Send her for acupuncture – 80% success rate of turning breech babies, and then no need for the Ceaser. Ceasers are bad. Major surgery and best avoided.

Would love the one at 1600, but can't really tretcth that far so thinking 1200 looks good value.

Molgrips, I think you miss the point to an extent – you get carbs from the veg, beans etc, but if you are lacking in energy you need to up your fat content. Clearly Omega 3 good fat as opposed to trans fat, but fat is the new black, don't you know?

I've not jumped on the scales yet, but it is feeling like a good thing to do. I'm hoping the free day will make it long term sustainable, although I'm being sorely tempted tonight!

Kinda solved it by having a purge and getting a lot of the stuff I needed to keep into Omnifocus. I guess I am at inbox zero! Now to rebuild the damn thing so that it works properly in future.

No-one got any pictures?

That's super cheap! Please report back…

Was this thread really worth resurrecting after a year?

Was thinking of that – but not disciplined enough to do it on my own and no affiliates near me 🙁

Agree it looks very interesting.

I can vouch for iDave's approach having eaten close to the paleo diet for the best part of the year – when I stick to it I feel like I can conquer the world, and when I slip I feel like crap. Problem is, in the real world it is hard to stick to.

TJ and his ilk are welcome to follow conventional wisdom and put their trust in the "experts". But bollocks to being a sheep and following the crowd.

It would be great if iDave could tell us more about his approach – I think a number of us would really appreciate it. Particularly the idea of meal plans for examples of what he eats on a regular basis.

If you want to know more about this way of eating , Google for Crossfit (except you TJ, because it deviates from the norm and will upset you) and then look for the diet links and discussions around it.

When TJ does Google Crossfit and report back he will say it is like a cult and be upset by it – he is right, it is a cult. But are they unhealthy? No. Are they doing things by the book, applying conventional wisdom? No. Could we be learning from them? Damn straight.

Life is more fun when you stop listening to the experts, whether perceived as real or self-appointed.

Go iDave, go!

Quick flick at the web seems to say there was much to recommend half of the romanian entry

Didn't get to watch it… but encouraged by the reports of totty. Worth watching on iPlayer? Who was the stand-out totty?

That's what I thought, but Zmbabwe was already broken, so maybe not a true picture of the chaos here. Is it likely?

What sort of industry are you in BB? It sounds like you must be quite senior, but I'd be keen to know roughly what you do – I might be in a similar position myself soon.

Oh, and you need to tell the firm to tell the IT dept to hook you up with a proxy at home to get you round the Great Firewall of China – it's a right pain.

Thanks everyone, apart from eckinspain 🙂

Not Kate Kinsella. Dresses like a smug, stupid frump. Oh, and she's as harsh on the eye as a harsh thing.

I can't believe someone has vouched for Kate Kinsella – get that man help. She is beyond awful. Not even with Gordon Brown's!

Oops – nowt to see here – move along – I should read more before posting…

Thanks Graham. fastmail looks interesting – do you pay? is it worth the cash?

Sounds like a good idea. Is it easy?

clear as mud then! more input please -tribalchief?

Thanks everyone.. some emails received and sent. Here's hoping the power of STW works again.

Updated my profile… thanks 🙂

Easy. Pull their birth certificate. Register House will be able to help.

I'm guessing not then. Boo.

Thanks everyone. Will go see the doc at some point.

That pic is a bit disturbing – my wasn't like that happily. More of a heat haze shimmer.

I find the idea of life without chocolate, bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, beer or legumes a little hard to imagine. Each to their own and all that.

Get one of the Ridgeback flat barred road bikes, and a set of cross tyres for off road work. Everyone's a winner that way, and some of those Ridgebacks are very purdy 🙂

Hopefully the English would use it to vote to get rid of the Royal Family.

Those that don't are missing out. Simple!

I love it! Three Weetabix, a good smear of butter and some top quality cheddar truly is the food of the gods – when washed down with a large, perfectly brewed cup of tea.

Have been eating Weetabix like this for about 25 years – it used to be a serving suggestion on the side of the box.

Zaskar Rider, I have suffered the same slings and arrows as you. But I look back smugly and take another bite of goodness, knowing that I am on the bright side 🙂

TJ – what is this pesnion thing you speak of? Where did you go?

Ah MF – of course, now I know why I feel weird… I'm still wearing the new undies I got at Chrissie! Woo hoo! Mystery over 😉

Unfortunately the free version only lets you share documents and presentations, not web pages. Evil Cisco 🙁

Fantastic – some good options to check out. Thank you 🙂

Bunnyhop, G and spongebob – would you be so good as to give a few more details about what you do. A little insight would be really helpful. You know, just industry and things as it will make it less abstract for us?

Huge Ta.

This thread is useless without pics. There. Somebody had to say it.

It would seem then that we are mostly all wage slaves (humble apologies to the jobless club) taking it from the man, rather than giving it to him.

I love the ability of the STW massive to be upset at any almost anything – in fairness to Moses he did back down from his original assertion, but I love it. The STW warmth to all fellow man 🙂

BigDummy – as a centrist, with gentle leanings to the left, but an extremely libertarian outlook I concede I have happily and unquestioningly accepted the perceived wisdom of the BNP being right wing. Particularly as Griffin is a Cambridge educated lawyer.