probably the best continuing drama series available in the world today IMO, whats not to like?, over hyped story lines, bizzare characters,dubious acting, I began my journey with the archers around 4 years ago and it has never failed to entertain, it does take about two years hard listening to get into and is possibly not worth the trouble. But for those of us that have put the hours in it is simply AWESOME.

Brilliant!, just brilliant…. we need more of this sort of thing!

What he^^^^^said…

Chester zoo with the kids!..

Hmm anokdale appears to have first hand experience…I wonder where this will lead us????

Nice one GT72, thank god someone has the sense to let it go!, I understand your point, it just SEEMED that you were having a bit of a dig at the competitors and not the competition. Peace out…

Sorry (no really) i just dont get what is being said, I think its something to do with evil banks and essentially it’s better the devil you know….i think, but i often miss the point of what is being said here…

wobble bar, pretty much like my riding really…

Spinich! The wife swears by it! And I’d have to agree!

Above all dont take it too seriously….some do and get VERY upset!. For this reason I dont post too much but i do find myself reading a lot of posts and have a habit of reading the most amusing/angry/always right/always wrong posters to remind me that we do indeed live in a funny old world. Oh and just because something is correct it does not follow that its RIGHT!

Good man!, i think you’ll need some legal advice on that and boy is this the place to be! oh and by the way describing yourself in any way as happy WILL BE FROWNED UPON by some forum users be warned!!!…(nice to see someone with a sense of humour BTW)

Hmm, not too sure with your opening gambit of not going into an instant rant about faulty bike parts or militant cycling strategies…good luck tho!

Good ho! I made no assumptions mike unlike you who seem to be implying something about me I was just forwarding my experience of it all. I did read what you have said (and you appeared critical of people spending all day on this forum yet were on my post pretty quick!). I’m not going to apologise for being happy at the team GB performance, they have done well (as have all the atheletes), I’m a big boy, fella and dispite what you may think i am perfectly capable of looking at the event as a whole. But carry on i really dont mind.

Well i’ve not read all of this but I can gather the usual suspects and indeed a new one (hello mikeconnor) are telling us all what is fundamentally wrong with the olympics. Personally i’ve really enjoyed it and i dont normally follow the olympics and its been good conversation with family, friends and people at work, non of whom would be normally interested. I dont buy into the idea that we are a bunch of slack jawed drones that need to be spoon fed and constant stream of media hype. I just think we have spent the past few years being constantly told how bad EVERYTHING is and this has provided some real exitement and good news. Of course it wont ultimately change the world on many levels but its two weeks of “holiday” from the daily grind. As for the money, well its a lot of cash that could have probably been more wisely spent but I’m never convinced that £xxx amount spent here would have gone automatically to a “better” cause. I often say to my wife that we work hard for our money and i’ll be buggered if it all goes on bills and the stuff that sustains us, and that from time to time we should spend some cash (ususally very small) on what we like to do. Whats the point otherwise?

Not for lunch….can you drop mine off around 6.30???

I dont really understand that you are still responsible for you kids wellbeing when a third party has taken the task??? my wife is looking after the kids today and if something happens to them no matter what, she would not be blaming me!. Paid or unpaid is irrelevent and if i am looking after my kids (or others for that matter) then i consider it my sole responsability. I dont really go in for this blame stuff anyway but i do consider the carer to be responsable for wellbeing be that wife MIL school whatever.

As for the bike thing, i’ve always kept the bikes indoors overnight and lock them up outside during the day with a decent lock, most racks are on full view from the roadways so anyone attacking a lock would be pretty noticalble. I’ve only ever been to whinfell, not my ideal holiday but my kids love the pool etc so its a bit of a compromise for their benefit.

Just as an asside, is it true that the charts on the ends of hospital beds are not standardized? It was on r4 today and I was somewhat amazed that something so important varied across the NHS.

Wow, you are quite unimpressed with whole capitalism thing…. i think you need a glass of warm milk or something… no need for name calling…

Yeah i knew that, i thought he meant he had changed jobs….actually that means i dont really understand the reference to Nikola Tesla in thhat case.

What do you do for a living kaesae? sound pretty impressive to me! seriously!

They will almost certainly notice so better to mention it, I was once paid £25,000 instead of £2,500. the accounts dept unsuprisingly noticed!!. (and yeah i did point it out first but they were already aware of a discrepency).

Bar six t nine! is that still open??? my wife once was called a “dyke” whilst stood near it and i was ordering in the kebab shop!. true story that….

Rough…. Still at least brannies is closed now, having said that my last good night out there was at Cinderellas!

I bought two ryobi+one drill drivers and put in over 9000 plasterboard screws with them and the are still fine , not lion but three batteries kept me going!
. They really are not that bad!

They do come up with some daft numbers for repair but i would have thought that they would have to come up with more than “it looks like a tool” has been used line. it comes down to them proving it has been deliberately damaged which would be difficult for them i would say especially on a brand new watch. I’d play hardball and say that it is defective and you want it repairing at thier cost. start with the sale of goods etc and go from there. good luck!

Bin done too many times i’m afraid!

DS faster than me…….!

The Cotswold is not big so may not have a big range, there is a field and trek in Chester and a very big go outdoors in saltney and on sealand road there is a big outdoor place, probably worth a visit if you want to try a load of stuff, oh and there is a blacks on broughton park….

Isolate the power and open the terminal box, if there is a capacitor in there then its possibly that, the symptoms seem to point to it. it may be that the impeller is jammed or the bearings have collapsed in which case without tools you may be stuffed. sorry not to be much help but if it were in front of me it would be easier to fix!

Real ray of sunshine on an otherwise couldy monday morning aren’t you Edukator…….

Not sure how you would repair it, most hydraulic hose suppliers will not repair hoses in fact i dont know any that will!. You certainly cant use a jubilee clip on hydraulic hose (well you can but it will blow off!) Best to replace with new and assuming its not too big they are generally not too expensive. Just take in the burst one and they normally make it there and then (assuming they have the parts).

Dunno but the police are jumpy, just hat about 6 cars and a helicopter, stop a van outside…Arv fellas there too!

Ooops my goof should be Orthophosphoric acid! and it is pretty dilute!!

Sounds like brake dust/road dirt to me, especially is it doesn’t wash off with normal soap and water. Assuming the pain is intact get some alloy wheel cleaner. It will work wonders, just remember to wear gloves! For best results, take the wheel off. It is expensive and i just use phophoric acid solution from work as its much the same stuff, but you may not have access to that!

Oh and yes my buisness account is with natwest and its been a PITA to make payments etc. fortunately i dont do the pay run till next week!.

I suprised the haven’t come on here to ask Cougar, IME he’s pretty good with computers (well he’s helped me!)

By going to a street party with my family and neighbours and having a great day in the sun…oops i forgot STW dont like that sort of thing… carry on…

Not that i’m a huge fan but i bought a couple from maplin for the kids for sub £100 not exactly fantastic but if you are just looking for a web surfer and the ability to play film etc it seems fine. i had to put market on because it only had getjar and if to do want to go out and about i just use my phone as a hotspot.

I get the impression from the guys that i know there that it was a bit of a no brainer and that given different circumstances they would not have folded so easily. But they have been on a massive rollercoaster over the last few years and i guess they just wanted security even if it cost them.