Asda orange and pineapple diluting juice (double strength)

Get a 944. You want one. Nothing else will do.

Shoehorn the children in. :-)

Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty
Wi bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,
Wi’ murdering pattle.

I’m truly sorry man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth born companion
An’ fellow mortal!
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.
.
Still thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e’e.
On prospects drear!
An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,
I guess an’ fear!

(To a mouse)

Sandman? Really? That was one of the ones I was thinking should really be left as a graphic novel, as I really can’t imagine it working in any other format.

Is the only graphic novel series that I have really enjoyed tbh. It is perfectly suited to the graphic novel format though and perhaps it wouldn’t have the same impact as a film. As mentioned above would depend entirely on how it was translated to film.

Sandman by Neil Gaiman

You can make a pair out of a shoe laces if your good at knots.
Monkeys fist at either end with a short bit joining them together. ( x 2 )
Job done.

Good luck figuring how long a piece of shoelace you will need for that! :lol:

Sailing cross Atlantic – the sailing is incredibly boring although the nightsky was unreal.

once i had pulled away from the chain to inspect the damage, another car did exactly the same as i had and drove straight into the chain!

yes, because that actually happened :|

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I find Brian Cox engaging and hats off to anyone who can make quantum physics accessible to me. He seems to love what he does and it comes across when he’s on camera.

He isn’t quite an Attenborough yet though. Could listen to his voice all day, and some of his pioneering explorations and early filming of things like the Birds of Paradise(albeit in b+w) was truly groundbreaking.

Oi! You! Do you shoes up and take that hat off when you’re indoors!

What is the issue people have with a hat indoors?? I like me hats and they keep me lugs warm. I’ll wear it indoors if I like, even if it int fashion. And me shoes are always done up, so baaaa! :roll:

Just finished The man who mistook his wife for a hat. by Oliver Sacks, a collection of case studies of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Great read.

In the middle of Metamorphosis, a collection of short stories by Franz Kafka. So far found Metamorphosis to be a bit meh.. ‘A Report to An Academy’ which is only a few pages I found incredibly good though, reminded me a little of Ishmael.

Next book is Sacred Geometry by Sandra Lundy.

Magic E10 here

My old estate had a lot of useable space and I prefered the driving experience to a 4×4 with a higher centre of gravity.

New MPV has less space but is taller, which can be very useful for just rolling the bikes in.

Van would have more space but again at the expense of driving experience/comfort.

I do not need a 5 spot

I got a few of the Wed’ze base layers out of decathalon for £5. Works well for me and I can buy about 5 of them for the price of the HH ones.

I don’t get what’s so good about riding in the snow

Cos it’s different innit!

New challenges with constantly changing grip to keep you on your toes. A fresh, clean, crisp and sound deadened environment where regular views you don’t take the time to look at usually, evolve into pretty pictures. Makes everyones local trails ‘new’ again.

I love riding in the snow, found a corner the other day of compacted snow and tried to learn to drift out the back wheel. Great fun! Sore arse, elbow and knee now though :-)

+1 on Interparcel as they don’t have a length limit like many of the other couriers even though they then appear to be collected by said other couriers who won’t allow you to book direct. :? :roll:

Excellent. Enjoyed that :D

Toblerone, in this weather!!! :roll:
Too cold for toblerone, someones going to get an injury!

4WD with snow tyres on the front and not on the back FTdriftasticW :lol:

Also… those slip roads onto the motorway that do a 270deg downhill curve. :wink: 8O

a spoon

8O

If you want a helmet with visor then probably worth looking into some retro/vintage styled scooter or cruiser helmets. Much more reasonable price point too

or

BMW M Coupe

mmmmmmm tasty

Dare I throw a spanner in the works :oops: and suggest that the Prius might attain classic status

Nissan GTR, a very good example of a modern car. I can see it being a classic in time.

Does anyone have a definition of a classic car?

