No idea what you mean :lol:

I'm what's known as a 'Remote Sensing Geologist'. This involves a fairly wide rage of stuff like processing and interptreting satellite imagery/data for the UK and overseas, field mapping, interpretation of InSAR results for terrian subsidence, CO2 leak detection and 3D visuilisation.

I have a 16OZ wickes 'brick' hammer that I had to buy when I lost the Estwing one the I was issued by work (cost about £8). This was used when mapping the chalk in the south downs (BGS Newbury, Basingstoke and Devizes sheets). As you know chalk is soft so this weight was fine and I used the chissel end a lot to crack open field brash.

But when I was an undergrad mapping in SW scotland I had a meaty big hammer as them Scotch rocks are well hard. So it depends where you'll be using it.

If he's anything like our dog he'll milk it for all it's worth – sad eyes and all.

Our's was stung the other week, and while I wasn't there to see it my parents said he made a fuss. If he gets a thorn in his paw it's like the end of the world – limping, crying and giving me sad eyes until I've pulled it out, made a fuss of him and played ball for 10 minutes.

Bet the seizures scarred the living cr@p out of you – glad it's fine now.

Gina Ford – you'll find she splits opinions quite a bit!

We went to NCT classes – teacher when asked what she thought about the book said teh NCT thought it should be banned. Mate who is a midwife (and now 22 weeks preggers) said all the older more experianced midwifes at her work disagree with her strongly. My brothers wife has been following Gina's teachings and for the first 5 months, she is now not following it as strictly as it's not worked out.

My nephew can now only sleep in a blacked out room – not so handy when your in the car, away from home etc, it's also quite nice to have them sleeping downstairs int eh lounge/kitchen while you get on doing stuff. Don't know how long he will need to blackout curtians to sleep?

I personnally don't think it's a good idea to restrict a babys food to certian times – what if it doesn't get enough……I've not read the book though so I'm not fully informed.

Yep i had my first escaping poo while trying to change a nappy last week, I couldn't do any thing for laughing. It's not helped now by Hugo laughing at me while I change him – he finds it really funny, I'll get my own back when I'm 90 and he's changing :D

Hugo goes every day at 7-8am so we were surprised when he lasted until the afternoon without going……..at least it was obvious when he went though. I don't know where it all comes from!!!!

Our gets his nappy changed when he needs it – this usually requires the smell test or sometimes a poke about to see how much the front has swollen. However on Sunday it was obvious he needed changing when he sh@t so much it came over the neck of his shirt!!!!! I'm not exaggerating, I think he blew it out with such force and since he was sitting on my leg it only had one direction to go…..up…..fortunatly we were not at home and the house we were in had wooden floors.

Do you do the bath/feed/bed routine? We've done this sine week 2 and I think it makes a massive difference, especially when you want to move bed time earlier. You just close the curtians and follow the routine and they think it's bedtime (I've not tried to see if it works at midday – that might be a bit cruel).

I think was why we found it easy to move bedtime forwards. Ours has always cluster fed in the evening but if he thinks its bedtime he seems to forget that he'd normally have food at 8 and then at 9.30 and just sleeps through it.

Just read your last post properly – yes follow the normal bedtime routine but do it earlier – worth a try for a night – what's the worse that can happen :wink:

We have a 9 week only boy (just the one) and that is pretty much his exact routine. Maybe it's just what babies do. However when he wakes up at 5.30/6 it's usually cos he's been grunting for 10 minutes trying to squeeze one out!!

Over the last few nights we've brought the whole routine forward so he goes to bed at 7.30. This means we have an evening. He still follows the same pattern of sleep, first sleep for about 5 hours until 1ish, then three hours until 4ish then a further 2/3 hours until 6 or 7. So we get a couple of hours in the evening, he sleeps for an extra couple of hours but we have to wake up one more time in the night.

Broke my Tibial plateau 5 years ago, screws and plate still in and not causing any problems. Doc's in Nottingham hospital never mentioned about removing them. Funny how you forget they are there until you think about it (read about it in a forum post) and then it makes you knee feel all funny.

My Mum broke her tibial plateau about 10 years ago, she broke her other shin at the same time too. She still has all the metal work in too.

I'll repeat what Mog has said. We have a 1.5 year old Lab/Collie cross called Elmo. He's great when I'm on the bike runs just behind me. The futhest we have done is about 10 miles so far. He will even run next to on the lead too, I've not trained him to do it he just does. He's got hte best of both breads, intelligence of the Collie adn nature of a Lab. Really friendly and great with our 8 week old baby, submissive to all other dogs which means no fights.

