Original Op here…

to answer some questions…

How old – 50 on the 25th of this month
Budget – £3k give or take.
Riding – mainly longer sportive type rides I guess.
Do I race – no and do not attend to.
Roukes? – but I live in the south east so…

…So get in here

and have a chat!

And you’ll be paying VAT and duty on the shipping costs which are much higher than from the US.

If you have flippers for feet then Lakes are for you! They do a wide fitting which is just that. They were the only boots wide enough for me.
I have the MX 145s which are warm but not aswaterproof as the 303s. I had Lake MXZ300s before which were very waterproof, having a neoprene cuff that was snug even on my skinny ankles.

anagallis_arvensis – Member
Seems that rescue centres dont agree as many will not rehome to places with young kids

That’s true, but many won’t rehome to old folk either. But many will,to both.
I can understand them not rehoming to families with kids.It isn’t necessarily mistrust of all their dogs; it’s more about giving their inmates a stable new home.
Dog rescue isn’t all about rescue “centres”. There are many more rescued dogs with foster families who know their charges intimately. If they’re not suitable for children they say so. A breeder might not be so scrupulous.

anagallis_arvensis – Member
Hardly a myth the vast majority of dogs needing rehoming are adult dogs.

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But as Redwood said, NOT ALL rescues are adult dogs.
Not allrescue dogs are mongrels either, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Many are cast offs that didn’t fit with the owners’ lifestyles because they didn’t take the time to find out more/believed what the breeder told them. Labradoodles or working spaniels that are too energetic or bouncy, for example.
Give me a mongrel/rescue dog any day of the week,even with kids!

screamingtree – Member
I’ll pop down the LBS and see what they’ve got……

Good luck with that…
I can second Lakes! I have the new 145s and the beauty is if you have wide feet they have wide fittings, and I mean W I D E ! Northwave are supposed to be good for wide feet but there’s just no comparison!
Wide = room for more socks and still room to wiggle toes = cosy toes!
The 145s aren’t as weatherproof as the 302s but they are much lighter!

If you have a few quid to spend on wheels then DT240s get my vote. I couldn’t get on with the Hope trials hubs- they’re far too noisey! DTs are silent, totally silent. I prefer the sound of the birdies to that infernal Yorkshire racket!
Middleburn RS7 (the old taper fit)cranksare perfect for SS. The new HT2 jobbies are ugly as sin! Chainrings like soup dishes…

Louis the fell terrier. A little bit bigger than a Border but very, very similar in attitude. Scared of nothing, inqisitive as the nosiest nosey neighbour, thinks children are the most sacred beings on earth, doesn’t moult, often comes on 10mile SS rides with me but would do more if I let him, ALWAYS up for a laff, never gets ill, and how can anyone be nervous of a dog that looks like a teddy bear?
Bestest dog I’ve ever had!

That’s a mighty fine film there,but you never seen The Big Country?

This is the way to put on trousers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TNk2keOxuw

Depends how busy I am.
My normal routine involves sleeping from midnight to 7am with a half hour kip after lunch (works wonders!).
This last fortnight I’ve had a deadline to meet (yesterday, missed it) so have been sleeping from 1 ish to 6am with no pm kip. I can’t say I feel any more tired TBH.
Long term though, I know it would kill me (literally).

molgrips – Member
Preferable to driving to Edgeware Road though?

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Oh God ,Yes! Getting into LOndon from anywhere on the Edgware RD is just a bus ride away. Croydon is in it’s own dreary Gulag the size on Manchester.
And you won’t get top class Lebanese nosh in Croydon!

Julia gillard, ex PM of Australia.
Or most Australian women TBH…

You have to be mad to even consider driving to Croydon from the West.
It’s like Reading,but with trams and ten times bigger.

Love this pic!

