Hora – a bit of danger makes you feel alive 😉
but you can get Roll bars for them – TR Lane (do bars for MX5s and TVRs) Uk based. or Harddog bars imported from the US by performance5.

in terms of a TVR.

feel slightly effeminate or play golf: get a Chimaera
have an over abundance of chest hair and have a petchant for wearing gold medalian necklaces get a Griffith 500

money no object – 4.2 AJP Cerbera red rose.

have a bat cave under the mansion – Sagaris (in Moonraker black, with black leather interior.)

Mk1 MX5 with a turbo or supercharger fitted.

excellent handling, with the added poke – well within budget.

have been reading a book on the Hungerford massacre in 1987.

the end has this bit

For contrary to popular opinion, there is little evidence of insanity among the majority of mass killers. In a forty-two-case sample study by the American criminologists Levin and Fox, only around one in five killers attempted to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. And of those who did, less than half would manage to convince a jury.

In their authoritative report Professors Levin and Fox went on to present a ‘composite profile’ of the multiple-victim killer. They came to the conclusion that the great majority of such killers were not insane; that, in layman’s terms, they were bad rather than mad: ‘He is typically a white male in his late twenties or thirties. In the case of simultaneous mass murder, he kills people he knows with a handgun or rifle; in serial crimes, he murders strangers by beating or strangulation. The specific motivation depends on the circumstances leading up to the crime, but it generally deals directly with either money, expediency, jealousy, or lust … Finally, though the mass killer often may appear cold and show no remorse, and even deny responsibility for his crime, serious mental illness or psychosis is rarely present.’

The two academics were also able to identify a number of factors which, they believe, are consistent with almost every case history of an indiscriminate killer. First of all, they argue, there has been a life filled with frustration. Secondly, there has been a precipitating event, such as unemployment or divorce. Then there is access to and training in the use of firearms. And finally there has been a breakdown of what is referred to as ‘social controls’, such as occurs when a person moves to a new town or an important relationship breaks up.
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its not the Mail he's writing for, its The Mirror

the Toffs chip gives it away.

upgrade to 2007/2010 across the board.

But also install the 'classic menu' here for us ludites who like the old layouts.
tis what i did.

But you do have the problem that if your sending the docs out – then not everyone has upgraded to 2007 – so you still end up having to save down to doc format, and have the associated formating problems on occasion.

if its the HD2 then you bearly notice the WM underpinnings as its pretty much been redone by HTC.

Touch2 and touch pro arent quite as reworked, but stil very good.

I love my HD2 – just a shame the screen was a bit fragile when it got whacked (hard). still being fixed on insurance.

tho i remember my old Motorola MPx220 still functioning after falling 80ft from Bling at Blackpool pleasure beach. oops.

have 2 pairs of full finger – winter warm ones and summer lightweight ones.

still have a pair of fingerless gloves, but they have quite thick padding on the palm, and on my bars ATM i have quite thick grips and it wasnt comfortable with the extra padding of the half finger gloves.

in all the bamboozaling on the 4Cs its worth remembering there isnt alot of difference between the grades, and yes the cut is the most importent – as if it isnt cut well, it doesnt sparkle, and why would you buy a diamond that doesnt sparkle – you might as well buy a Cubic Ziconia from QVC. 🙂

in terms of colour grades – 99% of the population couldnt line up a range of diamonds in order of grade from D to J, and a good rule of thumb i work to is H or higher is fine – it appears just as clear as a D and honestly you couldnt tell a difference.

Diamonds are graded face down, against a white background in controlled light conditions – it is also a graders oppinion, and the same stone sent to the same lab may sometimes come back with a slightly different grading (same for clarity)
But in the real world you will never be in those conditions – and a well cut diamond will reflect alot of the colours around it.
For instance put a D diamond in a yellow gold bezel setting (ie a setting where the edge of the diamond is covered by the rim of the setting) and it will look slightly yellow – where as a K diamond in a platinum 4 prong tiffany setting (the classic style of ring) would look alot white in comparison to the D in gold)

there are other factors that can also effect the face up colour of the stone – mainly the cut of the stone – but thats getting a little deeper into things than perhaps is necessary to the OP (the basis is that on stones over 0.5ct if the pavilion angle, that is the angle of the lower half of the stone, is greater than 41° then the stone will show the body colour of the stone more than a stone which is cut at a slightly shallower angle)

But Colour does not have any bearing on how 'bright' as stone appears – that is how well cut a stone is, tho as a proviso this is for stones in the D-K range – M N O then the yellow colour is alot more noticable, and beyond that we are into fancy yellow – and on differnet scales is the fancy colours blue, red etc. and these stones are cut to enhance the colour of the stone, not hide it.

