There’s a high probability they are siamese twins…

Scarey advice above. Do sport, get hard and beat the bullies up. Right, that should do it!

My suggestion would be to find out why he has become like he is. Maybe a simple child counselling session – without parents present. He may feel he is letting you down by not living up to your expectations; he may feel he is being pushed in a direction he doesn’t want to go (this may not actually be the case but could be how he sees it); he may have issues that for one reason or other he feels uncomfortable opening up to you.

It may well be that he is having difficulty settling into the school environment but reading the OP there may be more to it. It is difficult – adolescents can find it very difficult to express themselves, especially with people they don’t want to let down. IMO.

That’s what happens when you become a singlespeeder…

Definitely legal advice needed IMO. A lot of Solicitors will do a free 30mins consultation for immediate advice.

You’re not married, you moved into her existing house. You’ve now moved out and your children need a roof over their head until the youngest is 18 years of age. All of these points will likely have a huge bearing on your future situation. The one plus side is you may have no future financial commitment to supporting her, only your children.

You need professional advice to sort out your place in your childrens’ futures and any financial agreement.

I’m not sure they generally have an agenda… I think they’re just not overly concerned with truth. I don’t mean that they’re lying (usually anyway) but that they’ll let anyone else lie and not challenge it

I’d say it’s as much a case of them reporting things without the full context to promote their own bias and repeating it ad-infinitum.

Interestingly, the criticism levelled against the BBC Radio 4 editorial programmes for a long time was of left-wing bias and now we have criticism of right-wing bias!?! I guess it depends on which side of centre the listener stands..,

Quite a lot of right-handed children of that age write some letters/numbers backwards too; it’s not unique to left-handers. You’ll  be amazed how much he comes on over the next year. Try to talk to his teacher and use the same writing methods rather than confuse him with a different ‘system’ – I get told off for showing my grandchildren how to do things ‘properly’!!

Hey Stu, how’s Amanda doing? Recovering well hopefully. Is she back out on the bike yet?

…stick thin, emancipated skeletons

Ironic grammatical error? Or intentional irony?

trail_rat

Member
“We’ve also got a hand-me-down butane gas cartridge heater but it was absolutely pathetic TBH”
Don’t even go there. Non vented gas appliance in a small space is just a recipe for disaster.

Gas appliance also creates a lot of condensation.

Whats the UCI got to do with anything ? All they’re interested in is being paid large fees for governance and back handed payments in brown paper bags.

Well, if you want to be a pro tour team you have to be in the UCI.

There are minimum squad sizes, minimum rider wages, UCI licence fees, contribution to Biological Passport, and bank guarantee of something like £1,000,000, all big sums. On the off-chance you might be lucky enough to get a wildcard entry into a Grand Tour. Aqua Blue missed out this year.

Maybe not tecknically hard but keeping going without missing a beat when everything is cracking up about you:

https://youtu.be/hwbzxENP2eE

Elvis / are you lonesome tonight.

This is what the FCO has to say:

Summary
Still current at:
26 August 2018
Updated:
9 August 2018
Latest update:
Summary and Safety and security section (Local travel – Gilgit-Baltistan) – information about attacks on schools and security operations in response; you should seek and follow the advice of the local authorities
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to:
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
the districts of Charsadda, Kohat, Tank, Bannu, Lakki, Dera Ismail Khan, Swat, Buner and Lower Dir in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
the city of Peshawar and districts south of the city, including travel on the Peshawar to Chitral road via the Lowari Pass
northern and western Balochistan
travel on the Karakoram Highway between Islamabad and Gilgit
The FCO advise against all but essential travel to:
the Kalesh Valley, the Bamoboret Valley and Arandu District to the south and west of Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
the city of Quetta
the city of Nawabshah in Sindh Province, and areas of interior Sindh to the north of Nawabshah
On 14 August Pakistan celebrates Independence Day. Large public celebrations are expected on and around this date. Terrorists have attacked large gatherings in Pakistan in the recent past. National and provincial elections took place on 25 July 2018. Terrorist attacks on political rallies in the run-up, and on polling stations on election day, killed over 200 people. It’s possible that there may be further violence in the aftermath of the polls. You should remain vigilant and avoid demonstrations, large crowds of people and public events.
Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Pakistan. There’s a high threat of terrorism, kidnap and sectarian violence throughout the country, including the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi. You should be vigilant, avoid all crowds, public events, political gatherings, religious processions and sporting events, and take appropriate security precautions.
Foreigners, in particular westerners, may be directly targeted. Densely populated unsecured areas, such as markets, shopping malls, restaurants and places where westerners and the Pakistani elite are known to congregate, are potential focal points for attacks. You should be extra vigilant at all times and minimize your exposure to areas that pose a higher risk.
Security forces in Pakistan remain on high alert following previous attacks. Alert levels in major cities can fluctuate, and travellers should monitor local media. There may be increases in security force presence and restrictions on movement may be put in place at short notice. See Terrorism
During holy periods/religious holidays, there’s an increased risk of targeted attacks, including on western interests and religious minorities. On 17 December 2017, an attack at the Bethel Memorial Methodist church in Quetta killed nine and injured over 50 people. It’s possible that further Christian gatherings will be targeted in this way.
In early August, militants attacked a number of schools, including over a dozen schools in the Chilas, Darel and Tangir areas of Daimer District, Gilgit Baltistan. In security operations that followed, 2 militants were killed and over 30 arrested. Further attacks on schools and security operations in response are possible. You should seek and follow the advice of the local authorities.
There have been a number of recent terrorist attacks in Lahore. At the present time, you should exercise caution travelling to and around Lahore. Busy public places and events are often targeted, including public transport, major international hotels, the airport, parks, shopping malls and religious sites. Government, military and law enforcement facilities are also targeted. See Terrorism for more information.
On 14 March 2018, an explosion at the Nisar police check post near Raiwand on the southern outskirts of Lahore, close to the Tableeghi (Jamait e Islami) religious centre, caused numerous fatalities and multiple injuries.
Pakistan is in a major earthquake zone and remains at risk from further earthquakes, aftershocks, landslides and flooding. You should familiarise yourself with safety procedures in the event of an earthquake. See Natural disasters
If you’re abroad and you need emergency help from the UK government, contact the nearest British embassy, consulate or high commission.
The Overseas Business Risk service offers information and advice for British companies operating overseas on how to manage political, economic, and business security-related risks.
Take out comprehensive travel and medical insurance before you travel.
Around 270,000 British nationals visit Pakistan every year. Most visits are trouble-free.

