Sorry no, not even slightly concerned by this.

All that can happen here is that the brands are sold off to someone else or shut down entirely, I would imagine that they represent a very small portion of the sales of this group, they will dispose of them and stick with their shooting sports brands, they might even make a profit on the sale of the brands.

Another Vote here for the Fenix 3HR if they can still be found. A couple of months ago it was usefully cheaper that a 5. HR tracking is good and it pairs with all my bike sensors so I now have a Edge 510 doing nothing.

I particularly like being able customise it via Garmin connect – you can get rid of features you don’t use or add additional apps for different sports. Works just fine with my iPhone and I get about a week of use which includes 3-4 hours of GPS use per charge.

It is big on the wrist, but its a lot better built than the Vivoactive.

Do you have a spoon to hand?

I just bin everything in the standard bin. then later on er’ indoors sees this and cant leave it so ends up sorting it all out.

Sod washing tins.

Slightly different perspective on this, I own a couple of small flats that I rent out. For the past five years I have had no problems at all; when someone vacates I generally have a tenant by word of mouth without even advertising, mostly the tenants have been Polish or,on a couple of occasions Italian.

One them has now sat empty for six weeks, its not overpriced and its in good condition. Fortunately for me they were both inherited so no mortgages to worry about.

Ultimately I will need to drop the price to get it earning money again.

But it seems to indicate to me the EU workers are beginning to drift away from the UK.

Oneplus 3 or 3T

You can still buy Babycham.

Is it too late too add Noel Edmunds?

Vintage watches? I have doubled up on a certain brand in the last 2 years.

They’re not great investments. Entry and exit costs are high if bought at auction (15% premium both ends?) and a dealers spread is vast.
I suspect you have to get lucky with a buy.
Talking of “luck”…

Granted some luck was involved with that example. but I have only once lost money, sometime you need to sit on the for some time though, so I only buy with ‘Spare’ money.

I have been wondering if putting down £1000 for a Tesla Model 3 might be worthwhile, bound to be people who will pay a premium to jump the queue when it finally arrives.

I would step away from traditional investment instruments at the moment.

Vintage watches? I have doubled up on a certain brand in the last 2 years.

I cant talk about the science of this but last year I was in much the same place.

I had been losing weight steadily though eating less and cycling more then suddenly it all stopped, my weight stayed exactly the same for weeks. I got obsessive, prepared everything from scratch weighing and logging everything, no change, I played with the macros, again no change.

I then changed my exercise routine; I bought a TRX and some weights and started to substitute some rides with weight sessions in the house. At this point I thought nothing was changing but I stuck with it. I then realized that my clothes were continuing to get looser, when I measured my arms and chest, which was the one thing I had not been obsessing about I realized I was shrinking without losing weight.

A couple of weeks after I started to lose weight again.

I have now continued to lose in this way for the past 6 months, it is slow but consistent.

I have no idea on the science, but my theory is that my body had effectively adapted to the cycling and become very efficient so I wasn’t burning even close the stated calories on the Garmin. By doing something else I caused a change that re-started the loss.

I now mix it up as much as possible, Gym, tennis, the odd bit of running as well as the cycling. I only lose about a pound a week but I will get there in the end.

Good luck to you whatever methodology you use.

but if it’s work, you wouldn’t be effing and jeffing anyway, would you?

I am from Scotland.

But being serious I was quite concerned that people think I swear a lot.
I live in Oxford now, so while I probably swear less than the average Scot, that’s probably a lot more than the average person from Oxfordshire.

There’s nothing annoying about people not eating meat. It’s the utterly predictable and seemingly interminable bleating about it that’s annoying. See above

Aye I will take that on the chin.

Of course the other side of it is people bleating on about bacon. :-)

I don’t eat meat, this seems to irritate meat eaters, but I also manage to irritate the more hardcore vegetarians as my reasons for this are nothing to do with animal rights; I do it for health reasons.

I like to cover both camps.

Chapaking has hit the nail on the head.

For Me the only bit of excitement there is the powermeter, but as fasthaggis points out, the price needs to be revolutionary.

I have a Stages on my road-bike, but can’t justify the cost of putting one on my two other bikes, these things are way overpriced for what they are.

This is one area I would love to see invaded by Chinese copies.

Choosing a sandwich at lunchtime. Choice used to be ham, cheese or ham and cheese, perhaps prawn mayo if you were fancy.

Now M&S present you with row upon row of choice, I literally waste five minutes a day working out what to choose.

I recently bought the 50mm 1.4 AF-S, astonishingly sharp but I have struggled to use it wide open due to the narrow depth of field, does not put me off the 105mm however as its clearing a technique issue on my part. Not sure I could justify the cost though.

Betty Blue / 37 degrees le Matin

Saw it in about 93, watched it at least once every year since, still captivating.

Depends on the nation…..

Thread Hijack!

Titanium 29er, racy geometry for 100mm forks, adaptable for 2×10, 1x whatever and hub gears, also needs to have rack mountings for touring use and be light rather than burly, also needs to cost no more than £1500.