Clarity – a bit like colour grading – to the naked eye clarity doesnt make much difference, it is only the wallet it makes a difference to.
again my rule of thumb is to look at VS2 and above – while taking SI1 on a stone by stone basis.
the clarity is looking at imperfections within the stone – these can be lots of things – usually specs of other material within the stone. Remember a diamond is formed millions of years ago deep in the earth – the imperfections are unique to each stone, and are its birthmarks.
taking 2 different stones with the same clarity grade you could have one stone with a single black inclusion, and the other with lots of tiny clear inclusion (a cloud) and depending on where that big black inclusion is – it could be in a postition where it can be hiden by a prong of the ring and there for invisable when set in a ring.
when looking – if the diamond is certified, then the cert should have a plot of the inclusions visable in the stone. Hold the diamond close and see if you can find them in the stone – if you cant then, why pay more for a stone with a higher clarity grade?
personally i bought my wife a pair of diamond studs – they are VS clarity – i needed to use my 30x loupe to pick out the clear inclusions in the stones, nothing can be seen with the naked eye.
again clairty is assessed by a grader under magnification in controlled lighting which highlights inclusions – lighting which you dont find in the real world.

So in the end – try to find a stone within budget, my rules of thumb are H+ VS2+ and try to pick the one that sparkles the most (if the store stocks GIA graded stones, the try to pick/look at stones graded 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' for cut) and try to view the stone in different lighting conditions, away from the jewellery store lighting as that can make a lump of coal sparkle!

while i got my diamond from a good friend of mine in the US, the ring was made by stuart sivvery in bury.
he's just next door to the East Lancs Railway station on Bolton Road.

But otherwise i can recommend Brian Gavin (who i got my diamond from) he's a well respected diamond cutter, and his jewellery is brilliant.

http://www.briangavindiamonds.com/

shouldnt you add 'thats runs on batterys, but doesnt go through them like an alcoholic with a bottle of vodka'

but i guess getting the moon on a stick would be easier 🙂

Motorhead/Overkill/Bomber/Ace of Spades

Nightwish – Dark Passion Play, End of All Hope

Blaze Bayley – The Man Who Would Not Die, Blackmailer, Smile Back at Death, God of Speed, City of Bones

Slayer – Reign in Blood, Angels of Death

The Damned – New Rose, Smash it up, Neat Neat Neat

Judas Priest – The Hellion/Electric Eye, Turbo Lover

i went to see Mark Knopfler earlier this week, he played most of the gig sat on a stool Robert Fripp style due to trapping a nerve in his back.

my council is currently sand blasting several street, including mine.
This comes after their attempt in 2005 to demolish the same streets saying they were unfit for human habitation, and were all vacent.

When the residents all turned up to tell the F off, the council quickly backed down (after spending over £1,000,000 on consultancy fees in drawing up the scheme. It was shown their survey report was flawed, cherry picked from a much wider area, and in the 400 houses due to be demolished only 4 were then vacent, with 3 of those being renovated, and the 4th – the occupent had recently died.

So now they wanted to sand blast the fronts, paint the window sills, RWP and soil pipes black, and replace the gutters.

I told them my house was sandblasted before we moved in and therefore didnt need it doing twice, i didnt want my window sills painted, my pipes where already black, and my gutter was perfectly fine, as was the rest of the street. and that really there was better the council could be doing than inconcequental work to private homes.
so in terms of waste – £1m on a daft scheme they couldnt afford to carry out, and the next a £1.2m scheme to carry out unneededasthetic works to private homes.

oh and the council have moved offices several times of the last few years depending on which local landlord is in current favour.

We stayed at Castlerigg a few years ago – and yes we were told about the noise rule (indeed we had picked the site out as the reviews of it mentioned the noise rule)
But we had a group of folks camp right next to use – who were v.noisy well past midnight, we told the chap in reception the next day but just got a shrug of the shoulders and a 'what can you do?'

so we lifted the guy lines, and carried the tent to the far end of the camping field where we couldnt hear them.

