None of the travel docks have any bass output. To move air (as you do for bass output) you need a larger driver. Klipsch make that lovely Zeppelin thingy, but it’s loads of money. Bose do a great unit, but still loadsa money.

I bought a Creative i500 which is a decent size, takes batteries as well as running on mains and comes with a remote control. It is aesthetically pleasing and has a discreet slot to make carrying a one handed affair. Plenty of bass with a good overal sound. There’s a bass volume control if it gets too boomy, video output with lead and also a 3.5mm audio jack in (for your mate’s players whatever make they are). I got mine for £75 on a discount, but they are now £99 on Amazon.

Alistair Darling in No.11 Downing Street.

Surely Decathlon would have them

aP – They only let me use crayons in here

Great! I’ll do the colouring in then.

Is there going to be a stand to post on the STW Forum for nerds like me?

google vinyl morpher

Got any IT jobs? I’m goin nuts trying to get something! No degree, but over 20 years experience in responsible positions and managing budgets of up to £9.5m.

There are lots of reasons for that, but often it’s to stop the hundreds of candidates from the Philippines, India and Pakistan who apply for every job needing to be responded to.

Have these agents not got email filters?

This internet job thing is a disaster for good people trying to get jobs!

Are you dyslexic spongebob?

Yes! Do you like voyeuristic dyslexics then? 😆

Random!

You “hater” Rudeboy! 😆

Yes, steer clear of big resorts. The downsides are – crowds, expensive lift passes that you won’t use, mostly geared towards skiing only.

The “Where to Ski” guide will give you the low down on all resorts. It even has a resort finder. It’s the skier’s bible!

there are some real haters on here!

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

Well earned hate!

And when Tony Blair came to power, he banged on relentlessly about ending sleaze in politics. 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

kids will love it and so will you………..guaranteed! I mean, whats not to dislike??

French ski instructors?

Blizzards?

But in the main, skiing is awesome. Just make sure that if it’s you first time NOT to give up. It will take a couple of holidays to get to the point where you can get around with any great confidence.

Look up “where to ski” online or get the book. This will give you better advice than any chat forum (no disrespect guys).

(been skiing 25 years now)

Scousers eh! 😆

DO you have a webcam Debz? 😆

Had it done to me once. I hated knowing I had 30 needles sticking in my spine, but it definitely helped. I’m not sure there aren’t other ways of relieving back pain however.

Aparently, the needles are supposed to target areas of high muscle tension. They are supposed to act as some sort of tension release. I have no idea how it works, but i really don’t like the idea of being perforated like a tea bag. I was also worried about hygene and whether or not they had used these needles on someone else. Also whether they might damage a nerve or something.

No thanks! We were not designed to have needles stuck in us!

Good luck! Wish I was in your shoes 😐

”Corte Cameldoli”[/url] Quiet! A km or so walk from Garda town.

Theres another equally quiet place a few minutes walk away.

There are a couple of very nice restaurants nearby with indoor or outdoor dining.

Look on Google Earth behind Garda.

Get Mr Chips to sort it out.

Oh, and clean your camera lense and get rid of that black spot 😆

So feeding a power supply’s 115v windings with 230v won’t cause the DC output to go “doolally” and fry the motherboard then?

I’d say it’s quite possible something got cooked. It depends on the overvoltage protection in the PS. Can believe they don’t all come with autoswitch PS’s these days anyway.

Good luck with PC World. The last place I would take my PC for repair.

(I fix most things myself seeing as I spent 20 plus years fixing IBM Mainframes and Midrange systems for a living)

Driving within the speed limit on arterial roads is not difficult.

Slow down and relax!

Let “numpty” pay for the speed cameras!

She needs to eat more curry and drink more lager!

Well I know little about what is going on in Brussels. It’s not exactly at the forefront of our news as far as I can tell. Or perhaps I have a “Brussels EU Politics” blocking filter so I miss it all! 😆

since 1997, an average of 270 laws a year passed. Over 98% of them by statutory instrument: undebated!

and that doesnt include any laws enacted in the European parliament by which the UK must also abide.

Add all the quangos and the Brussels directives and this leaves me wondering whether we really have a democratic society!

Well June the 5th is your chance to vote on Brussels. What are we voting for exactly? I’ve heard a lot of party political broadcasts, but i really am not clear as to what they all stand for when it comes to the EU Parliament, who is representing us etc. Seems to me like a big issue swept under the carpet! (like the referendum issue). Maybe I should be reading the broadsheets more often.