Other moon on sick options considered

Depends on the frequency of use, I use my carry on at least three times a month for work.

I bought a second hand Rimowa trolley about ten years ago for £200, I think it will outlast me.

Edit ** Ignore me, clearly I couldn’t read the actual question. **

What it hell is Quality Save? Somehow all I can picture is an Arkwright-esque corner shop selling coal and ‘barm’ cakes.

Do they have any offers on sour-dough ciabatta with olive tampenade?

In all seriousness a wife who buys you airfix is a keeper, good show.

“We really really want to leave, honest, but now is not the right time, we need to improve our economy so we can bargain from a stronger position. We will leave, but when the time is right for the UK, not because the EU want to kick us out as punishment” … or some such nonsense.

Exactly this, because at this point whomever ends up in the PM’s seat will take the course of action that gives the best chance of remaining in power after the next election. Lets not be fooled into thinking this has anything to do with what the public wants.

Photography is my thing, or so I thought. What I actually do is ponder over the latest equipment, convince myself that an upgrade will be of benefit then trade in a year old camera body with 3000 actuations on it for the latest and greatest model, usually at massive cost.

Been considering my LRPS submission for about 7 years, will do it soon, deffo.

muppetWrangler – Member

Boris has played a blinder.

+1

Omnishambles.

Load of new-age rubbish, music is nothing but noise pollution.

35 in a 30 zone cost me three hours of my life sitting in an arts centre outside Newbury listening to a pious **** with a nasal voice.

However the van driver on the course who complained and challenged every point discussed made the whole thing entertaining.

Did it change my attitude? Yes a bit, I am now a lot more careful in built up areas, but my errant ways out of town have not changed one bit.

I lIve in Swindon. All of these places are betterer.

5 Utterly detest all aspects of religion.

A slight different perspective on this Ton.

I come from a well to do family, they sent me to a good school and never refused me anything. In my case this was counter productive, I went off to uni with a very generous allowance, car, flat everything you would need.

I started to treat everyone like garbage, treating the family home like a hotel laundry service, driving bans, writing bad cheques for huge sums knowing that Dad would sort it out, basically acting like a self entitled buffoon, safe in the knowledge that the family net would sort out whatever problems arose.

The tough love arrived on the day I came home from Uni after finishing up, Other than the granny flat I had claimed for my own the house was locked up tight.

My Mother left a letter congratulating me for graduating and telling me it was time to stand on my own two feet. She had filled the annexe cupboards with basic food staples.

My father also left a letter, his was a little more stark – basically giving me six months to sort myself out and find somewhere else to live.

I still didn’t get it.

At this point I had never had a job of any sort. So I was amazed when people didn’t seem to want a well qualified, arrogant, posh little **** to work for them.

I still didn’t get it.

I rode my bike a lot, ate basic food, signed on and continued to treat everyone really badly. Six months past, I arrived home to find the locks changed, Mum and dad were in the house but not answering, I could hear my mother crying. By now I had lost most of my friends so ended up sleeping in the car for a couple of nights before someone reluctantly gave me their spare room.

Something clicked.

I took a very junior office job in the next town along saved like crazy and managed to get a bedsit. But my life was in tatters – one friend, no family contact at all, I was ashamed of myself.

A year or so later I left the area entirely, I rarely go back as I still don’t want to run into people from that time in my life, 20 years later I still feel the effects of what I did – I have never been able to fully fix the relationship with my parents, we didn’t talk at all for years.

Tough love was the answer for me (Even though you can argue it was not that tough.) But acting the clown between the ages of 19-24 has shaped my entire adult life.

How could it have been different? I wish we had all kept talking, I wish that there had been another way to break my sense of entitlement, but ultimately I was my own worst enemy. As I have grown older I have realized that Mum and dad did exactly the right thing, I just wish the communication hadn’t broken down totally like it did.

+1 on KMC. I generally buy a Shimano chain, throw away the pin and fit KMC.

Seen the Movie Limitless? That.

But I would settle for the ability not to think about food 24/7

In an effort to retire early I became extremely tax efficient a few years ago.

I am actually slightly concerned that any new legislation will move me to the wrong side of the line and I will need to change everything.

For the avoidance of doubt, I have no problem with this approach.

So I am probably evil-ish.

How about the catacombes?

Good call, enjoyed this immensely.

Musee quai Branly worth a look unless you are galleried out.

Thanks for the input guys, just ordered a few pairs from Wiggle, Whatever doesn’t work can go back.

In 32 months the Mortgage and everything else will be paid off.

I plan to celebrate with a new Mustang, in yellow.

Cheap white bread, cheap spread, liberally sprinkled with sugar.

I had one about ten years ago when I still cared about these things. It was out of warranty and cost me about £5 a mile for the year that I owned it.

Divorce was pending so I flogged it, lost another £2K so actually it cost £7 a mile to run.

I have a battered Seat Leon these days.