Yup, no mucking about or unnecessary cruelty involved with terriers.
Though we had a rat for a few weeks recently which occupied Flo, my Jack Russell’s every waking hour. The ginger Tom from next door left it on the doorstep last week.
Flo now has bigger fish to fry…

They helped get my cholesterol level down from 9.6 to a steady 4 ish

They made me better. (reduced cholesterol from 7.odd to 4.8)
Massive assumption that 9.6 & 7 values are bad for you. The accepted norm of a cholesterol value of 5 is based on what exactly?
Given that I was suffering from Angina at the time and subsequently had 5 stents and a double bypass to fix clogged up plumbing I think we can assume I wasn’t the healthiest,despite being 185cm and only 75kg…

I was on statins for a while when I first started suffering from Angina.
They helped get my cholesterol level down from 9.6 to a steady 4 ish, but also gave me intense joint pain to an extent that I walked like Oddbod from Carry on screaming. I tried them all but the only solution was to come off them.
Healthy eating and exercise has maintained my level at 4 ish ever since.
My 88 year old father is on Simvastatin. He suffers pains in his ankles and knees. His GP refuses to believe there may be a connection. Unfortunately my father is of a generation who trust doctors implicitly and he refuses to stop taking the statins even for a month or so to see if the pains diminish…

If you do something nice for me, I’d be obliged (to do something in return.)

i.e.I owe you one.
It implies a duty.

If I have to do something for you, I’m obligated/obliged

Still implies a duty.
Obligated is a pretty ugly word though from the same vocabulary as words such as “competency”

Read the (not so) small print in the returns advice.
I did the same thing last week. My fault; no-one else’s.
With Evans,always pay by card. That way you can return themto the store for an instant refund.
On the bright side, they do refund your money the day they recieve the returns. It doesn’t take nigh on a week like CRC does.

And don’t mention you drove it and noticed the heating was acting up after he had payed for it…
When did you offer tosee himright if anything went wrong? before orafter he agreed to buy it?
Did the garage get the impression you were assisting with the repair cost
Still withdraw the offer if he continues to demand more. 50/50isstillover generous.
Bollocks,myspace barhasgone…

Blimey,he’s ‘avin a larf!
Tell him your 50% offer is withdrawn, pronto!

He collected the car nine days after I had checked the coolant level and three days after viewing, I had been driving it daily in the interim. Not sure if the car has a low coolant level warning or not. I had noticed the car heating seemed to taking longer to warm up but didn’t really think anything of it.

You drove around in his car for three days before he picked it up?

Given that newish Lynskey repair-free ones seem to go for about £750,

Do they? Seems a tad optimistic….

If you’re intent on this meat replacement stuff try the Kosher sossies from health food stores. Can’t remember who make them but they’re Ace!
Also look out for Wicken Fen goodies.

Yes I’m open to pad suggestions

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Formula’s own?

Some decent pads might help…

Is Saturday night, at STW, more than any other night, Steak night then?
A quick minute or so of sizzling then a minute or so claiming your reward from the missus?

Rump here too! I’m not paying extra for gristle!

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Grub screw EBBs are the Devil’s own work, but I’ve never had a problem with Bushnells.

Another one here:

My “go to” bike, used and abused, but loved like Emily loves Bagpuss…

Light ochre/terracotta; something warm. People love to follow a nautical theme, hence blues and greens, but this only makes the room seem cold.

The Labrador’s in for a shock…

They’re roughly the same sort of price aren’t they?
But yes, they’re better than Hope, if just for the ratchet drive alone. No more pawls lost under the fridge!
And they’re quieter!

I bought a box of clems from LIDL this morning; they’re half gone already.
Juicy!

Never Again!
The last time was Portsmouth-Bilbao about 8 years ago and that took 36 hours (2 nights).
I suppose it all depends on how good a sailor you are and your tolerance for bladdered up northern women looking for a shag on their £20 “mini cruise”.
The last time we drove to Spain it was an overnight ferry from Portsmouth- St Malo and a leisurely 10 hours drive to well inside Spain.

“I responded “You need some help if you have anger like this. I did not think I cut you up as you had stopped to let that lady cross the road.””

He sounds like a complete ***t…

Pics of the Lakie too please….

Top tube looks curved to me. May be an optical illusion, but only in the flesh will you know. It would have to be seriously cheap though, even if straight.