I’ve bought most of my bikes second hand. Usually end up talking to the seller about bikes and riding spots and the like. Very quickly becomes obvious they are a mountain biker. I suppose that doesn’t actually stop them also being a scumbag thief but it does seem unlikely. You get a pretty good idea just from the initial email exchange but not always.

Maps are nice when sat at home or in the pub but pretty much obsolete on the hills.

I use a phone or sometimes preplan a route and put it on my watch.

Watch and phone (and maybe a powerbank) is enough redundancy for me to not bother with a paper map anymore.

Most of the static speed cameras I’ve seen in the UK aren’t positioned right on the boundary of a speed limit change.  Are things different in Wales?

No. Never seen one on speed change boundary

I’ve got a brother hl something. Very happy with it. Not used heavily but it just works. Handy to have. We have a couple of print shops a short walk away but I still like to have it on my desk. Can be cheaply refilled with non branded toner and it lasts ages. Not great at photos or blocks of colour, if I need something nice I’ll use the print shop, but for most things it’s fine

People saying Kane is past it seen to be forgetting that he was the top scorer in Germany this year.

And the (equal) top scorer in the tournament

Fine margins. Spain mm onside for their second goal, England header cleared off the line.

TBF all his substitutions have made an impact

I’ve never really valued surveys. So many caveats and things not checked that they can be worthless. Someone who knows what they are looking at can point out the big issues fairly easily and most things can be dealt with.

Decent showing from England. A few good chances against a great team.

Not much you can do. Delivery is your responsibility but arranging a redelivery or getting it redirected is up to the recipient. If they do nothing it’ll eventually come back to you. Whatever you do eBay will likely side with the buyer anyway so refund, wait for it to come back and relist it. If it doesn’t come back make a claim with Royal Mail

Well Netherlands are above three of those teams (and Spain) in the world rankings so they could maybe be considered heavyweights.

The Lego store is in a shopping centre with a load of chainy places. Fine if you like that sort of thing. For something a bit more interesting there are some lovely places in St Nicholas Market or Dareshack on the way there is nice. Might be a bit far though. Another option is Sparks which is an eco department store in the old M&S store. Has some quirky shops and art pieces and a coffee shop. There’s also the Phoenix pub very close too if you’d rather do that.

But when will we be able to buy wine in pints?

I was in the pub the other day and bought a 100% British pint of inches. Take that Brussels!

Funnily enough I saw my first proper mountain bike, a steel framed Saracen from 1990, at a bike jumble recently. It was interesting to see but no interest from me to buy it. Heavy, poor geometry, old standards. No use for riding, even as a pub bike. While it got me into riding it wasn’t anything special.

Apart from in rugby the refs tell them off for it and they get roundly mocked on social media

So, the same then.

It can be hit and miss. They are usually ok but there are a few bad ones. Get your own excess insurance as it’ll be cheaper. As above, check the car and take photos or videos. Not too much to worry about

Much better performance against a decent side. More super subs from Southgate: )

5 great pens

How hard is it to fit? Maybe a YouTube tutorial then park at Halfords, buy a couple of spanners and have a go. They are usually pretty easy but some can be awkward. Or a mobile mechanic while you are at Castlewellan

Much better game. Not sure how much is England playing better and how much is not playing against a parked bus.

Saka doing some damage on the right. Just needs a good run into the box

France into the semis without scoring a goal and people think England are playing conservatively : )

Interesting that these are all constituencies where there is another protest/anti-establishment candidate ie SNP, Corbyn, Green, Abbot.

The Greens aren’t a protest vote in Bristol. They are the party that represent what we want. They have already had a good showing in previous elections and have a majority in the council.

I’d say the thing those places have in common is that they are nice places to live. Maybe in a cool/ hipster way. Also all areas that have been a bit run down but are now gentrified

Yes. I think they’d already called it for reform but it was close so Labour asked for a recount. Not really a suprise it did eventually go to reform. There isn’t much practical difference between 4 and 5 seats other than increased chances of a scandal

After the overnight activities we are back to the main event. Chances at both ends already.

Think I’d put the winner of this as favourite to lift the trophy.

“Poor Ashworth and Debbonnaire, robbed of their marching down Downing St moment by pesky pro-Palestine activists”

Debbonaire was beaten by the Greens which has a been a process slowly creeping through Bristol for many years. Greens second in several other Bristol seats too

Garages speech is going well : )

For those that understandably couldn’t bear to watch starts speech, gets heckled, heckler gets ejected, starts speech again, another heckler, another ejection, another restart and yes, another heckler

“Damn those polls giving me false hope of lib dems coming second”

It was always a long shot if you looked at the numbers. That said there are an awful lot of 50/50 predictions in the exit poll so let’s see what happens overnight

Exit poll predictions by constituency here:

https://news.sky.com/story/exit-poll-what-is-the-forecast-election-result-in-my-constituency-13163180

99% chance of a green win in Bristol Central

I certainly wouldn’t mention it to the hire co. Let them find it, or hopefully not find it.

There is nothing to report to the excess insurance company. You will claim from them only if the hire company charges you an excess.

Don’t think anyone was expecting a snap election.

Ladbrokes might say there were a few expecting it.

Think about moving your feet in circles rather than up and down.

So how many goals are Spain going to score?

Well, that’s one

Another Southgate master class. Haters gonna hate 🤣 Toney was great when he came on though.

Really felt like we were going flop out without much of a go but a couple of great goals (Slovakia goal was decent too). Another case of doing just enough, barely. The Swiss will be a proper test

It’ll be easy to 3d print. Only question is whether it is up to the job. If it needs to be strong to hold pressure or withstand some heat then you might be better with another method. It’s also quite easy to mill from solid plastic or aluminium. If you could get away with a completely flat part then it could be hand fettled from aluminium or laser cut.

A decent brand like Anker. Also use the phone carefully. Turn it off overnight. Put it in aeroplane mode when you don’t need calling and data. Preload maps so you can go longer without data.

Anybody who thinks they are immune to it is fooling themselves. Possibly if they are that easily fooled then they are actually even more susceptible to it ;)

You might not buy the headline products but it will have an effect

FFS guys – a lot of us can be a bit of a pain hammering away at particular points. Hows about stopping the personal attacks?

Or how about those that are a pain hammering away a particular point over and over again stop doing it. Then we can have an actual discussion about what is actually happening and likely to happen.

The draw is crazy. England should be eyeing getting to the final as a minimum but on those last performances confidence isn’t high

Spain next for them so quite a challenge