I particularly like the last sentence!!

project

Member
Wonder how many contributors now go to work dressed as they where aged 11, shirt tie blazer or jacket and black shoes, then propogate the idea that the above somehow makes the school dress code all ok.

If I turned up for work like that they’d send me home to put some pants and trousers on…

Onzadog

Subscriber
Our heating is attached to a thermostat. Saves a lot of discussion and decision making.

Yeah, but has it come on?!?

Long sleeved top here, can’t be ar$ed with lighting the fire yet.

No spin whatsoever on my comment. I’m just commenting on the grammar of the sentence and what you can and can’t logically infer from that. I didn’t say anything about how he meant the word crazy to be interpreted. You did that.

(Sorry. Just making cheap humour at the expense of your user name) – although I would point out that it was you that added “… (cyclling in London)” which I construed as your own input

GT used an adjective (crazy) to describe an activity (cycling in London)

You see, you’ve put your own ‘spin’ on that, your own interpretation based on how you read it ;-).

Based on how G talks and his commonly used vocabulary, my interpretation is that he is observing from his taxi in London that it is all a bit crazy out there, a bit mad with busy roads, loads of vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians. I don’t think he is saying  in that sentence that cyclists or cycling are crazy although I can understand how it could easily be read to mean that given the overall context of the report (which from the BBC I believe to be propagating their own agenda on the matter)

I was at a MTB trail once. There were people everywhere, it was crazy. There was a big drop off through rocks, I thought ‘you’d have to be crazy to ride that’. Launched into it, rode through it and high-fived “that was crazy maaann…”

proper lols are we going to make riding a bike compulsory to commenting in the bike threads too!!

I see a certain irony in this thread; having people-watched at various cycle centres I’d say MTBers are well qualified to debate uniforms. Even without a compulsory uniform people often identify either consciously or  sub-consciously with  their own group by the way they dress.

In my experience of schools, the non-uniform ‘uniform’ created by fashion causes a lot more issues of cost and status than the official one.

What size is the structure? And what pitch is the roof?

Like Greybeard I too am now retired but I can access span tables tomorrow. Assuming England/Wales?

Bamboo.

Silver fibres.

My favourite bit of bike magazines was always product reviews.

and

I don’t read bike magazines anymore as reviews are so much better online.

Which is the conundrum Singletrack is up against. Put the reviews online, kill the magazine?

For me, TTG wasn’t just a review section, it was a slightly more personal and in-depth report of items used over a period of time rather than a list of new goods with marketing dept spiel. More importantly it mixed up the magazine too, making it (IMO) more interesting. Articles, along with the one-page contributions, that could be hit on a pick-up-the-mag-for-five-minutes basis rather than settling down to the multi-page travalogues. But then I used to enjoy Fish Out of Water bitd

Since What MTB ceased to be …

Unfortunately kind of answers the point, doesn’t it.

I too just seem to skim the foreign ride features – they’re all a bit samey just in different places and obviously mostly bought in. They’d be much more interesting with info panels identifying bikes and kit and reviewing that kit. Kind of a TTG within the foreign ride articles – but that’s probably not available on bought-in articles which just seem to be ‘we visited a cool place, met up with some cool riders, sank a few beers and did some gnarly downhill bits’.