CRTs dont fetch much – try gumtree or freecycle or Ebay (with buyer collects) means you should have the min of hassle – freecyle will get it gone quick.

we've picked up a few TVs this way.

i got a nice suit for interviews in john lewis. but in the main M&S or John Lewis (or Slaters if you have one near by) try ones from them as they fit slightly differently.

and here are some tips from a Tailor on what to look for

as to what are we cooking: couple of nice Sirloin Steaks from local butcher (local farm too) some large mushrooms, and some cumberland sausages.

we'll be BBQing on our wee cast iron jobbie. but then we've been BBQing and camping since the motorsport season started in march.

if i wanted to cook with gas then i have a camping stove.

as to the Aussies? why should we listen to anyone who market a drink as a Bitter, then in tiny letters put 'an australian lager' so i think they are just a bit muddled if they think a bitter is a lager and a outdoor grill is a BBQ.

but another question – who uses proper lumpwood charcoal or the stuff in instant lighting bags or the briquettes?

I tend to follow things like Rock Radio and Planet Rock. a couple of bands.
others are F1 and racing related and finally daft things like Guido Fawkes, eyespymp and Stephen Fry

PJ266: yeah, about 9 hours into the 24hr race in 2006 at Snetterton.

Racing 2CVs

1929 Bentley chassis fitted with a 24litre W12 Naiper Sealion engine.

2 Lotus

John Surtees in his Lotus 18

Schumacher's Benetton, with the Bentley Speed 8 behind

ex jackie Stewart's BRM P83 H16 engine

ERA 14b

Bit of 2 wheeled funnery

Chevron F5000

Gerry Marshal's DTV Baby Bertha

for the Rally fans

Maserati Tipo61 Birdcage

but there was a time when races weren't won in the pitstops, when the polesitter didn't necessarily win,

Well, this year the pole sitter has only won twice (both were Mark Webber this race and last)

Hamilton has been on a charge several times through the field this season, overtaking on the circuit – see China, Malaysia and Australia

i just looked for a FLAC codec.
try free-codec.com

now i can play FLACs in winamp or Windows Media Player

I'd rather have 5 more street circuits

wait till we get to Valencia, or Singapore.

street circuits, but utterly dull to a new form of dullness.

unless it rains, Monaco does tend to be a bit of a procession. But with the thing that the slightest mistake is punished (and the bumps really test the cars reliablity.)

Watching Kovi really push the Lotus beyonds its limits in a couple of do or die laps at the end of Q1 was a joy to watch, thought for a moment he was trying a Scandinavian Flick around Loews Hairpin. you could see how badly it was riding the bumps compared to the bigger teams on the second to last lap.
Shame he was suffering with being unable to select 2nd gear most of the weekend.

well thats how we work every other meeting. since we dont have radio contact with RC (unless at Silverstone at certain meetings)

the marshals have free range over the yellow too.
the light system is different as it is partly automatic. when the yellow button is pressed, not only does it set that point flashing, it automatically switches on the steady yellow at the forward post, and the green light and the back post.

there person showing green flags is only doing so, because Race Control told him/her too.

Flag instructions are issued to marshals trackside via radio.
This is so the system works weither they are in the UK or Australia with marshals who do regular motorsport events or somewhere like Hungary, Abu Dhabi or China, where the GP is the first time the marshals are on the bank.

if anyone is suffering from insomnia and wants a good sleep, then the F1 regs can be found here

does seem that the safety car did as described in the rules – to come in and the cars proceed to the line to take the chequered flag (without overtaking).

from the shots that Ross Brawn showed to Ted at the end of the race I (as a flag marshal) would be dubious of the over take in a normal clubbie – MS was overtaking before passing the green flag, but with the effective line they can overtake after being before the flag point i guess that was ok.

But the relevant rule seems to be a fudge that hadnt been sorted properly after the SC rules changes this year. and once again it comes down to drivers/team knowing the rules and how to take advantage.
I bet Mr. Hill will be smiling tonight that such a decision can be taken without a hint of bias.

Fat Airics for us too. Find them far more comfier than an airbed (warmer too)
Used to be that we put 2 double duvets in with us – one to go over the airbed to give insulation from the airbed, the other to sleep under.
Had tried other self inflating mats, but none where as comfy as a FA.

other equipment – we like having our Tilly lamps, nice amount of light, plenty of warmth and a relaxing hissss of the parafin. warms and lights the tent in one go. Picked up one at an Autojumble for a fiver, the other was in my folk's loft – both date from the 60s. Yet all spare parts from Tilly fit them.

