South East – between Oxford and London.
Is ‘carry on couriers’ the best term to google? I’ll give it a go…
cheers!

I fear change.

Get a 3G refurb – I did after my first one got destroyed (they are definitely not as drop resistant as a mobile phone). I only ever use 3G, not wi-fi. As for the loading up before you go thing, with 3G it’s one less thing to bother about, and as someone mentioned previously you can buy books recommended at the back of the one you’ve just finished without shifting from your sun-lounger. Even better, you can read a sample before you buy.
Web access is a bit clunky, but it is possible.

OT slightly, but I’d consider a £120 android tablet before I’d buy the Amazon Fire, just seems too limited to me.

Units of size

Gnat’s cock
That much (holds finger and thumb about so far apart)
Double decker bus
Swimming pool (Olympic)
Football pitch
Wales

I think fag packet and Nelson’s Column are in there somewhere as well. Not sure though, I was brought up metric.

Prompted by the hangover from hell a couple of weeks back, when I just couldn’t stomach coffee, I’ve gone from 5 big mugs of strong black coffee a day, to just one to start the day, followed by decaff tea for the rest of the day. Never thought I’d do it, or even wanted to, but it’s been pretty easy. I think I had a bit of a headache the first day, nothing since. I wasn’t much of a tea drinker before, so decaff tea doesn’t taste bad to me.
Not sure I feel much in the way of physical benefit – although oddly I think I feel less tired in the afternoon though. Maybe things have just levelled out instead of peaks and troughs of stimulant/tiredness.

Yes.

Seiko Monster? lots of dial colours (mine’s orange) very tough as old boot, nicely hefty, automatic.

Chicken salad from the van – haven’t touched bread for a fortnight and feeling better for it. Decaf tea, with the zeal of a convert.

what were you hoping to achieve an apology, a free round of golf and a hearty handshake?

Good point. An apology I guess, I was too p’d off to think rationally that he’d struggle to apologise with my hands round his neck.

I’m wondering now whether the location had anything to do with it. As I’ve tried to say, normally I’m the type of person who will reverse half a mile to save you backing up 10 yards, but this was My Own Driveway, so add that to My Own Little Bubble of Safety in the car and perhaps that was the trigger.

Well,that and the fact that he was driving a Mercedes ML, which are only ever driven by complete ****…I’m joking of course….

you do sound like the sort who (if you weren’t a cyclist) would take it out on a cyclist or pedestrian just for being there

Hmmm, don’t think that’s fair. Being a cyclist I go out of my way to be courteous to other cyclists when I’m driving. In my opinion, of course. The first post might make me sound like a nutter, but it’s the fact that (I think) it’s out of character for me, that’s wound me up so much. If I did it every day I’d have forgotten about it by now.

It’s the “WHEELS ONLY with tyres FOR LAPIERRE SPICY 916 MOUNTAIN BIKE” bit that’s wrong. Why mention the bike, or am I missing something? And the fact that the tyres are included, but no brand given – an upgrader would either keep the tyres, or give more detail to sweeten the deal I’d have thought.
Nicked, breaking the bike I’d say.

oh and no PayPal either…

I rather enjoyed Bjork, in a slightly startled, WTFingF sort of way. Good hair/choir combo.
Reminded me of a Conor Oberst track, ‘Burn Rubber’ I think.

E36 325i track day car here. It breaks a lot and I am thoroughly inept when it comes to fixing it.

Another thought about the post – you haven’t received an empty envelope or one containing a blank sheet of paper have you? I had that, turned out someone had tried to set up a redirect service for my mail, and the letter was testing if it was in place or not. A whole bunch of credit card applications were made in my name at the same time.
I spoke to the police and the Royal Mail and they mentioned something about making sure your entry on the electoral roll is up to date, if it’s not, it makes identity theft easier. Mine wasn’t.

Oh ffs, I was just coming round to the idea that the snip would be the right thing to do (anticipating feeling smug and self-righteous and being permanently ahead of the current Mrs rogg on points had NOTHING to do with it) and you drop this B-bomb.
The other thread on the subject convinced me I’d have a 2 day recovery consisting of snacks, DVDs and admiration, now it seems all I’d have to look forward to is bollocks the size of basketballs and pants full of puss.