At the end of the day, Singletrack is a commercial enterprise and Mark & Co have a business plan. I like the quality of the paper, the feel of the magazine (journal?) but despite that I’m not looking for a coffee table travel mag; the majority of readers currently subscribing may be though which is what is driving the business plan.

As with all things started by enthusiasts, sometimes the business has to take over from the dream; you can’t pay the mortgage with dreams.

EDIT: the 500 word restriction is a bit of a red herring – that is an editorial decision. They can allocate as many words/pictures to whatever takes the editorial team’s fancy in reality.

Mind you, based on my non-controlled overheard-in-the-pub surveys in the past, everyone says they will pay more personal taxes for the nurses, fire service & schools and then they all vote for the party offering the greatest personal tax reductions….

No. Why would it make a difference?

Home grown bike design is pretty strong anyway and most bike manufacture is already outside of Europe.

Yes, but there would need to be a total overhaul of MP expenses and accommodation in London. They should create a (reasonably appointed) accommodation block for distant MPs, none of this we-pay-their-mortgage-for-a-five-bed-house-in-London malarkey.

Sounds great, enjoy. Tips? – take Smidge or similar to spray your ankles if you’re working in woodland this time of year.

Happy birthday for tomorrow. I won’t add any more suggestions as you’re sorted now!

The Sawyer Mini was the darling of the lightweight kit packers but the MSR Trailshot seems to be taking that mantle now (faster in use). I have a Sawyer which is great for occasional use and I use it in ‘straw’ mode mostly (although to be fair, I only use it on rare occasions if I empty my bottles and I’m nowhere near somewhere I can fill them from a tap). Have no experience of the MSR.

Sounds like you need a cart and one of your horses,  make the buggers work for their keep. You could then treat yourself to a proper vehicle like an Audi or T5….

tjagain

A smile returned

Have to agree with this one.

Based on your requirements as you’ve stated above all you need is a lightweight synthetic sleeping bag, ideally with a showerproof outer.

OK, all the other stuff suggested would increase your comfort on an overnighter but that’s not what you’re asking. Is it?

Bivvying in the middle of no-where and just staring up at a dark, clear sky.

Sitting with a drink outside a cafe/bar just people-watching whilst not having a care in the world.

The totally unconditional hug from a grand-child.

for repairs to damage you caused

A lot of people having a pop at the OP, a few being not very pleasant about it either.

The crux of the matter is that it hasn’t been established that what the neighbour is claiming is actually the fault of the building work carried out and no-one on this thread has seen the ‘damage’.

My advice, pop round and say you feel the quoted amount (open-ended too!) seems excessive and you would like your own tradesman (not the original builder, he has a vested interest) to have a look, without prejudice (I know, I know).

Cheers lunge, good work over the last 3 weeks and greatly appreciated.

Some good posts on today’s thread.

All I can throw into the pot is

#  With regard to La Vuelta I’m sure Brailsford and crew will have been preparing a team since December (in the same way as they have been preparing Thomas for the Tour).

#  With regard to gc in the Tour being a bit mleh, with just 3 days to go the podium was still realistically in reach of 5 riders. There will always be casualties amongst top gc riders throughout the 3 weeks including in past years Froome & Thomas, the race still goes on.

#  I’m not sure that Dan Martin’s style of riding would suit a support team, he’d destroy them! Would love to see him podium in a GT before he retires though.

Just random thoughts! Good stuff Lunge.

We all crack under pressure! Even glass.

The sealed unit has possibly been packed in a bit too tightly or a flaw in the cut edge of that piece of glass, temperature changes can do that. Is it cracked from a corner?

Get the supplier / installer back to replace the sealed unit.

I’ve met a few of those hills. Mountains too. There isn’t one that didn’t turn out to be a pussycat really, you get to the top of them eventually, even if it does take a little longer sometimes.

The morning after and chillin’ to some Bridge of Sighs/Robin Trower while drinking good coffee.

On the Welsh theme, should have thrown on some Man last night in celebration of G.

Only you will know if you’re up to on the day, what fuel you need, etc. but ‘Chapeau’! I assume you will have company on the ride to assist, carry windproof, tubes, etc,,

Any mods to the bike prior to setting off?

EBike conversion..?

That’s pretty much the traditional loop, usually ridden clockwise.

If you ride clockwise, the only slight change I’d make is near Llanbedr – after the long downhill off the ridge when you eventually reach tarmac I’d drop down the track on the right to the river, across the river and up to the village of Llanbedr (rather than bypassing the village on tarmac as the gpsies route), usually stopping at the Red Lion if open :-)

(parts of that downhill will be skidtastic after today’s rain and if the wind is still blowing, it will be seriously blowing up on the ridge)