For a simple Chinese farmer he seems to have done well to get visas to all the countries he has passed through but fair play to him.

Theres a great train service between NYC and Washington DC, if you want to consider an alternative to flying.
3 days in Manhattan sometimes is not enough, but if you like a few beers my tip is to get on the PATH train to Hoboken and have a few beers there one night, great place.
1 night in Philli is also recommended, rocky steps, liberty bell and such.

If Battlefield2 has taught me anything it is if there is someone lying down shooting at me the best defence is to jump up and down and to the side.

Not a gun nut but if I was going to get one I would go extreem and get one of those Terminator 2 Gatling numbers, no point in half measures.
On a related note played airsoft recently at a company do and it was strange seeing some people acting differently once they had a replica (and they do look real) weapon in their hands.
I did have one exactly like Lazybikes, an M4 carbine….

Brand X body armour is great for Airsoft!

I thought the Lenova E5xx series had a 15.6″screen with a native Screen resolution: 1366×768, my mistake.

There will probably be a difference between the laptop screens actual native resolution and also that available via the external HDMI port.
I used to have a similar laptop for work and I am sure the laptop screen supported 1600×1200 with the HDMI port capable of supporting resolutions up to 1920×1080-60hz.
Please note that the external HDMI port will support EDID so should automatically adjust its output resolutio and refresh rate to match the display device it is attached to, not always a good thing!

I think its healthy to be a littler out of your depth once in a while, as long as you are aware of the risks and the skill/strenths you lack but are prepared to practice until you have beaten it.
One thing I have found in mountain biking is there is always some good people out there to help you overcame whatever hurdles come up, even if out on the trail and they are compelte strangers, its one of the friendlier pursuits out there it that respect.

I like every thing to be level, like magazines in a pile or DVDs on a shelf, really bugs me when I visit friends places and I see absolute chaos everywhere.
I also do the sign of the cross when taking off on a plane, guess that is a ritual more than OCD?

I always wanted to study political history, so maybe go back to college, then uni and if successful became some rakish Terry Thomas stlye don in one of them upscale US Ivy league colleges.

Around 5000 in my apartment complex alone, maybe 70,000 in the immediate area (i.e. 5 sq miles), sometimes I miss living in rural Bershire!

Its not The Dark Knight and it could have been 10-15 minutes shorter (and lost some of the supporting cast) but it was an enjoyable romp.
It also bookends the trilogy nicely and brings it to a close but still leaves open an option to continue in another vein.
Not sure about the other viewers but I thought Bane got the short straw here, I was actually rooting for him at the end!

Probabley best to wait for the facts to emerge before making any judgement regarding access to legal weapons.

This is nothing to do with the right to bear firearms, just about some **** that has decided killing innocent people is his (or her) right.
Does the Joseph Fritzl case mean that you have no right to own a basement, no, it just means that we live in a world that some idiots believe in their tiny little mind that they can harm you through whatever means.

If your not into history, and there is a lot there (Liberty bell etc), hang out on South Street between 2nd and 8th Avenue, thats where all the bars used to be when I was last there…… but that was while back.

Yes, but I have a fear it will go all Prometheus.

Buy a SC Blur TRc frame and just move all your components across.
You may need to change the BB and rear hub to support 9mm QR, not 100% sure, guess I will get corrected very soon though.

OMD – Electric

What goes around comes around.

Always a good motto to follow, that and always give someone enough rope to hang themselves.

2nd the Endura Singletrack shorts.
Have several pairs, even one that was total ripped apart at the in-seam during a crash, I had repaired and they are as good as new.
Difficult to get over here so I am constantly ordering pairs from CRC for the other guys I ride with.

Shimano XTR M985 Pedals, yes I know there not cheap but boy do they work well, and work well over a long time with minimum maintenance.