My brother has his sister and she is just the same. They have both been for a 7.5km run with me tonight with no problems and still have the energy left to play with each other all night.

That Visla has great ears!!! They might fit him one day. Lovely looking dog.

Cheers Jimmy – get one thery are great, he's my best mate!!

Of course they look a little different as pups..

We have a Lab Collie cross and he is ace. He has the best from both sides. Very easy to train, soft as sh*te, can run for ages and loves playing. But he will happily sit on his bed and not bother visitors and is great with children. We have a 6.5 week old son and a 19 week of nephew so along with friends children this has been well tested recently!!

He is a bit smaller than a lab as his mum was a small collie and is fine with my brothers cat – he'll have a look a a sniff but has never chased her. Similarly he has shown no intrest in chasing other animals even rabbits!

He comes running with me 4 times a week and will run just next to my heel and is the same while biking.

Elmo the dog:

Stoner – glad that's sorted that out.

Keva – probably the same as we faired on top of Hellvelin and high street when the weather came in. Hellvelin was not to bad, high street had us a bit scarred with 5 meter visability and enough of a cross wind to literally blow my bike of the ground sideways as I was pushing it.

Looking back I'm glad we did it – character building eh Whippersnapper?

Yep the pony path here

Is there a bit of confusion here about the bridleway and footpath ascent. BW goes up form the south and I'd say over 80% of it is ridable, in fact it's probably more like 90% if you are a good climber. I've certianly been up harder climbs in the peaks that are included on many classic routes.

I've not been up the footpath – that'd be very naughty! But the contours look steeper so it's probably harder.

We went up last May and it was an ace ride. The climb starts on farm tracks then steepens onto singletracky type stuff, then opens out again onto what I presume has been re-surfaced with potato sized rocks – a good challange. The very top is not rideable but worth carrying the bike up for those summit photos and to give it a go on the way down. The downhill from the top is great – technical rocks with a few steps at the top then fast single track then faster race-your-mates-don't-touch-the-brakes farm track to the bottom. Only about 10miles there and back but all up then down.

We have a Lab collie cross and he is absolute fantastic. He has the best temperament of any dog I've ever met. Is great with our 3 week old baby and friends children who pull his tail and poke him in the eyes while trying to pet him. He loves coming for 6km runs with me most days, does about 10 miles with me while biking, plays in the park with his doggy friends every morning. But once he has had his walk he is very happy to sleep most of the day and he loves having a cuddle on the sofa.

He loves water:

My parents have a spaniel/collie cross – he's a really nice natured dog too but he has loads of energy. This is great for them as they do loads of walking. He is the smaller one in the pic below (when he was a puppy – now is spaniel size) the larger one is Elmo our dog.

City of God – subtitles but SO worth it (I normall hate subtitles).

Taken is good too.

We have an Elmo…..Lab/Collie cross. To be honest I could not ask for a better dog. Good size, not to big but not small and yappy, really easy to train, fantastic temprament and he loves biking and running with me.

He also likes frizby:

And checking out what his little mate Raffa (My parents dog) is doing with his ball:

Gary Glitter in an ice cream van

I get this with my laptop (not desktop though!). I think I solved it last time by unplugging the 305 restarting training centre then plugging it back in and clicking on the recieve history button. Your data will still be on the edge

All very interesting – we’re due to have a bilingual baby (they come out like that don’t they?) in 2 weeks.

Mum is planning on speaking only Spanish and me only English. Hopefully my Spanish will improve, but I will now be careful not to speak to the baby in Spanish until it is a bit older.

Hopefully there will be lots of chances for it (don’t know what it is yet) to practise Spanish as we have Spanish friends who have a 6 month old son who live very close. We are also planning on Spanish DVD’s, Books etc.

I think that we’d be crazy not to follow this route – I know it might take a bit longer to speak etc but the benefits are massive, and it’s essential for speaking to Grandparents and family.

Our first is due in 2 weeks so I’m on tender hooks.

Really excited now!

Congratulations!!

I’ve fitted some of theseGarage door locks. Effectively the same as FOG talks about but you can open from the outside. Easy to fit and pretty cheap too (have a search around and you’ll find then a bit cheaper than that link).

I decided these were the most convienent solution for me as I take the bike in and out of the garage from the front twice a day. Can also unlock from the inside.

Don’t hit the dog there is no reason and you run the risk of her becoming violent.

