I find that Leki poles last about 3 years before the adjustment lock gives up.
Which is pisspoor.

Mrs M bought some Karrimor carbon poles with cam-lock adjustment for £30 from ebay, which are lighter, easier to adjust and good quality. As her knees are slowly giving out, poles are almost a necessity. They’re good for boggy conditions too.

Yes kids, but they’re grown up.
I’ll ride home from the in-laws (30-40 miles?) on Boxing day so I can go to a friend’s birthday party at lunchtime.
Then who knows?

Electric toothbrush and a copy of SugarRush ?

On Bristol Bridge, on a Saturday night, waiting for the pedestrian crossing lights to change.
One young lady to another: “And then he came right in my face…”
Mrs M wouldn’t let me hang around to hear more.

Rolling Stones, Some Girls: “Black girls like to get f*cked all night, I don’t have that much jam.”

Poangs are super comfy, and gentle bouncing is restful.
We have 3, all leather, all 2nd hand, excellent value.

Grow a pair of balls and leave.
If you’ve asked / told her not to get more animals, but she has, and she’s involved (however tenuously) with someone else, then she doesn’t respect you.
Subconsciously you know this, and it’s affecting your self image.

You say that you can’t afford new clothes, but clothes last a long time so being scruffy is down to your behaviour & lack of self-respect rather than money.

Leave or stop whining.

Mrs M has been to Avebury winter solstice several times, & said it was pleasantly eccentric. fewer than 100 people, very inclusive, Terry the druid is a top bloke.

Yes. Ask any stamp collector. (You may have to look for an older person)

A year or so ago, we had a 2 sheets cut to size & delivered from Clickmetal, fast & easy. I used a no-nails equivalent to glue it behind the hob. It looks good. The long thin piece is an upstand above the sink, under the window ledge.

http://www.clickmetal.co.uk

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1 x Stainless Steel Sheet 0.9mm – 2mm
1.2mm Thickness (SS123)
Length – 770mm
Width – 568mm
GBP 30.65 + GBP 6.13 VAT (20%)
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1 x Stainless Steel Sheet 0.9mm – 2mm
2.0mm Thickness (SS22)
Length – 1758mm
Width – 37mm
GBP 10.76 + GBP 2.15 VAT (20%)
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Shipping
Standard Carriage – Mainland UK
GBP 9.95 + GBP 1.99 VAT (20%)
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Order Value = GBP 51.36
VAT = GBP 10.27
Total = GBP 61.63
(GBP = British Pounds)
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He has now been identified & his family contacted, according to Bath police.

http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Cyclist-collapsed-Lansdown-Lane-Bath-identified/story-25712346-detail/story.html

When I was 16.

Just ignore it. Don’t rise to the bait

Well, Shakespeare’s best known romance was supposed to have been about a 12-year old girl.
The art is separate from the artist, the former can be appreciated without condoning the crimes of the other. And Moon committed no crime – you are judging him for something he was found innocent of.

Yes, you will have to spend the money you saved, but the contractor would have stung you for the extra work anyway, or would have left it in a state for you to fix later.
Hire a tower or cherrypicker, save yourself a broken neck. Cement & bricks are heavy, you need 2 hands free to do any worthwhile work.

The Who was the very first band I saw live.
Stockton-on-Tees ABC in 1968, probably. I’m not sure if my balls had dropped by then 🙂

No there isn’t.
both products might sweat a bit but they wouldn’t necessarily go “off”.

My Nexus 7 has borked itself, Lollipop has slowed it to a crawl, the auto rotate has stopped working, and I’m pissed off with it.

I may be a bit thick, but it seems that everyone who pays into a pension does not seem to get what they pay in back.
is this the case?

If you’re going to live a long time, you’ll get your money back.
Otherwise, not.

Insurance companies /providers obfuscate their fees, so basically we’re paying them for losing our money for us. If you’re not paying much in, up to 20% of your pension props up parasites.

It’s a stock Haro Mary SS. Funnily enough they’re fitted with Mary bars, set at saddle height. Chunky Monkey 2.4″ tyres. And a wrecked headset, replacement in the post I hope.

I swim in cold water sometimes, after which I need tweezers to hold it when I’m peeing, and my balls disappear completely, as per the ninjas in a James Bond book . It all returns to normal when I warm up.

According to a good Polish friend of mine, in Krakow it’s around £25 an hour for a woman. No idea about drug prices though.

Was the part correctly described?
In that case, it’s his problem, just as if he’s bought a bike the wrong size.

How do you make sure you don’t miss little tufts? I have to ask Mrs M to check me ever time I use the clippers: she nearly always finds a little patch that I’ve missed.

Try on lots of pairs & buy what suits your feet.
Asolo & Zamberlan are v narrow, I rate Keen for comfort & good width.
Brasher lightweight boots, now rebranded Berghaus, are excellent if they fit you.

Mrs Moses has founds some excellent clothes from the charity shops down the road. 3 of my suits are from that source, M&S in my size, and according to the Guardian, their cut suits my stocky shape. They fit and looked new, none cost more than £15.

I did when the kids were small, for a year or so. I enjoyed it. Since then I’ve had one or two periods of unemployment, when I switched into domestic mode.
It suited me, go for it.

You chose to return to the UK knowing that your house was lat until May – the fact that it’s someone else’s home for a year was something you should have borne in mind.

You need a solicitor, and you should be generous to the present tenant if you are breaking the contract with her.

The car’s an MG innit??

I asked for a 3 day week, during a review last week. My manager tells me it shows lack of commitment, there’s no was I can be accommodated, so basically I’m waiting to be edged out of the job. I hope to last until January 🙂

Ms

That reminds me, I must bring mine in from the garden, after getting her filthy on yesterday’s pootle.

Mary is a lovely bike, the 16″ fits me well and I loves her. Mine needs a new everything, but since buying it I’ve hardly ridden anything else, and certainly not enjoyed other bikes as much.

Pieminister !

Mmmmmmm. Each & every one of them.

We don’t want an elected House of Lords, we want a representative one.

MY proposal is that every Saturday in the National Lottery, one winner is given the option of a seat in the new HoL for 5 years. They will be well paid, and if living outside a commutable zone, will have a flat provided in London.
There’ll be training in civic affairs, and a new set of 12-13 starting every 3 months.

Please give reasons for disagreeing!

I wonder of anyone would be interested in a retro blue dragon Kaffenback frame & forks…..

I had a good female friend who said that one of the Givenchy aftershaves / mens perfumes made her instantly wet, almost embarrassingly so.

So I never wear them.

But Global, you said

A molecule or compound that is genuinely sexually attractive.

Surely the pheromone mixes we’ve got of small fatty acids do exactly that? Even if they don’t smell that “nice”?

Crap car rentals for film-makers.
Period dramas & films only seem to have showroom condition vehicles in them. For verisimilitude, they need to be able to hire rusty old hulks from all dates, 30s to 00s. Like what you used to see on the roads for real. Most of them won’t even need to be runners, just immovable props parked by the roadside.

Use American. Most Septics don’t realise there’s an alternative, so they’ll assume she can’t spell if she uses UK English.

Back to the original question, I reckon that Mrs M and I could live on £12-£15k year comfortably, if we dump a car and drink less wine. We’re fairly frugal, so on THursday I intend to tell my boss I want to go part-time. That should leave us some party funds too.

My boss is a roadie, so if he’s reading this – sorry, Dave!

Shoes have different widths and support patterns for different gaits.
Go to a running shop with a gait analysis machine, otherwise she could end up damaging her feet. It’s easily worth the extra £20 over mail order.