I agree on the HTC HD2, but have heard lots of good things about the Android phones.

football does not discriminate on the basis of education,

neither does politics. what grades do you need to stand for election?
last time i looked anyone can stand, so long as they can put down the deposit, which they get back if they poll 5% of the votes cast.

which part of the context in which she said it dont you understand?

what is society?

scaredypants – i dont remember any opposition to Browns leadership campaign. it was pretty much a coronation by the party once Tony stood down.

muddydwarf, you quote a modified version of the origonal text, which puts the 'no such thing as society in a different portion of the interview' so as to make a nice little paragraph for the paper which published it.

I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand"I have a problem, it is the Government's job to cope with it!" or"I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!" "I am homeless, the Government must house me!" and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations, because there is no such thing as an entitlement unless someone has first met an obligation and it is, I think, one of the tragedies in which many of the benefits we give, which were meant to reassure people that if they were sick or ill there was a safety net and there was help, that many of the benefits which were meant to help people who were unfortunate—" It is all right. We joined together and we have these insurance schemes to look after it" . That was the objective, but somehow there are some people who have been manipulating the system and so some of those help and benefits that were meant to say to people:"All right, if you cannot get a job, you shall have a basic standard of living!" but when people come and say:"But what is the point of working? I can get as much on the dole!" You say:"Look" It is not from the dole. It is your neighbour who is supplying it and if you can earn your own living then really you have a duty to do it and you will feel very much better!"

There is also something else I should say to them:"If that does not give you a basic standard, you know, there are ways in which we top up the standard. You can get your housing benefit."

But it went too far. If children have a problem, it is society that is at fault. There is no such thing as society. There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and each of us prepared to turn round and help by our own efforts those who are unfortunate. And the worst things we have in life, in my view, are where children who are a great privilege and a trust—they are the fundamental great trust, but they do not ask to come into the world, we bring them into the world, they are a miracle, there is nothing like the miracle of life—we have these little innocents and the worst crime in life is when those children, who would naturally have the right to look to their parents for help, for comfort, not only just for the food and shelter but for the time, for the understanding, turn round and not only is that help not forthcoming, but they get either neglect or worse than that, cruelty.

How do you set about teaching a child religion at school, God is like a father, and she thinks"like someone who has been cruel to them?" It is those children you cannot … you just have to try to say they can only learn from school or we as their neighbour have to try in some way to compensate. This is why my foremost charity has always been the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, because over a century ago when it was started, it was hoped that the need for it would dwindle to nothing and over a hundred years later the need for it is greater, because we now realise that the great problems in life are not those of housing and food and standard of living. When we have got all of those, when we have got reasonable housing when you compare us with other countries, when you have got a reasonable standard of living and you have got no-one who is hungry or need be hungry, when you have got an education system that teaches everyone—not as good as we would wish—you are left with what? You are left with the problems of human nature, and a child who has not had what we and many of your readers would regard as their birthright—a good home—it is those that we have to get out and help, and you know, it is not only a question of money as everyone will tell you; not your background in society. It is a question of human nature and for those children it is difficult to say:"You are responsible for your behavior!" because they just have not had a chance and so I think that is one of the biggest problems and I think it is the greatest sin.

JonD: following the nonsensical argument line, 2005 election.
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Labour – 35.3%
Conservative – 32.3%
Lib dem – 22%

therefore 54% voted to not have a Labour government, compared to 35.3% did.
and as a reminder of seats
Labour – 356
Tory – 198
Lib Dem – 62

99% of the time we do our weekly shop in the Local Lidl, when we lived somewhere where Aldi was the nearest, we did our weekly shop there.

the only time we visit one of the big 4 supermarkets is on the odd occasion we want something that Lidl/Aldi doesnt stock like Fishermans Friends, or we want something at 10pm, or i have ordered my perscription from the pharmacy in Asda. Conciquently our visits to any of the big 4 is around 1 every couple of months.

With checkout staff – if you go regualry into a store, because they have a very small staff – you get to know them and have a chat. Equally, even on busy days they dont need to open more than a couple of checkouts, and get through the queues much quicker than they do in normal supermarkets.

actually from that shot – as a marshal – i'm wondering where the strap hole is for lifting the car by a snatch vehicle, normally there is a gap under the airbox for the strap to go through at the balance point.

Not sure of this new Merc 'roll-hoop'/airbox though – not sure I'd like to be sat under it!…

its certainly different. I guess so long as it passes the FIA test (i think its equivalent of the rollhoop withstanding a hoop first impact at 150mph. and the drivers head is below the line from the nosecone to the hoop then its just as safe.

sorry, i thought it was 'no voting labour day'