I’m not sure I can see the Golf R32 and Focus RS becoming classics tbh. The original Golfs are almost classics now but can a 5th/6th generation of a particular design be iconic enough to reach classic status. The original hot hatches were groundbreaking in their concept/design as well as being good cars.

Recently read The Book Thief by Markus Zusac which was not my type of book but an intruiging read. Also smiled at The Snow Child, first novel by Eowyn Ivey, characters full of life and a vivid and beautiful landscape in her retelling of Snegurochka, the russian fairytale.

Now reading At the Mountains of Madness by H.P.Lovecraft (I like his stories rather much, good psych horror)

edit: all paper. i like a book I can hold and put on a shelf.

I think a wheel, if the artists willing, could look very good. What tyre for ….. :lol:

Thanks op. Ordered. :D

Shame he felt the need to wait till just before their deadline to do it though. Would agree that that seems a little unprofessional. Leaving Trek a bit high and dry to find his replacement before the deadline, although am sure there will be plenty of young guys who will do well with that place. Be good to see if Brook can string together a good season, I like the way that boy rides.

Just watched this. WOW 8O

Amazing bit of filming. Full credit to the camera guys. Loved the old giraffes last move. Just waited for the final blow then ducked and took down the young ‘un. Excellent.

Bovec and the Soca valley was scenic, with a selection of activities (MTBing, Canoeing, Canyoning, Paragliding, etc.)
Over pass to Kranjska Gora was fun

+1
Drove south from Villach, Austria into Slovenia over the Wurzen pass. Steepest road I have ever driven on, can’t remember the gradient but ground my way up it(Just looked it up, 18%). Pitched tent and slept next to an old abandoned tank on the summit/border. Had driven from Amsterdam that day so slept well.

Down through Kranjska Gora and up over the Vrsic pass(built by the Russian POWs) into the Soca valley. Arriving down into the upper regions of that valley early morning as the sun came over the mountains was properly beautiful. There is a viewpoint where I brewed my morning soup and sat with a cigarette for an hour, great view of the Julian alps. A feeling and sight I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.

Spent time in Bovec, rode some of the surrounding trails and Kanin bike park. The guys from OutdoorFreaks that I rode with were super chilled and good company. Further down the river has some pretty idylic spots too for quiet camping and kayaking etc.

Triglavs nice too and all of the national park will keep you busy for time with hiking riding scenery galore. Didn’t quite have the same quiet hidden valley appeal for me though.

meh

very stumpy-esque looks

By the end of the year I imagine your fitness will be up and your tech skills will improve. If you plan on doing dh stuff then line choice and flow are going to be at the fore to make the stuff rideable, when you jump back on the full sus then everything will sing :D

If i ride a 19″ Bfe will I die?

yes.

On the Pinkbike classifieds just now is an Evil Sovereign in size XL which should be fine- think the guy only wants about £200 for it. That is the answer to your problems

+1 One of the best long travel HT frames out there, and at 200 a good deal to boot.

Has to be red. It be faster too :wink:

+1 for KMC. The missing link is reusable unlike others.

Some good reading in this thread. Interesting link to pinkbike thoughts about the design and development challenges associated with larger wheels. So what I’m thunking is;

26″ bikes have a shorter ‘maximum rider height’ than 29″ bikes. The inverse being true at the short arse end of the spectrum.

29″ wheels aren’t strong enough to handle the gnarr that the bike geometry they encourage(slack, longer wheelbase) likes, combined with the weight of the larger rider.

29″ bike with no bb drop is an inherently better place to start designing a bike.

I’m going to be paying more for whatever fork I buy from now on due to the vast array of options being offered to the market. 8O How long can that really continue before industry standards dictate a more consolidated selection? The margins must be soo much smaller on each unit due to higher tooling costs and lower sales.

Ski and snowboard industry analogies work to a point. Sidecut, no sidecut, reverse sidecut, positive camber, negative camber, early rise, magnatraction edge blablabla. Main manufacturers shifted their whole range to no camber boards for a season and then reverted, worked as a pr stunt. Now its settled down and there is an available ski/board that is best suited to any particular style of riding.