is it only whilst on public roads" never thought of that! It's council car park but private ticketing bods.

The kickings were in a Matalan car park, in Rhyl. I think they even kick friendly vicars for fun in Rhyl.

Post it to yourself insured recorded delivery. You won't be in, so they'll have to keep it safe for a period, then return to sender, which will be your address, and you won't be in, so they'll have to keep it safe for a period…etc. Then go pick it up when you get back. If they lose it.. Cashback!

The bloke in Asda car park is an evil genius. He must be on commission cos he just lives for busting transgressorz. He's got a pretty cool gadget that takes a piccy of your car and records time and the position of the valves on the wheels, so if you move yer car and put it back, he'll know. He's got a few favourites that he's tracking down from weeks before! He's also had a few kickings.

Disclaimer : other frames are available!

I got a ticket 10 days after I passed my test. My own fault tho, I "forgot" to pay and display, it was only for 10 mins, in the evening, in an empty car park in Nowheresville. **** knows where the Traffic warden came from, place was dead! Do they have camo or little hideouts or something? Learnt me lesson! Council in extreme efficiency shocker!

I think the guy wants to ride his bike not the loo all day bananaworld!