All 6.30 comedy should have to pass the “Cabin Pressure” test imo…ie, if it isn’t as funny as CP it shoudn’t be allowed on.

That’s called In and Out of the Kitchen written by Miles Jupp

Don’t forget, the same mags that are fitting longer bars were telling you to saw 3 inches off each end 15 years ago.

Mtbguiding – that’s absolutely my fave LD ride.

Some cheap bikes work perfectly well, they’re just old-fashioned. Threaded steerers, non cartridge bb’s, 5 speed transmission etc is all tried and tested technology. i’m amazed at the number of bikes like this that continue to work fine even though the cables are all rusted. They still shift better than my 10 speed dura-ace ever has.
Anyway, look on the bright side – at least when they’re just out of the box they are clean.

Decent escort or new frame? Wonder which would be the best ride for your money?

If you can find an XR3i in decent condition, probably that.

“Tarnations!” Was as near as I got to hearing my grandma swear. She’s been dead these last thirty years.

The people of Prague love all the brits coming to their city for stag dos.

First encountered them at Stonehenge in 1984. They made the top of my head pop off. I may also have made some regrettable choices about what I let into my body that night.

Is “Fart” onamatopaeic? – Can’t beat a good fart joke.

Probably. “Quack” definitely is:

what a lot of camp costumery!

Could the coat stand be inserted up fat tosspot’s rectum, in any way? (eg. sideways)

Thanks DrP, that looks like a major overhaul of my eating patterns. Gluten-free? argh!
Are you a real doctor?

She must have had her rosins

It’s day in, day out with me. I can hardly bear to live with myself. I suspect my muesli with dried fruit habit is behind it.

I assume everyone faster than me is on drugs.

Salomon are great.
If they are for light duties/travelling, have a look at some North Face Hedgehogs. They’re an approach shoe rather than a boot, but are waterproof and very comfortable. I live in mine and am on my 3rd pair. (each pair sees me through 3 years!)

:D

I addopt a position that if I’m slightly embarrased to be that far from the kerb I’m probably in the right place.

That’s about the best way I’ve ever heard that described. I was experimenting during a ride down the A68 in Northumberland last week to see how far out I had to ride to prevent drivers trying to squeeze between me and the oncoming traffic. It was a surprisingly long way.

Surely we can’t all make a living from selling each other cups of coffee?

I notice that woman wasn’t bothered about the value of the damage she did to an innocent bollard.

For about 5 minutes we were stuck behind them as it wasnt safe to overtake.

Diddums. What was so important about where you were going that you could’t wait a few minutes?

The shock stroke is 60mm and the rear travel is 130 if I am not mistaken, giving a ratio of 2:1 by transporter13’s formula.
I hope this helps.

That’s mingin’ yunki. Nice version of the song though (better than the reformed Beatles did with it anyway)

I have had a reply fro. Andrew Bingham’s office saying they cannot deal wit my complaint as I am not a constituent but that “quite a number of other people” had been in contact and that he is looking into the matter.
Meanwhile I suspect DCC are fobbing you off by saying complaints should be made through the LAF. That is just an advisory body and in any case has no remit to look into individual problems over access. Nor, as far as I know, would it advise on highway matters as a matter of routine.

Binners, you’re being pursued by original sin. Do the feelings get worse when you eat a Granny Smith?

Try to wheelie a laden tandem up a kerb on a wet cobbled street in front of a traffic jam in a german town.

Chris de Burg

Christadelphian?
Chrisanthemum?
Costa Coffee?
Coq au Vin?

Singlespeed and all.
Don’t leave us in suspense! What happened next?

That’s a great loss. I regret never having seen him perform live.

Dear Anne Western,
I am sure you are aware by now of the anger among mountain bikers at the vandalism of the Rushup Edge bridleway, the latest in a series of thoroughly unsightly “improvements” to the historic old roads of the Peak District.
As a mountain biker I enjoy my visits to the Peak District, usually made once or twice a year. On May Bank Holiday I joined a group of friends at Edale Hostel, where we spent three nights, and we ate twice at the Cheshire Cheese Inn. Mountain biking is hungry and thirsty work and we spend our money in the local communities.
Sadly, someone in the Highways Department has an agenda to drive mountain biking from the Peak District. I want you to be aware that we will take our custom and money elsewhere, unless action is taken to stop this destruction of historic routes.
With Best Wishes
…

Also sent to Andrew Bingham MP and the Cheshire Cheese Inn

Old school! I feel it in my bones that this kind of riding will be making a comeback.

We found the wooden chalets on the camp sites the best option. They are heated and the kitchen facilities on the sites are generally very good. We found supermarket prices not so bad, including alcohol, so self-catering can make it relatively affordable to visit.

Is Ian Paisley still alive?

Complaining only to the rights of way people is a waste of a complaint. they will fob you off as described above.
Make sure you copy your complaints to the following:
The local newspapers, tv and radio
The leader of the council
The local MP
The local access forum.
If the RoW people start getting publicly criticised it mig make things a bit more uncomfortable.

What is the nature of its crapness?

Lame. Turned it off after 10 minutes, not having managed a single laugh.

My MP has emailed this letter to all the constituents on her list. It’s also going to some local papers:

This month we have had two important parliamentary by-elections. Important because we are now only 7 months from a General Election and important because of the UKIP surge that was seen in both. By-elections are always an opportunity for the electorate to register protest between General Elections but this close to May 2015 I don’t think we can dismiss the outcomes so easily and because I think that politicians should be truthful I wanted to be up front about where I stand on the issues that came out of both of these by-elections.

It is clear that voters are concerned about immigration but I think it is important to get the whole issue into perspective. The UK is the 6th richest country in the world. It has got rich and stayed rich on immigration. Over generations immigrants have come to this country, worked for it, fought for it and even died for it. My family were immigrants and so were many of yours. So whilst I do agree that we need to have clear policies on immigration that attracts skills and innovation that we lack and that contributes to our economy not take away from it and I also believe that we need strong border controls that prevent those who have no right to be here from getting here and staying here. I don’t believe that we can turn our back on the rest of the world, nor do I believe it would be in the country’s interests to do so.

I am also concerned about all the negative, one-sided propaganda that is generated about the EU and its impact on our lives. I support our membership of the EU for many economic reasons not least the many hundreds of thousands of NE jobs that depend on our membership. I am also keenly aware that before the EU was formed we, in Europe, committed genocide on one another every 30 years or so. 50 million people died in the 2nd World War, most of them were civilians. Less than 30 years before that there was the carnage of the 1st World War where my family and almost every other family in the NE were bereaved. Before that Crimea, the Franco-Russian Wars, the Franco-German Wars, Trafalgar, Waterloo and on and on and on. The EU is not perfect, it needs reform and despite it we still have wars and people still get killed but since its inception there are far fewer of our young men, our fathers, husbands, sons and daughters killed in wars in Europe.

Pat Glass MP