But have you seen how they vote in the EU Parliament? It’s farcical. I saw a video of a session where politicians should vote electronically, but they were having difficulty hearing what they were voting for. There was so much to vote on that it was difficult to keep tabs on what was what.

PR is fundamental to a fair democratic system. Why should we worry whether or not it produces a result which is satisfactory to any one political party? If this means other parties other than the big three getting a look in, this can only be good for democracy can’t it?

It’s about what the people want, not politicians, this is my idea of democracy. However, we have to consider that a large number of people are never going to be floating voters and have their eyes and ears permanently shut off to what is going on. With people like this, politicians of the main parties get an easy ride.

On my suggestion of fixed terms – Of course a vote of no confidence would override a fixed term.

Politics, don’t you just love it? 😆

and a fine chap to boot!

Groan! 😆

Sir Ranulph would have just cut it off so he could get on with his ride. What’s the matter with you? 😆

It comes down to interpretation of the rules and how morally vacuous the said MP might be.

Who are we to judge whether someone has the right set of moral standards? Afterall, don’t we live in a PC society?

I’m for a complete reform of our electoral system.

Make quangos unlawful – democracy not dictatorship please!
Proportional representaion.
Fixed term parliaments.
If the PM steps down – an automatic general election.
Fewer MP’s.
A presentation about the European parliament and a referendum on our membership of the EU.
More opportunities to vote on important issues – we have modern technology, so why not?

What is this word “jey”? I have also seen a word spelt “ghey”.

It’s real confusing, coz the word “gay” is pronounced the same as these tow other words are they not?

Modern slang is so dumb! If someone is stupid, call them stupid, not “jey” or “ghey”. That way people won’t mistake them for being homosexual.

Slang often originates from the street, soit’s just bxllshit anyway.

Who cares if someone is gay anyway!

We need a campaign for real English!

These things come in cycles.

— GROAN!

Katie sounds like she’s really thick – unprotected sex with any stranger, let along in a high risk tourist destination.

Peter needs to be spared from people like her, regardless of upsetting the feelings of anyone else (including her).

He needs a nice girl!

Pop tarts – sheer food crime!

Apologies for muddling up haggis with black pudding – both are equally equally wrong!

LMFAO. Nice one!

Vango Aspen 500/700 look pretty good to me. Now discontinued so can be had for bargain prices. They have a full inner which you pitch first then the flysheet is thrown over. Vango are good quality – i have a smaller tent by them.

I have an Argos Pro Action Arizona 8 man which was a bargain at £120, but it’s really rather boring. Does the job for ocassional weekends.

2! Both excellent, both with gas bbq’s (charcoal is either too hot so everything gets frazzled on the outside, or it’s gone out and everything is left raw).

OMG, the sun has been out for several days now. I’m begining to feel like we have moved to the continent!

An they all love DJ Talent!

yeah, i’d go for the hair dryer option and use a window scraper (these have a stanley knife blade.

If the lining pape comes away/gets damaged, use filler to make good.

Casu marzu cheese – has live maggots wriggling around inside it – eww!

Tomtom used to have the best user interface by a country mile, but others have caught up now. The free online update application for Tomtom is pretty neat.

I don’t like the way Tomtom have changed speed cameras from a simple overlay to an annual subscription service though.

http://www.ebuyer.com have some cheap satnavs

As someone with half an idea about art and graphic design (I studied the subject at art college) and being capable of producing the odd piece of artwork, I REALLY don’t see what is so special about Tracey Emin.

Conceptual art is just weird. If you are one of the idle rich, I guess it’s exciting stuff, but the artist has to have a pretty quirky personality to keep them entertained.

These “artists” have clearly mastered the art of bullshit! 😆

Had a Passat Tdi 110 for 3 years and 80k – loved it. Went to private car after that. Wanted the 130hp Passat estate, but no VW garage in my region would budge much on price as it was a new model, so I got an Audi A6 130hp Tdi instead (got a great deal on their new model). The A6 has been awesome too. I get 55mpg average, 65mpg on motorway runs. Same engine as a Passat. Variable servicing means that I go 20 months between services which are not that expensive anyway. Factoring in the long service intervals, this works out very cheap indeed.

I had a Mondeo diesel estate on hire (the previous model to the current one). It was a dog! The engine was not gutsy and the handling was unpredictable. By all accounts, the new model is a vastly better car, but i’d be sceptical about the powerplant.

IMHO the VAG 1.9Tdi is the finest midsized power plant around. Fitted to so many cars, it is a complete winner.