Yep, found aux in the glovebox, so a trusty cable should do the job.

Sounds like she was getting talked into having the full monty.

Cheers

PP, is yours a similar age Focus, i.e 2007? And did you do it so that the iPod can sit outside the glovebox, e.g. velro’d to the dash or whatever (without making a mess)?

Is she wanting to use it to make calls or play music (or both)????

Just to play music. She doesn’t like using her phone in the car.

Do iPods have bluetooth on them?

That’s what I said. Apparently the Bluetooth adapter plugs into the iPod and talks to the stereo. Never had to look into this before but it doesn’t quite sound right IMO.

I don’t trust any of these installers, hence checking out owners’ feedback.

Worth pursuing if only to see how they respond – although what happens thereafter may of course come to nothing.

On a similar note, I had a double-glazing salesman come round (at my request, not via cold call) about 10+ years ago. Sound bloke and a sound pitch, but I wasn’t prepared to buy there and then. At which point he became a complete ar5e saying stuff like “You know you’ve just cost me £800 commission?” So I called his employer after he’d left and complained – they admitted that other people had also called to complain and that he would be disciplined accordingly. Could have been complete b0ll0cks of course, but the lady did sound sincere.

I picked up one of these Gore Windstopper Phantoms[/url] last week and gave it a whirl at the w/end. Stripped off the arms to use as a gillet, and slapped them back on when the rain increased and the temperature dropped.

Impressed so far – cracking fit, breathable, shower-proof, and toasty in a de-winding kind of way.

For a start, (good) smoked bacon is food of the gods, as is a slow-boiled/roasted smoked-gammon joint.

Had roast leg of pork yesterday – marinated most of the day in chinese spices. **** lovely. Leftovers this evening with noodles and stir fry. Twas good, but not on a par with a proper good beef joint.

You should get a v good LG for that money. We picked up a 32″ a year ago – excellent picture quality and loads of compatibility. Audio is perfectly acceptable for everyday TV use, but we run it through the stereo for anything else.

Check our Richer Sounds.

Out of curiosity, just how long can a dog keep running? My old Spinger comes running, we go off piste for about 40 minutes and he is cream crackered after that. Mind you he probaby covers three times the distance from running off in every direction.

In winter our Springer used to manage 2hrs or so (with me running), but like you say he was totally knackered by the end. At least the puddles helped him rehydrate, hence I no longer take him out in the summer.

My experience of Springers is they seem keen to use their energy as quickly as possible, unlike Collies and Labs, etc. Therefore they hit the wall early and it’s no fun for anyone. Joint and other arthritic problems can be increased as a result to IMO.

Is a dog under control if it’s off the lead and the owners riding a bike?

Don’t even get me started on w4nk8rs who ride along pavements while holding their dog on a lead. I’d like to see them pulled along while occasionally darting out in front of traffic, and see how they like it.

Anyway- I rode 25km with my pooch last Sunday in Mid Wales. She was one of three dogs tagging along. She stays close to my back wheel unless called forwards, does’t worry livestock, keeps up on the uphills, is wicked on the downs. She gets a bit worried on the river crossings but with gentle cajoling will cross and then gets heaps of praise. If she gets in the way of a wheel she soon learns that it hurts- and it only has happened twice. She always returns when I let her roam and then call her to heel. She is my riding buddy and is great. Riding solo with the mutt is a really good experience. Dogs are not called ‘Man’s Best Friend’ for now’t.

If the dog is misbehaving it is the owner’s fault. Take it up with the owner, the dog is an extension of them.

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THIS, plus what TJ said

I’m a dog lover and occasionally take the furry child on XC runs. However, I’m quick to acknowledge some of the trails are particularly MTB-friendly so I’ll either ensure he remains close to me or else we find another route.

Would never consider taking him while riding because he doesn’t have the trail sense and would be a hazard to himself and others riders.

Hence what pi55es me off are riders that take their dogs and let them effectively roam wild. IMO this is plain **** dangerous to all – way too easy for either MTBer or animal to be “ambushed” and hit.

Have some respect for the trails and people who share them.

What pi55es me off is riders who

Top piece of MTB writing Druidh.

Travel some of the old drove roads or coffin roads and you can feel the history as you go. There’s a connection between you, the land and the folk who have used them for generations, sometimes centuries.

For me, that’s part of what it’s about – e.g I always feel that way when on the South Downs.

Like others have said, I trust your head (if not your soul) is a better place now …

Perhaps they don’t trust him because of his accent and think he is an emmet?

I have to say that pretty much everyone I’ve met while staying in and around Cornwall has been pretty friendly. In fact, I can’t remember anyone pi55ing me off in any way whatsoever.

Don’t know anything about the two you mention, but I did have some kind of blue/grey GE thermal mid layer thingy for 2-3 years until I lost it – twas very very toasty, but very very bright and way oversized.

Having also lost my Paclite this year, I’ve just splashed out on a Gore Windstopper Phantom + Altura Crosslite. Am hoping these’ll keep me sorted in pretty much any autumn/winter/spring conditions.

and all other Mr Gumm books.

Wholly chucklesome.

Hilarious on all counts; couture, crashes and some of the riders’ hissy fits :D

Most telling part of the program was when the guy who killed the old lady through dangerous driving got 300 hours community service!

Like Retro83 says, we don’t know the full extent of what happened. But on the surface it seems an accurate example of how woefully inadequate and PC our justice system is. Couple that with the amount of BS/paperwork/politics that coppers have to wade through, then you have to ask how much longer can this BS system continue.

+1 for whatever Ortleib waterproof seat bag thingy I have. Didn’t bother using it for years until this spring, and now it’s a permanent fixture. Does the trick of holding all spares/tools without knowing it’s there.

