I’d much rather see Ridley Scott step away from the series and do more great films like The Martian.

Was with you till this. Martian had the tension of a blancmange and the soundtrack made me want to kill kittens.

Scott has barely made a decent movie since Gladiator

I enjoyed the first way more than the rest of the Marvel tosh that I too have grown to despise, so I fought its corner and convinced MrsSlim to watch it with me – then realised that actually it’s pretty rubbish too.

I suppose it’s the 2nd least shit Marvel movie after Iron-Man 1?

Typical. I just logged in to buy a pair and they’ve disappeared from the site.

Snooze/lose etc

*EDIT*
They are still listed on the Planet X site. Huh?

Where’s a Conehead gif when you need one? .. JAMIE!?

Yessir. Footie tomorrow night but I’ll log on Weds

Er..Both?

Didn’t bother logging recently, but my riding has been limited too

Fink I found you ‘rocket dog’

I’m a Brighton rider and own no lycra nor a road bike – threehatsal on Strava.

Couldn’t find you under that user, is it caps sensitive?

Same name as on here

Closet I can find is ‘Adrianna Roccketdog’
s’atchyoo?

I’m MR Mark on there

Of Ormskirk?

Does this mean I’m popular now?

Thanks guys, i’ve pretty much doubled my followee’s. Suppose I need to start using the app now.

I’m smack in the middle of your location RB, would be great to see your standard loops as im still learning the local area

whats your handle jekkyl? (are we sill supposed to say ‘handle’?)

so following my Monday morning weigh in at the health center, thats now -11lb for the first 2 weeks.

Cripes!

Although we booked tickets for a gig in Amsterdam this April and the only thing initially holding us back is the thought of no pancakes, no FEBO croquettes, no Shwarma’s, no hot chocolate with my biffa. In fact, it’ll probably be tricky to find a good balance in any of the local eateries.
It’s going to be torture isn’t it.

No need for PVA IME, first tub I watered down perhaps 2/3 paint 1/3 water – worked well but took 2 coats. Next couple of walls I just applied neat with a well loaded roller and it was spot on.
Helps if you go around the grout quickly first with a paint brush – then just slap the roller on the block work

MOTOKO!!!

MOTOKI !!! ?

If a could start all over again I’d probably save the pennies and drop them on something like a beargrease or dude, but I had no real way of knowing if I’d be wasting my money on a fat bike.
The Dune took much of the monetary risk out of if for me, so I’ll reward the frame (the only original part left!) with a couple more seasons riding before finding something a bit more upmarket perhaps.

Are you hoping that the constant repetition of this will eventually make it funny ?

Just wondering.

I’m with you Neal!
Seems a lot of people in these parts have a strange robo-kink

its not up to you to dictate to your neighbours what they can & can’t do – so either suck it up cupcake or move.

As someone who lived directly above a heavy smoker in a flat that somehow seemed to draw air through the floors and walls I can relate to literally being woken by the feeling of chocking on someone else’s acrid disgusting fumes.

Whilst there is an element of live and let live, it is a horrid experience to HAVE to put up with. Sympathy awarded, patronising not required.

For me it’s the sound, smell AND feel that tickles me. Literally.

this has made me realise even talking about farts make me laugh.

Johnny Fartpants of Viz is proof that even reading a good fart out loud can be enough to enduce a chuckle.

”ttthhrruUUUUUUUUp’

‘quack!’

‘PARP!’

Rode over 100 miles in freezing January years ago to a dealer that had agreed a straight swap for my CB1300 in exchange for a GSX1400.
Arrived only for his colleague to claim his business partner wasn’t around and they wouldn’t honour the deal. 15 mins of arguing and cursing later I got back on my Honda and promptly dropped it pulling off the forecourt.
£400 of engine casing and fairing damage on a previously mint bike.
Still hurts my feelings.
Thanks OP

My nan, god rest, blamed her flatulence on a gall bladder operation. ‘Trapped air’ apparently. I tried to explain that the volume of air required to sustain the previous 10 years would’ve filled the Albert Hall.
She was adamant.
(Not Adam Ant)

Two days and overnight camp? Or a single day thrash?