It’s this, isn’t it?

Watchuseek. Bought a couple of watches from there without any problems. You should be ok as long as you take all the usual precautions.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/%5B/url%5D

I got as far as downloading a free sample for the Kindle, after hearingStephen Fry blathering on about it a couple of weeks ago.
Unfortunately the free sample only includes the introduction, and none of the book at all, so it’s still somewhere in the ‘one day’ pile, and not at the top.

No.

Did the cat ever get named, or is she still anonymous?

What the hell have I done with my wine glass?

Drinking sauv. blanc, while simultaneously trying to supervise daughter’s use of Twitter, son’s surfing of eBay for Lego minifigs, and watch Man Lab on iPlayer.
It’s way past all of our bedtimes.

Maps are cheaper than they used to be, you can get them done for £200 – £250 for a standard map, plus various owners clubs get two for one offers (that’s how I got mine done a few years back).
In my experience (all I’ve got to go on), if a performance map gives you approx. 7% mpg improvement on a petrol engine, and getting on for 10% on a diesel, an economy map could well be financially viable. I think the key thing is how many more miles are you going to do in that particular car?

Any info on seatcupra.net?

I had my old Toledo remapped (Custom Code), it went from 180BHP to 200BHP and the economy improved at the same time, but only by about 2mpg. A mate of mine had a BMW 330D remapped, had a much bigger power increase and improved economy – around 3 – 5mpg better iirc.
Plenty of people doing maps for VAG engines, talk to Powertorque, or someone doing Revo or Custom Code maps? If a standard map doesn’t suit, someone will do a custom one, albeit at a higher price. seatcupra.net is a good place to start though.

Was it film originally? In which case do you get the negatives chucked in for your 2.7 mil?
The thing that I don’t get about buying photographs is that there’s absolutely nothing to stop someone churning out identical copies for peanuts. A print of a painting is just a print, but a photo is a print to start with.
Anyway, I wouldn’t buy it because it would clash with my unique, one-off picture of female tennis player scratching her arse.

Get a waterproof watch.
Use lots of Sudacreme (on the baby, not you).
Don’t expect the second baby to be easier than the first(it might be, but then it might not).
NCT round here is a bit poncy and high concept, the NHS ante-natal classes were more down to earth.
Don’t panic, babies are tough, the odd accidental fall off the sofa, or dip under the bath water won’t do them any harm.

Oh god, almost forgot the most important one: under no circumstances take any notice of The Contented Little Baby Book. I believe the author used to be a contented little Nazi.

He’s never been able to sing, and he is the very essence of ‘curmudgeonly’, but yes he was good, particularly the early stuff, up to ‘New York’ (for me).

All the false jeopardy and baldy bloke SHOUTING FOR NO REASON gets a bit wearing after a while.

as for people who havent got convictions, they got let off last time

or very possibly were innocent in the first place, and so were found not guilty. But **** it, guilt by association, kettle the lot of them. 🙄

Set up a camera and post yourself a few parcels. Go on, go on, go on.

The police met haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory over the last year or so. Fair enough sending the letters to those convicted of public order offences, but not otherwise. Effectively they’re just saying ‘you think you got away with it last time, but we’re still watching you’.
And as for threatening to use baton rounds on school kids…people have a right to protest, peacefully. Threatening violence before the event isn’t acceptable from either ‘side’.

Flux off*

*best product name ever, except maybe for Kingbright LEDs

Are those Saris Bones bike carriers any good? I wouldn’t buy his because he sounds like a massive nobber, but I’ve never heard of the Saris before.

Danny King’s ‘Diaries’ series is pretty funny, particularly the first (The Burglar Diaries) and the last (The Pornographer Diaries), probably because they’re based on his own experiences.
Some of Charlie Brooker’s collections of articles are worth a look, and I’d give Tim Moore a +0.5 (a good read but only a couple of laugh out loud bits).

Just found this – where I spent New Years Eve ’91. Lost my mates for about 4 hours.

No idea what the stockings are for though.

They’re for the ‘littlest armed robber’ outfit. The sawn-off’s on its way.

Whatever it’s for, it’s wrong. She is a bad lady.

a sense of ennui?

scissors and running shoes?

a restraining order?