It is worth turning her over on her back every now and then and holding her there for a few seconds – this will be enough to show her you are the boss – dominent dogs will often stand over other dogs and hold them there. Also show you are pack leader by feeding after you and making sure you control the toys and win the majority of tug games.

Read the Perfect Puppy book it is very good and short to read.

In the wild they would learn their bite inhibition from their siblings – play time involves biting, if one goes to far the other will yelp and play will momentarily stop. No-one wants play to stop so they soon learn what is too much so the game keeps on going.

You are the play mate now, if she goes too far then yelp and stop playing/ignore her/turn away for a few seconds then turn round and start again. It’ll take a few days for her to work it out but she will.

All puppies go through this stage. when our Elmo was young my hands and arms made me look like I was into self harm in a big way and my wife was wearing 2 pairs of trousers for a couple of weeks she was convinced we’d got some kind of devil dog. He’s good as gold now.

She’s a nice looking dog!!

I Like ’em. Have set silverstar as my work wallpaper, might get Lucas in the truck for home but it’ll probably piss off Elmo my dog so we’ll have to see!

Cheers.

It’ll probably be this one up near spitewinter:

Stone edge

Not been there for about 10 years but it used to be good for an hour or so. It is/was a place where the crossers went.

There’s no way I’m falling for that and clicking on your link – especially while at work.

‘Sausage hunting expedition’! 8O

I like to look of the HenryHound as it has spinny brushes and the filter thing.

We were looking at vacuums this weekend, I want an upright one with brushes that spin round to clean the carpet.

Dysons seemed very plasticy (the type that shatters when you bang it into stuff). Henry doesn’t have the uprightness or spinny brushes so I liked the Miele cat and dog (we have a dog).

Things I’m not sure about the Miele are it’s price (looks well made though) and the bags……..anyone know if you empty the bags or just chuck ’em when they are full (£2 a bag though!!).

Can’t remember but I got some from TF tuned a couple of years ago – sure I just said it was a 5 spot with a Romic and they knew the size.

Commierider has it right – if left in the pack with brothers and sisters they learn all about biting from their litter mates. Bite too hard, sibling yelps and fun stops. Nobody wants the fun to stop so they learn not to bite.

We went through a period of my wife wearing 2 pairs of trowsers and me having sctatches all over my hands and wondering if we should get rid of the dog (her not me). He learnt pretty fast though and stopped doing it at all when he was about 3 months or so. Stay with it and it’ll stop and you won’t even remember them doing it.

We’ve just got back from dog training, he has learnt to fetch my slippers and bag – I’m very proud!

Are you going to let him have a good shag when he wants one? If not get ’em lopped off, otherwise he’s got all the hormones raging round inside making him want to shag and then he’ll just get told off/stopped whenever he gets the chance.

Vets recommend it both for behavioural and health reasons. It also means you can walk in areas where there are other dogs without worrying about yours chasing down the bitches or getting into fights with other dogs.

We had ours done when he was about 8 months, he was upset for the rest of the day it was done and then back to normal the very next day. I regularly meet loads of different dogs and bitches on walks, don’t need to worry about the ladies (including his sister who my brother owns) and it means he’s much more likely not to get distracted and run off (they can smell a bitch in heat from several miles). I can also watch the people with ‘complete’ dogs get stressed and worried about every other dog they meet – it really does look like a hassle especially if you have one who is a bit dominant.

My phone conversation has not made me anal glad expert I though I was!!

After months of their dog smelling a bit like rotten fish my brother had to take it to the vets to have its anal glands milked!!!

Apparently it’s not too hard to do. Lube up your finger, ram it in there, squeeze at the 10 and 4 o’clock positions, marvel at the vast quantities of green smelly stuff that comes out and then retch.

Just to think that before a phone converstion on Monday I never even knew you could milk a dogs arse!!

SRTM is not interpolated between known points – as is was not gathered as a point dataset (such as lidar would be). SRTM is produced by flying a Interferometric radar system on a space shuttle which orbited the earth for a couple of days in 1999 (I think). Two Synthetic Aperture Radar images were acquired at the same time, from slightly different angles (there was a 90m long boom hanging out of the shuttle with a SAR on it and a SAR on the shuttle). The different viewing angle allows the SAR images to be interfered and differences relate to topography. This dataset was gathered at 30meters – so each pixel (it is in effect an image) contains the average height data for a 30m by 30m square on the ground.

US military would not release the 30m dataset as they were scared so they resampled it to 90m. Soon there will be a 30m dataset freely available for most of the world produced from ASTER satellite images.