Tai Lam Chung on Sunday morning

Recommend the bus service from the airport (Airport Limousine), they stop at most of the major hotels and if yours is not on the list one of the major hotels should be nearby.
I think most of the major attractions have been covered above and I would 2nd Hakone if you get a chance, watch out though as the Japanese do their Spa as nature intended plus there are some rituals you need to carry out before jumping in.
If you can, get to Yoyogi Park over the weekend, it is full of the eccentric aspects of Tokyo, from Asian Rockabillys to teens dressed as some strange Victorian Manga hybrids.
Most Japanese are very friendly and most love the opportunity to practice their English, you will enjoy your trip no matter what you end up doing.

Have to +1 on all HSBC recommendations.
Good customer service, reasonable charges, great for charge-free ATM access worldwide (depending on the account type) and I have to admit to not finding their online security procedures too difficult to master as most banks use similar methods.

I think this will replace my TRc early next year as I am looking for more travel and also need a good climber, just need to stay in a job for another 6 months

Current: Regional Product Manager (APAC)
Previous: Bits and bobs from bar work to cable monkey

Robert Duvall – Colonel Kilgore
Marlon Brando – Jor-El/Kurtz/Terry Malloy/Vito Corleone
Roger Lloyd Pack – Trigger
Bruce Campbell – Ash

Han Solo = Del Boy
Luke = Rodney
Chewbacca = Trigger
Yoda = Uncle Albert
Leia = Raquel
Millenium Falcon = Robin Reliant
Darth Vadar = Slater
Lando = Boycie
Death Star = Nags Head

This can be done by just superimposing customs over old repeats, bargain.

You cannot split a satellite feed due to the reasons noted by Allthegear, however, you can run both a Sky and a FreeSat decoders off the same dish if you purchase some additional equipment, namely a quad LNB and a MultiSwitch device.
Both are reasonably easy and cheap to install but please note that you will need to run 4 cables from the satellite dish instead of the existing one.

You replace the existing LNB installed on the dish with the Quad LNB, you then run 4 x Coaxial cables from this to the Multiswitch device. This is effectively a splitter which then allows you to connect as many decoders (Sky or FreeSat) to it as supported by the Multiswitch device you have bought (they come in many flavors) using a single coaxial cable for each decoder.
Please note that this will only work when looking at Astra satellite feeds used by FreeSat and Sky, for more exotic satellite feeds you will need additional dishes.

If you want I can provide the details of a couple of good Sat engineers based in the UK who I have worked with in the past who should be able to assist, just message me via my profile.

Red, Black and White too, its the new…..err…black

Surely any thread about living in mountains is just inviting Trolls?

IGMC

Blur TRc, light, fast and climbs like a billy goat

Looking forward to it too but waiting for people to buy them, ride them, break them, get given the Mk2 version, ride them, break them, get given the Mk3 version….and then I will consider*

*happy KS950i user

I would talk to your IT team as this reminds me of a case that I remember as I used to work with the guy…
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/051409-amx-email-espionage.html
Basically he got into an ex-employees email server and arranged for all emails to be cc’d to his email account, he was with a rival company at the time.
I presume you know the address of the cc’d emails?

By living somewhere else, just got to avoid the ex-pat haunts over the weekend

Footflaps +1 on the insurance.
I have a property in the UK but don’t live there so I use an agent for the convenience plus I also have friend who is on-hand locally to assist with any maintenance that is required as I generally find that this is an area where agents are somewhat lacking.
At the end of the day you have to remember that you are being paid to provide a service as the landlord, and if you do your part fully then you will find, in general, you get the tenants you deserve.
…..Just make sure the insurance is in place in case this does not happen!

Did anybody other than me see the sequel to the excellent Carlitos Way, ‘Carlitos Way 2: Rise to Power’, if not then maybe it was just a bad dream after all?

This mornings climb to Ngong Ping, very hot even at 9:30am.

Just been for a Sunday morning spin, picture below taken with an iphone but I think it captures how nice the weather was.

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+1 perthmtb
I might also add that the OP mentions two cases, the first of which was shocking and viewed as such by most of the native Chinese I know, the 2nd looks like one of those harmless stories the UK news used to end with at the end of the 9 o’clock news a few years ago. The motorists could see the child and all took evasive action and we also could not see from that clip where the policemen was, I am guessing he was close and going to intervene, hence the reason for most of the traffic not stopping.

You plonker Rodney