I have to admit I’m not really clear what constitutes Stoner Rock but I love this classic tune that seems to fit the bill

yup, ISTR starting a thread about printer issues some while back. Different printer now, same issues.

anywayroadup, Modern Life is Rubbish was released in May 1993 so from our position of 26 years later we need a new idiomatic expression as well as a new printer

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Should you forget to buy your Beaufort at the Bourg coop vending machine, you can be rest assured that there’s also one at Moutiers Railway Station!

Having stayed in Moutiers for a week in July I can confirm that this is the most interesting fact and attractive feature of said town – what a dump. (Great riding available nearby however).

For me one of the tech floors in our office tower block has a tech vending machine where you can get a new mouse, keyboard, RAM etc.

these three guys were fairly steaming along on the RVV/Tour of Flanders back in April

@johnw1984 hoping this won’t be a classic case of answering a different question but do you/your wife actually need a Gimbal?

I take a lot of GoPro footage and have edited them into numerous movies. With a bit of practice you can shoot perfectly usable footage without a Gimbal.

I tend to edit my footage into pop-style movies with many scene changes and short, maximum 20 second segments of footage. If I’ve shot any footage that is a bit wobbly that just gets dropped on the virtual cutting room floor and I use some different footage instead.

The chesty mount is pretty good for decent footage. The secret is to have the straps as tight as possible. Also I found that my original GoPro Hero (GoPro 1 if you like) that i bought way back in 2010 was fairly bulky and tended to bounce around a lot more than my GoPro Session 4 which is much lighter and therefore less likely to move on a rough descent.

So in short, get out there, shoot loads of footage and play with the editing to gain experience. You soon learn what makes a good shot and what doesn’t as well as what the limitations of a GoPro are.

yeah skimmed and painted. Wall paper is in the same league as net curtains at the moment, get rid. Painted walls much more en vogue

that is beautiful

how friendly are you with your neighbours and/or how shy are you?

We have gone out sideways on ours about ten years ago and out back two years ago.

When we went out sideways we walked around the local area looking for houses similar to ours that had extensions and went and knocked on the doors.

Some people were friendly and loved inviting us in for a look around to get ideas, others didn’t.

We got a good idea of what worked and what didn’t.

IME architects are no good at making suggestions. Builders are much better at telling you what can and can’t be done, what is popular and what can/cant be achieved.

MTB-Idle – I can see why you stopped with the razor as you seem to have shaved your ears off

LOL, good spot. Day 18; they are slowly growing back

Hot Rod

My safe word is…

Here ya go, 12 days in

https://mobro.co/richardsear

A standard-gauge railway track of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) is determined by the width of
Roman chariot wheels which was in itself determined by the width needed to fit a horse in between the shafts.

If you look due East from Leith Hill tower there will be no hills in your way until Moscow.

wear ordinary clothes and take a tin of these with you

Tell anyone that asks that ‘I’m carrying a bean’

I wanted to get rid of some radiators with valves we took out of our house. Still very usable. I listed them on Freecycle and got nothing so listed on Gumtree at the same time and someone came and paid £40 for them and was well chuffed.
Weird.

weird indeed my Scandinavian alloy.

reminds me of the apocryphal story of the guy who put an old table and chairs outside with a sign saying ‘free to a good home’. It didn’t move for days so he put a new sign saying ‘antique table and chairs £75’ and it disappeared inside an hour…

yes I’m in. I’ve done it a few times before and it’s a laugh.

I’m just growing a beard at the moment and will then shape it into a ‘tache once the growth is long enough.

I normally go for the ‘rock‘ look which matches my hair/beard colour as well as my age and then trim it shorter so more like the East London hipster as I go through the month.

Will post a pic once I’ve got something worth sharing

talking Belgian beers i also have a set of Kwaremont glasses that I like to use.

