i had them on my old E8….looked propa bling innit

got mine from sainsbobs….got a free head cover thingy that can meake a beanie, or a snood, or all sorts of other crap!

Cheers Loco!

if its free, get what you can out of it :)

iPhones

still don’t understand how they caught on now!

thanks for the comments so far.

Moving it on a bit then, if someone was feeling that banter had become bullying…how should it be dealt with. I dont think

The most mature and correct way to deal with it is to post “Your mum” as a reply.

quite cuts it :)

Wait until near the end of the month / quarter. Salemen are hungry to make their quota and can often be screwed down a little.

+1 this, although 1/4 is not too important in used car sales, only in new.

depends on the company and the sales person.

granted there are some rogues out there, but it is now a fairly professional industry. They are regulated by the FSA which helps a bit.

Things to bear in mind are:
how are you buying the car? Cash means you have saved up, not that you have a loan else where. personal loan? finance?
do you have a part ex?
what will make you feel you have had the best deal?

I used to come up against all the objections under the sun re: deal. At the end of the day, the only real important figure is the balance to change. IE, how much you have to give them for the car. have that set in your head, but be prepared to be educated as I’ll put £1 to your 1p that (if you have a px) it wont be worth what you think.

Then look at the finance if you are having it. set a weekly / monthly budget. STICK TO IT! you WILL get offered add ons and listen to them – some of them may make sense.

Legally, they can’t offer you a better deal for paying one way or the other, but be realistic. they’ll make more commission on a finance deal than not.

Also, in terms of the best discounts, they will be offered on cars that they garage have had in stock for a longer time. bear in mind though that the screen price may well have already been reduced so further reductions are not viable.

Always better to try and get discount through accessories. If you want a towbar that’ll cost you £500 – it won’t cost them that so in real terms you get a better offer

hope it helps.

what care are you looking to buy? may still know people that could help…?

not saying he is wrong or doesn’t have a valid point, just wasn’t sure about the delivery.

thanks for thoughts!

why use ivf? :lol:

joking aside, I don’t know. it’s one of those situations life will throw at us that, in all honesty no one knows what they would do until they are in that situation.

I could agree with TJ re: no, no & no….but thinking about it more…if it was one of my very close female friends, I would certainly discuss it, not just blow the idea out of the water straight away.

Good luck with whatever you decide and I hope your friend the very best of luck.

what type of ju-jutsu?

I have trained in Atemi-jutsu for 3 years and I love it!

Depends on the club really though – where are you off to?

As for dying, I wouldn’t have thought so. We go easy on the fresh meat so that they come back the next week :wink:

@easyrider – I’ve worked in car sales, on the doors and as a recruiter. add in solicitor and traffic warden and I think I have the worst portfolio imaginable!!

Joking aside, I quite enjoy working in an industry with a shocking reputation. When I do a good job, when I’m fair, help out and work professionally then it’s nice to know that it makes me stand out!

@ alfabus – you need to reply to mine now ;-)

ourkidsam – feel free :)

so long as you tell easyrider that not all recruiters are as bad as easyrider makes out ;-)

@easyrider

oh how I love to be tarred with that brush!

Hi

work as an IT rec consultant – email me (morgs.bdavies AT gmail DOT com) for some info and a chat :)

Morgs

Thank you folks in the plod – you have my thanks for helping to keep Britain Great!

We may be a small country, but we’re a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward I will be prepared to be much stronger

24 minutes without a post? some fuel need for this fire I think….

last night west mids police were (comparatively) heavy handed when you look at the Met. This was a good thing.

Discuss ;-)

the way this thread is going, I’m shocked that some people aren’t looting the classifieds

apparently tottenham will be pretty cheap soon….

I use a sword for training. I carry it around in a locked bag in my locked boot when I go to training. This is common sense.

However, I could, legally, walk to training with it not in a bag. Am I USING it, no.

My point isn’t whether the threat is there or not….my point is that it isn’t used.

Yes, we can go into deterrance theory if you want to, escalation etc etc, but the simple matter to the point I am making remains that to be used, it needs to be fired or hit with. A threat is someone’s interpretations of someone elses actions.

Someone could feel threatened by me walking to training with a sword

see what I mean?

Are you actively trying to misunderstand That would be using it, and as I said it’s not a threat when it’s not being used. But possession doesn’t justify shooting someone.

why is that using it? surely using it is pulling the trigger or to a lesser extent ‘pistol-whipping’ with it???

the fact that he had a gun (and I base this on the ASSUMPTION[/i][/b] that it was not concealed and in plain sight) is a threat in out culture. If you went to, say, Iraq, where guns are much more common then fine, no threat. But here, on our streets, if I saw someone with a gun, I would view that as a threat regardless of what was being done with it.

Why haven’t they learnt from Tottenham and nipped the riots hard?

because they learnt that you shouldn’t do that from the G-20 protests…..

Northwind – Member

Zulu-Eleven – Member

He had an illegally held gun – therefore, he was a real, identifiable threat.

Doesn’t carry the death sentence last time I looked. A gun isn’t a threat unless it’s used. Maybe the shooting was justified, maybe not but “He had a gun therefore it was completely fine to shoot him” doesn’t wash.

sorry, but balls.

if I was pointing a gun at your head, is that not a threat? or do I need to pull the trigger to make you feel threatened? by that point, you wouldn’t feel threatened….you wouldn’t be feeling much of anything to be fair

MSP – Member

Banned in warfare in the late 1800s I think. As an aside though, quite an interesting thing to ban things for use in warfare that are too lethal. Seems to miss the objective of shooting someone I’d have thought.

Nope standard practice in warfare, an injured enemy ties up more resources than a dead one.

+1

a dead soldier means one less gun pointing at you….a wounded soldier takes away two or three….maybe 5 or 6 if they get the litter out

dogging?

hallowpoints…..ooops

oldgit – Member

These are very distinct as the Metropolitan Police uses dum dum type hollowed out bullets designed not to pass through an object.

Sorry for the change of subject, but I thought these were outlawed years ago. Designed to expand and fragment on impact to cause untold damage….that’s what I thought.

IIRC Hallowpoint rounds have been ‘outlawed’ by international treaty re: warfare. As for criminal justice, all fair

2004 ‘Dale Jekyll. Loved that bike. Can honestly say that I have been fond of the others (Marin Attack Trail, Orange E8 and Schwinn Moab) but for some reason, the Jekyll gets it*.

*Strange as I hardly rode the thing!

just sent a message to them – I reckon we all should :-)

I bought some in 2003/2004 IIRC and I was sure they could be changed from 80/100/130mm with different springs.

that’s a bugger – would have solved that question :)

On my old Van’s I could change the travel – is that still an option?

dingabell + 1 – good review in MBUK

I’m relatively local and happy to help as and when I can…

got a pic on my phone for a ‘Giggety Lane’

whos leg protection??

I’ve got some roach leg armour you can borrow?

I have a Tag Link auto and it needs adjusting once every couple of months but I normally only do it at the same time as I adjust the date on it.

Yeah yeah, digital is more accurate but there is just ‘somthing’ about a well crafted watch, especially an automatic that has been well engineered.

A Grand Carerra RS would be nice ;-)

Halo: Combat Evolved anniversary edition.

The same game as the original with a lot nicer graphics and a reach-inspired multiplayer 8)

I’d love to – but I’d struggle to do one loop let alone a race!!!

also in the smoking camp and carrying more than a few extra stone!!!!