Head over to one of the Audi forums (or somewhere like Tyresmoke) to see what they have to say on that particular build/engine/etc.

The whole image thing is b0ll0cks IMO – there are c0cks aplenty in every type of car. I’ve stuck with Germanic brands for the last 9 years and swear by them regardless of what all those (often envious) pr1cks think.

+1 Trainyard – aesthetically as dull as it gets, but really gets your grey cells working

+1 Cut the Rope – really does your head in (in a good way)

Dark Nebula 2 – sci-fi flavoured take on labyrinth

Fragger – funky and addictive

Tumbledrop – looks kinda girly but certainly worth investigating

Air Attack – very solid incarnation of the good old top-down scroller/shoot-em up

-1 Doodlejump – I really don’t know what people see in this

I’m with you on this one. Naturally it’s sad in that it’s based on true events, but IMO it’s just plain dull. Only managed to watch about 4 episodes (about 18 months ago) and haven’t bothered picking it up since.

I want to like it, but it’s just not happening.

Building various (online training/elearning) demos for a couple of prospects, while trying to juggle (er, complete) 5-6 live projects.

Preparing for tomorrow’s internal meeting.

Working on some pro-mat.

Collating material for a new site build.

I don’t seem to get hangovers. Half a bottle of Jura last night, absolutely fine this morning. It’s a precious gift.

T’is indeed a gift, albeit not always a good one. I too can often put away a fair few pints or several whiskies, and feel pretty damn fine the following day. I keep telling myself it’s a constitution thing built upon years of practice, as opposed to some kind of alcoholic inter-dependency.

2 soluble Solpadeine before bed, or at the very least during the middle of the night, preferably a good 2-3 hours before you need to wake up.

Similar to Resolve but loads cheaper.

IME it cures pretty much every half-decent hangover and takes the edge off the worst ones (with the exception of those where you genuinely think you should be dead – haven’t found anything to cure those yet).

We have a MaxiCosi cabriofix thingy. Can’t remember what age it supports, but as a piece of kit it works perfectly. ISOfix also makes life a lot easier – if you have the fittings that is.

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If you broke your arm, but didn’t feel any pain till the next day I’d be very surprised.

One of my mates once had a drunken altercation with an underpass, i.e he fell over a railing and landed about 15+ft onto concrete. Complained about his arm for 2-3 days but still went to work (mechanic, so very “hands on”) – eventually went to A&E whereupon he learned he had indeed broken it.

FTR, I’ve broken my wrists 3 or 4 times, and each time I knew about it. Some breaks are just different.

met some lovely blokes

Wrong.

+1 What Brant and Pop say. If you can’t find enough short hills to “practice” then do sprints, both on the flats and on any hills you can find. Easiest way to start is to set a marker, e.g. tree, lamp-post, house, and just nail it. You’ll soon get used to that type of short/intense rhythm and those short sharp climbs will be a piece of pi55.

+1 How not to live your life
+1 The Inbetweeners

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Damn. P0rn night tonight then :-)

Yeah, nice one Hora.

+10 karma points for thou.

There sure are plenty of good-minded folk on here willing to either lend an ear or support in some other way. There are also a few numpties too.

FTR, I spent a couple of years coaching back in 05-08. Not all dark/negative stuff – quite often people who just needed a helping hand to improve or change something (family stuff, relationship, career, personal, health, etc). Strangely (or not), 90% were women – and IIR most were housewives :lol:

The upshot is that if you are one such person (you don’t have to be a housewife!) and just want an ear to bend, or someone to boomerang off, then feel free to email me (in profile). I’m absolutely flat out with work ATM, but will still do my best to respond ASA reasonably P.

SM

That’s a bit like asking “Recommend me a car” … i.e. you need to state budget and stuff like what you want it to do.

Hmm, insulation is surprisingly good for the type of build, so I think I’ll stick with heating only the rooms we’re using. TVM.

I have one … nerr, nerr, ne, ne, nerrr.

Nothing more than a pootle through the woods.

Batteries “go wrong” and expire early just like many other mechanical/electrical things.

Cheapest option is to grab the battery’s partcode (from the sticker) and check on Ebay. Beware loads of supposed like-for-like batteries, not just second hand/recons, will be underpowered and may not even power up your machine. I know this from experience. Hence why it took 4-5 attempts to get a proper replacement battery for my HP.

SFB, does your Bamboo “feel” like paper too? Bit off-putting at first, but becomes kind of natural after a while.

Sure takes practice to be “accurate” and “flowing” though.

Thread re-opened.

Depends on nature and line of ascent/descent. When descending, I’ll yield (more) to the climber if his/her line is tough. When climbing, I’ll just keep going, but will change line if feasible and appropriate.

I’m talking mainly about steep/technical climbs where it’s recognisably hard enough to climb without some arrogant twunt barrelling his way through you.

Funnily enough I bought one (Bamboo MTE 430 or 450?) last week.

Plug and play on my Vista Business PC (for use as a mouse etc), but had to manually enable tablet recognition in Services to get things like Vista text recognition/Office 2007 “start inking” tools. Had to do a bit of Googling TBH.

Tried on my Vista Business laptop, but it’s not liking it thus far. Haven’t tried on the MBP yet.

Standard Bamboo s/ware is okay – Dock is quite funky, if not gimmicky. Currently having a play with ArtRage 3.

The reason I mention the Business version of Vista is because I believe some versions don’t have some of the functionality.

wot id like to know is how do people actualy break a seatpost in the first place… are you all eating too many pies?

I saw someone snap a seat post (on a Lightspeed) going down a slightly gnarly descent a few years back. He was about 5′ 8″ and 10 stone. None of us had any idea what happened.