I was introduced to the beer and the glasses after riding the Flanders sportive. Not only is it on sale everywhere in Oudenaarde grand place but the glass is a classic:

– beer named after one of the famous cobbled climbs: check
– engraving of cyclist riding up a climb on the stem; check
– ABV of beer at 6.6% matches the average gradient of the climb; check
– base of the glass is a cobble design; check
– beer tastes goooood after riding 174km; check

rode around to a cycling buddy’s house on Sunday arvo just to talk bike shiz and sample his Timothy Taylor homebrew. He had it all kegged up and pressurised and inside an old fridge with a hole drilled in the top and the hose with tap coming out through the hole.

It was still a bit cloudy but a few pints went down okay. Had a bit of a headache the next day.

On the subject of bottles v glasses I’m a pint-glass man through and through. Can’t stand drinking from bottles or even worse from cans.

what are these dull commutes you speak of? an amusing ride title and a pic snapped en route and hey presto, it’s not dull anymore.

(Hint: unfollow them)

my mate had this. His wife continually asking him to do stuff and he said ‘look i’m working from home, just imagine I’m not here’.

A couple of hours later she sits down to lunch with a cuppa and he says ‘ooh nice, where’s mine?’

He’s a southerner, she’s a gritty yorkshire lass from Leeds. You can guess what she said…

I’ve got a small koi pond and it’d be ace to use fresh rainwater as part of cleaning / cycling the water

Koi prefer hard water. Pure rain water will be too acidic for them and stress them unless you buffer it with some (lots of) pond salt.

Badger

don’t worry, someone will be along soon to allocate blame.

plenty of pubs there. My eldest boy (28) lives there. He loves the location but finds the train journey quite tiresome.

the riding is the best.

Video would be cool yes. We’re staying just outside Wevelgem

Here you go – two for the price of one:

Little Uneasy

The Distance

both shot this year on the 179km version of the route. Great to see you have booked it.

There was only one climb where there was a hold up (can’t recall which one but it’s the hardest/steepest one) and as mentioned above there was a bit of a wait as they monitored the number going up the climb and then roped it off every now and then to let everyone clear it.

It doesn’t detract from the day. The best thing is that unlike RL100 where you have to arrive eleventy-seven hours before your start time and f@rt around for ages in pens ‘n stuff before finally being let off, here you just rock up to the start line and start whenever you want.

alternative bucket list also ticked off last year for me was the Cingles du Ventoux. An amazing day on the bike.

I’ve ridden the RVV/Flanders for the last two years and will probably do it agian in 2020.
yes it is indeed awesome and lots of riding, lots of cobbles and lots of beers are involved.

Do it – it’s brilliant. A video of my day is available if you are interested.

I read your post as more asking about the logistics. It’s fairly straightforward, in fact I organised for 18 of us to ride it, stay in the same hotel and all have matching kit this year. The main logistics are:

– ride entry. entries will open soon. its a simple online entry, your only decision is which length route you will ride. Circa €40 for the ride
– hotel. there are loads of places in the area to stay. I simply contacted the place we stayed in last year via email and requested a block booking for the weekend (Friday and Saturday evening). they were more than happy to oblige
– travel, split up into a number of cars with bike racks. book the Eurotunnel and away you go. I’m 90 minutes from Folkstone and it’s a couple of hours the other side. a pretty straightforward journey
– registration. Present your reg number at the event site the night before (preferably) and collect your race number etc. a bit like the Ride London thing but much easier than dragging your butt over to the Excel centre
– the ride. It’s great fun. Quite tough on the climbs and the cobbles take a while to get used to but it’s fun. I’m fortunate that it’s been dry both times I’ve ridden it. It will obviously be a different proposition in the pouring rain.
– post ride. Oudenaarde has your typical northern European massive town square and the whole square is given over to the consumption of beer and frites without any of the aggro you would expect in say Britain. Much better than post-RL100 once again
– the pro race. Sunday is the pro race and you can head up to the top of the Koppenburg on the free bus and take your place at the roadside whilst your mates bring a steady flow of more beer and more frites
– Sunday arvo; head home

it really is great fun.

