A big second-hand Saab or Volvo.
Character & not drab – [possibly not too pretty either,, but hey]

It’s not geekery, it’s just obvious that when you have 3 cogs intermeshed like the red, yellow & central grey ones, that none of them can turn.
But yes, I’m pleased to see that Trevithick was celebrated. What a clever man.

It depends on where you’re starting from.
If you’re fresh when you get to Dover, take the Chunnel.
If you need a break and a stretch, take the ferry.

For me it’s 200 miles to Dover so I like the longer break & the chance to get out of the car that the ferry gives.

Thanks, iDave. I’m still porky but I know what to do when I get motivated

They’re good walking. Just follow the maps. I like both the stretch around Hergest & S of Hay – join them up.

You wish you’d learned to surf / wheelie / snowboard before you were 50 becasue you notice strength going a bit. And your hair goes a bit, too.

(But you listen to new music because the kids have got fire if not always skill, and you’ve heard the old stuff 100 times before)

And since you’ve had so much “stuff” in the past, new toys don’t do it in quite the same way as they used to.
And you remember lost opportunities with regret rather than anger.

Oh God, I’m sorry to hear that.
My thoughts are with you – try to bear up.
Can you just call one mate & ask him to rally the troops to look after you?

Best wishes.

My house is the same age. We’ve had wiring done that hasn’t required much tidying up: the boards aren’t tongue & groove so they’re easy to take up & replace.
Just make sure you’ve got a suitable ELCB or more modern equivalent as well as fuses. Then take the wiring as it comes. Of course once you need a shower installing or a few more sockets, you’ll need to upgrade.

Ah but that’s because some varieties of eggplant fruit are white & look like eggs.

As for courgette / zucchini – does it matter?
Same as for broccoli – whatever the othername is

I’m 5’8 or 9″, find that a 49cm Kona Major One is spot-on.
(Thanks Juliet)
The 56 will be too big unless you have very long legs for your height.
What’s the next size down from the 53? Try that as well.

For the average user, the technology allows us to have more fun.
I can get down hills that I’d have walked on my 1997 GT Karakorum – then state of the art, but 21 sp and rigid. Similarly, 27 gears allows me to get up hills that I couldn’t have done back then in spite of being older & fatter now. Brakes are better, too, so I can ride tricky bits faster when my legs allow it.

So yes, new technology is great.

Years ago, a Ferrari with 69 UNO, a Jag with ORU 16

Why not ask your bank? But probably yes.

It’s just by Kirkby Stephen station.
Have you seen the scary statue of Loki in chains in the church? Definitely not Christian.

Mrs M is tranfixed by the programme. Farmer’s daughter, you see.

Do send us all a copy.
Email address in profile.
(I may need to make a ppt as well, soon)

Ta

Look up Dublin Core. Or I will.

EDIT: I did.
dublincore.org will give you all the info you need

For me it was the 5-speed Raleigh Royale I owned round about 68-71. I did miles on it including almost 120 miles coast to coast in a day when I was 16 or so. Racing green, Mavic brakes, Teesside to Ipswich in 3 days then back. I wish I could ride like that now.

I had to give up cycling in the early 70s, flares were too tight around the crotch and too flappy in the legs.

🙂

In software?
Yes, LinkedIn is a v good start. Get your profile there, connect with everyone and anyone you know. Then look for jobs on t’internet. The one from The Register would be good. But how are you going to manage interviews? Th NE has quite a few software companies but there are fewer finance-linked high payers.

and I simply do not believe the nuclear lobby given their record of lying,misleading and obfuscation

TJ- Have a read of Monbiot’s column in the Guardian today.
He points out that the anti-nuclear lobby is doing exactly that by exaggerating the risks of nuclear, overstating the capabilities of renewables.

try Kirkbymoorside. Lovely place. Say Hi to my great grandmother, who’s in the churchyard.

And it is a great biking area, go for a weekend first.

Are you related to Oliver Letwin, Flashy?

Fashion rules are there to allow people to be part of the gang. Or flock.
If you’re not worried about being “in” with whatever group makes their little rules, ignore them.

In the light of most of our electricity being in the hands of EdF, what’s the record of nuclear in France? They generate something like 70% of their electricity via nukes, don’t they? And I certainly haven’t heard of any major problems there. There again, they respect engineers.

I can’t help with this at all, but I’m interested.
Are there any on-line large scale maps of Spain, similar to our OS maps?

Park further away in future. Stalker won’t know you’re there. The rest is up to you.

Do you have access to a workshop and proper tooling, perchance?
That one doesn’t look as if you used a hacksaw and molegrips to make it.

That’s where Tricky taught SamCam to play pool, innit ?
Montpelier, inner suburb of Brizzle.

The only racing allowed is on stolen bikes.

🙂

Skype works best with headphones, so it may be impractical.
Also, the PC ringing tone may be inaudible in a shop. But there’s no reason not to have skype as an IM & phone channel as an extra.
If you don’t have inclusive calls it may save you some money, I guess.

Nooclear, preferably Thorium cycle, plus thin-film photovoltaics and massive cables from S. Europe & N Africa for piping in the power.

Pareto’s law is a good guide.

Spongy saddle = bulky = chafing after a few miles.
Ploy’s right, get something lightweight and well-balanced with good gears, try buying 2nd hand and locally so you can test the bike first.

No, you can’t apply the “only 4% post” rule in this case as a loss or fraud is an incentive to post. It’s liable to be many more %, but who can say how much? Only CRC. There are likely to be thousand of incidents, I guess.

To give CRC a fair whack, they have responded on the forum, they are working with a security company – and it’s hurting them very much indeed I guess.

ZoHo#s the best cheap option as the account is free for 1-3 users.
I’ve used ACT – nice’n easy in the early versions, more than enough for a small company, Maximiser – not that struck, SalesLogix – a pain in the bum, SalesForce – needs lots of customisation, not cheap.

I bet you’d get some interesting whistling noises from it when going at high speed

ooh, I’ll have one too, depending on the axle length.
Go on, you know you don’t need them all.

Snogged a girl called Carol at a party many years ago.
Her mum isn’t dead yet, but lots of people will dance on her grave.

I offered tea to the crew of the Young Ones when they were filming outside my house.

I almost bumped into Germaine Greer in a London tube connecting tunnel.

Yes.
Mrs M and I argued about it for a while, she thought they were unnecessary whereas I wanted them.
Two things changed her mind: a night where the slope of the bed meant that I rolled into her all night long, and when a boiling pan vibrated itself almost off the hob.
Get some.

My memories of Australia (camping, not vanning) were that it tended to have flatter campsites, in fact, flatter in general.

So don’t yoofs and women breathe in baddies & retain moisture?

It’s just age creeping in. Pluck like a man.

I second getting yourself on LinkedIn. I’m employed, but regularly get calls / emails from recruiters. One per fortnight?
Invite EVERY contact you know, and join relevant groups too then it will be amazing how may jobs you can find. More importantly, recruiters can find you.

Have a word with Tony at ACare in Crowcombe – he’ll sort you out.
I was there this morning to see about replacing the heat exchanger on my water heater (I stupidly didn’t drain it before the -10c frost split it)