It’s just a fashionable clothing brand, that’s all.
Not really my kind of thing, but whatever. In my yoof I would have been all over it I’m sure.

Never been to St Anton, so can’t give a comparison. But I can say that Maryhofen is excellent.

She sounds like a right pain in the jacksie, so in the spirit of equality I recommend giving her a good hard bumming.

Sram Force is ace.

Dated one girl who smoked when I was young and desperate. It’s not why we broke up but I didn’t like it much.

Wouldn’t date a smoker now. Though it’s not really an issue for me as I’m married to a non-smoker.

Yep I agree. Although to be fair if I had one it would have been binned immediately when this issue became apparent.

And if you didn’t know about it?
I have a beko fridge in my rented flat and this is the first I’ve heard of it. The manufacturer needs to be making this known.

In that case I hope you fight better than you spell.

Generally I find that as an indicator of fighting prowess, ability to spell is not big factor.

Toys you’ve misunderstood that rule. You only go through as many steps as you need to to split the teams. If they beat us and are level on points then they are above us in the pool on the direct result – the first of the 5 steps. The other steps are irrelevant as the teams were split on the first.

I would have thought at 6′ you would be debating med/large not med/small!

5’10 here – medium soul.

It is a BeCu and I’m not selling!

Got a Ping Anser 5degree somewhere too. It’s very tatty, and I don’t think old enough to be considered classic status.

Not sure I’d quit the game cos some young lads are using trolleys! I prefer to carry but each to their own…

GB having a fine old time at the Road World Champs. Won a medal of some sort in several events!
Should also have some ladies in with a shout in the women’s eite RR and roll on Cav in the elite mens RR on Sunday.

Superfeet or spesh Body geometry insoles could help.

Electric Trolley is a good shout. They are getting really popular, all the old fella’s and some of the young guys are using them at the courses I play.

I see where you’re coming from TurnerGuy, if he is into his golf history then it could be a good present.

Not sure I agree with this sentiment:

I do like my Taylor Made TPA XVIII though (got a couple of the wilson ones as well) – if I am putting badly I know that I can’t blame the putter, only me, due to the number of majors they have won.

One less ‘issue’ floating about during a round.

But I think we disagreed on the use of blades for high handicappers too. The kit needs of the club golfer are quite different to those of the average major winning pro, in my opinion.

(perhaps less so in putters…)

would you agree that it is a classic – even if he doesn’t use it it will hold its value or even go up. It would be unusual for someone not to like/love it.

I found it in my dad’s garage, god knows what it was doing in there as he is a lefty (it’s not).
Manager of my local American Golf store has offered to buy it on a number of occasions, and it rarely passes without a mention from golfers of the older generation. I’d say it is considered a classic.

It isn’t very forgiving on poor strokes, it’s nice when you get it out the middle. I get the best out of it with a slight forward press.
Still am considering putting it away and getting a Method mallet. (pun intended). I like it because it is a classic, not because it is better than today’s offerings.

Ping B60 BeCu

I use one of these.

Another thought – what about a hip flask with personalised engraving, so he can have a little snifter whilst out on the course.

Golf GPS – like a Sky Caddy or similar (Garmin do one too).

Budget really important to give advice here… Golf stuff goes from a few quid to hundreds.

Golf clubs are very personal, so unless he has been talking about a specific club he wants then you will get this wrong. So rule out buying him clubs.

I bought my dad some Titleist Pro V1 golf balls on his last birthday, they are basically the best balls on the market and he doesn’t normally splash out on them. He was made up. For a milestone bday though, you may consider them a bit disposable.

You can get golf balls personalised with his initials or somthing, ditto markers, pitch mark repairers.

Golf clothes if you know his size. If he is a regular player then he can probably never have too many golf shirts. Does he play through the winter? maybe some mittens to keep his hands warm between shots – you can get golf branded ones.

A 121 golf lesson (or lessons) with his club pro would make a good present.

jesus wept

I love this phrase.

How is this a told you so? It’s not confirmed, it is just more speculation.
He may very well have signed for Sky, but this no more confirms it than any previous article on the matter.

Of all the MTB disciplines I think 4X is the best spectator sport.
Dual slalom would be second for me.

BoarderX and SkierX are sweet, best thing at the winter olympics.

Frame, headset, forks.

It started out all new, but I’ve swapped some new for old in a reverse Trigger’s broom scenario.

I will be on a road bike though…maybe I need a rethink?

Why?

Shiny things always go down well with my wife, whether she needs them or not.

My suggestion, 2 tier present:
– something shiny
– something thoughtful (can be an experience rather than a thing, i.e. theatre trip, dinner at michelin starred restaurant – depends what she is in to.)

Can’t help you on the thoughtful thing, that has to come from you. Shiny thing, pilgrim jewelry always goes down well with my missus and is not too spendy.

You could make a case for these people being more of a “real cyclist” than most MTBers.
They are actually using their bikes as a mode of transport, as opposed to pissing about in the woods.

Nice find! What a brilliant vid.

The bit at the end where he basically straightlines it through that ultra narrow chute… 8O 8O

Wish I could ride like that.

Toys – go to the ITV website, look for the england georgia highlights – there is a short video of highlights with no adverts. Fast forward to the end and you have the Ashton try at full speed.

here: http://www.itv.com/rugbyworldcup/2011/matches/england-v-georgia/%5B/url%5D

I’ve just watched the Ashton late hit vid again, and again, and again. I’m an England fan and I remember when I watched the game I was outraged. However watching the full speed replay the Georgian is only fractionally late.
The slowmo replays made it look really bad, but at full speed it just looks like a normal incident.

I thought the Lawes citing was harsh as well tbh.

Fratricide, shoorly?

Kill his brother? Seems a bit harsh.

I’d be on to telephone banking, they are open 24hrs. It’s probably been locked down by the fraud department due to unusual activity, maybe real but false alarms do happen. The branch manager has very little actual power these days, he’s probably got nothing to do with it.

I think Yeti is on to something. Have you considered opening a book shop in West London?

Sonny Bill did what ?

Skipped and danced around 3 tackles whilst waving the ball about in one hand before off loading to Nonu for the try. You need to see it.

Wow! Sonny Bill! thats ridiculous.

:) yay! Japan try!

43-0 with conversion kick to come

Surely almost anyone would look good against the Japanese based on today, no?

France didn’t do this to Japan.

I don’t think there is another team in world rugby capable of blowing a team away in quite the same way that the ABs are.

This is a murder.
You can’t help but admire the ABs when they play like this.

I thought the shoulder charge was well worth a yellow during the game. It was cynical.

I think I would have cast Thomas Jane as Reacher.

I went on to Jo Nesbo after these too. Good books.