A Clockwork Range: a film about a spring powered Aga.

good thread, haven’t read it all so apologies for any repeats:

Even Samurai & No country for Od Men: a chilling double header about a dystopian future where men are required to go everywhere in pairs

I got fed up of having to unplug and plug in and then unplug again the various worktop height sockets in our new kitchen so I removed the two standard double plug sockets and replaced them with double sockets with inbuilt USB connectors thereby doubling the available plug space from four to eight meaning we can leave stuff like the lavazza coffee machine and milk frother plugged in all the time whilst still being able to charge our various communication devices.

Win…

mainly drinking for mine. for a mates last year about 15 of us went to Bedoin for a long weekend and rode the Cingles du Ventoux. that was pretty epic

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Those ain't rookie numbers. Thanks @nickfinegold for a great trip #montventoux #ventoux #ventouxfivezero #stravacycling #stravaproveit #strava #outsideisfree #dropbarsnotbombs

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Yes, The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast is good for stuff like this.

Re the number of shared ancestors we have ISTR that in one epsisode they said that if you are in a room with a reasonable sized audience, say 75+ and you ask everyone to shake hands with the person next to them then everyone has just been introduced to their 5th cousin*

*numbers based on my memory, exact numbers may be slightly different but i’m not too far off.

Best joke of this thread.

depends where you work. My last move was inter-company i.e. from one area to another, same company paying me at the end of the month. I was offered a pay rise and a promotion to stay in my existing role.

I didn’t.

I use a Specialized Langster for commuting that I was given for nowt earlier this year. I’ve cycle commuted 2,388km on it (that’s me on the right)

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Thanks to Conrad for the footage that supplied this great pic of me pulling away from the lights on yet another cycle commute on London Environment Network day #londonenvironmentnetwork #worldenvironmentday #worldenvironmentday2019 #urbancommuter #ridebikes #instacycling #goprosession #gopro #cyclesuperhighway7 #foreverbuttphotos #specialized #specializedlangster #langster #lfgss #singlespeed #sockgame #sockdoping #strongsockgame #thisislondon

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It’s singlespeed with heavy wheels that ride like a dog but it’s simple and I love it.

Unfortunately last Friday the non-drive side crank loosened on the commute into work (square taper – remember those?) and so this week I have been riding the best bike.

It’s a much nicer ride; faster, smoother and easier but I don’t like the feeling that I’m wearing it out in the crap October weather riding around the mean streets of old London town

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Urban commuting #ridebikes #cyclinglife #cycling #lifebehindbars #fromwhereiride #canyonultimate #canyonownersclub #obey #thisislondon #flanders #urbancommuter #southwark #londonboroughofsouthwark #se1 #shepardfairey #strava #stravacycling

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How do I go about asking for one?

I’m assuming you have an annual performance review? Ask for a payrise and state why you want it i.e. to keep your pay in line in real terms.

Answer will no doubt be no but you can try.

As above, the only way to get a pay rise is to get another job. Then you either move to the new role or more than likely your existing employer will suddenly find that they can match your offer.

Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it’s no surprise that they’re giving none away.

Shearer knows it

https://twitter.com/CentralFootie/status/1180952693692604416?s=19

This guy nailed it re United

I can think of nine people called Fred I’d rather see in United’s midfield and two of them are serial killers. #fred #thefootball

— Justin Moorhouse (@justinmoorhouse) October 6, 2019

Very pleased with Chelsea, we just need to tighten up the defence and we are sorted.

More of an amusing movie cliche, but if there’s a pair of ww2 German sentries exchanging ciggies and pleasantries, then they’re obviously not long for this world.

clearly asking each other “Are we the bad guys”?

not wishing to pile it on but more here (Yossarian appears to have read it as well)

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/sep/29/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-manchester-united-sacking-not-stop-rot

I was in a petrol station in Epsom when a tatty large van pulled in and three of the rattiest looking scrotes you have ever seen got out.

On the side of the van in large letters it read “Humpitt’s Removals” with the slightly smaller font tagline beneath “we hump anything”.

I thought, please deity of your choice, don’t ever let me get to the point where I have to hire them for a move.