I’m certainly up for a camp if others are. Let’s settle on a location. Norf, Mids, Sarf? The SDW thread has me inspired to ride it in full..

Ditto above. I fretted doing a ‘proper job’ but on advice I went with plain old Matt emulsion and slapped it on thick with a roller – 18mths later it’s still fresh

Sea Change – Beck
Moondance – Van Morrison
Murray Street – Sonic Youth
Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
Soft Bulletin – Flaming Lips

Man Machine – Kraftwerk on the substitutes bench along with Houdini – Melvins

Too many Oasis shouts here for my liking.

Cant be more than a few quid in resale price between the two. I’d personally stick with the wider rear end and drop the travel on the Bluto to 100mm

I wonder if I could squeeze these into my Escapade

Interplanetary – good vibe zone

Are we talking about the City of London, or ‘London’ here? No one lives in the middle bit – there’s 10million buggers gathered around the edge, and I can promise you, the high streets are literally crawling with fatties

He does a lotta work for charidy..

My personal scatastic fave:

Back to my original point, I don’t see how 30mins of walking necessarily offsets the ‘average’ Brits’ calorific surplus – i’d argue that an additional fitness regime would be required to maintain or lose weight. On average.

But those are choices, I counter

Yes, but my point was eluding to the typical day in the life of a London worker, based on prevalence of availability and what I have observed when heading to our London HQ.
Do you think you are in the majority or minority with your dietary choices?

You really think only Londoners are vain and shallow enough for that?

Of course not, there are gym bunnies in every city – but we were using London as a large scale example of behaviour type were we not?

Gosh this is sobering reading.
Just 5 Weetabix for me in the morning methinks

I reckon your average Londoner easily gets half an hour of brisk exercise every day.

So, 400-500 cals burned?

Large mochachino on the train : 350cal
Cheese/ham croissant from Pret for breakfast : 450cal
A few cheeky office Haribo: 200cal
Pop down to EAT for lunch with colleagues for soup and sarnie and a Fanta: 1200cal
Nip to bar after work for quick artisan ale and peanuts: 750cal
Home for tea..

I don’t think travelling around London has much to do with it, unless perhaps you’re a bike courier. More likely the social constraints of trying to fit in with the beautiful people encourage the upwardly mobile to hit the gym/drop the carbs

I agree (obviously).
Try South Wales for a double eye opener.

Those Alpkit bars look awesome for giving your mates a lift back from the park on.

That french bloke who used to eat light bulbs and metal, i’d have him eat your bike, then weigh his droppings.

Possibly most surreal response I have seen on STW, yet.

Up for a SDW Dune ride collective this Summer chaps?

Other fatsters accepted :)

my Swedish father in law went to England and said ‘why is everyone so fat’. I took a while to explain and I didn’t think I covered it all.

Theres an element of tragedy to that statement. Because I genuinely think its become evident that the average Brit is a fatty in comparison to many European counterparts.
I regularly travel to mainland Europe, and im usually the biggest chap that I come across – in Oslo last summer I felt very concious of my size.

Indeed, for some reason us Brits have nmanaged to create an incredbile carb-laden landscape that is more prevelent than anywhere else i’ve travelled with perhaps exception of the US.
Every petrol station, supermarket, leisure centre, DIY store(!), virtually every premise you can think of has a row of crisps or sweets vying for your instant gratification purchase.
The amount of money we spend on presenting our ‘food halls’ as modern/clean/stylish/trendy is staggering also. Ie, visiting a supermarket in Spain, Italy, Germany is generally a much more low key affair.
It boils down to easy profit and great marketing – I wish we werent so darned good at making multipack toffee crisp offers seems so normalised.

I found the last episode pretty dull. Im hangin in there as I want to see how the downfall of Negan comes about.
Surely there has to be a wicked twist or two leading up to the liberation.

Agree that it would be good to see more zombie threat and isolation, but, isolation probably doesnt translate well to multiple seasons and the human element of such a landscape is an interesting subject.