“buy land because they aren’t making any more of it”

Land sat around is mostly tied up money, and you can rarely get a mortgage on land. A property you can rent out at a profit is working for you, esp. if 80% is mortgaged

For every one dim Scenic I see/know twenty merc/bimmer/vorsprung idiots.

Anyway indicators? nah. its best to keep people guessing. Everytime I do it properly and indicate in advance to come out into the outside lane where there is a gap in the traffic, some tit bimmer or audi driver accelerates hard to make up the gap and stop anyone coming out in front of him.

I have got to get me one of those, the kids would love it.

Stupid hippies, if he woke up to capitalism he could let that out to City types for a fortune…..

Isn’t that the capitalistic princliple of survival of the fittest? If you cant see off a challenge then you are left eating the scraps?

Either that or its the Lemming principle, you put them out of business by undercutting them, but in the process bankrupt yourself with an unsustainable business model.

Are you a lion or lemming? Only time will tell….

Its all the Tellytubbies fault :x

No I dont get it, where exactly do you (not) put your fingers? So’s I know where to keep my pinkies away from

Quite.
I think it was developed as a joke
Has anyone (excluding people who can already do 50 press-ups) managed to completed it?

Oh right, then I am OUT…… :roll:

asbestos/cement sheet is the least dangerous kind. Shoving it in a concrete lined pit is as good a way to dispose of it as any, its only going to landfill anyway isnt it.

I’d charge for a full day, plus a router bit and colourfil, silicone, contact adhesive etc

Why would you charge for a router bit?

Decent kitchen fitter with jig and router.

Hmmm, I have been thinking about this so suppose I should get on and do it.

You live in a society that is now heavily reliant on the the economies of scale and convenience of ‘buying-in’ most of our needs.

It is the road hardest travelled to exist outside of that. The key must be to get yourself weaned of the need for unecessary consumer and luxury goods that we are all brainwashed to believe that we ‘need’ and are entitled to because ‘you’re worth it’.

Depends. It is usually actually the cartilege that connect the rib that has cracked and is mostly not really that serious, just painful. I hate it because I always seem to dameage them again and again. the lower it is the easier it breaks again and hurts more.

I broke a high up one when I hit a tree before xmas and havent stopped riding, esp. as it keeps going again when playing with my kids!

Its only pain after all.

No. I saw my Grandad and its did me no good whatsoever. You are much much better off with your memories.

now have fiat engines

Zafira diesels are all ‘fiat’ engines – in that they are the range of engines designed jointly before GM/Fiat got divorced. Same engine used is sporty alfas to ducato vans

I have 05 diesel Zafira just gone 100k. I hate the look and sensibleness of them, but they are very very practical.

+1 cinnammon, make it regular for kids in the morning – much quicker way to get a an egg and some toast down their necks. Sometimes add icing sugar so it comes out pre-sweetened and you get like a toffee note in there.

I have a chapatti pan, thick steel so perfect to heat up and cook eggy bread, pancakes, drop scones etc.

The bloke sitting next to Vatanen on the Manx is the current Chairman of Aston Martin

Not that it helps but I go everywhere with 125kg of motorbike on mine, not an issue, have you seen the thickness of the metal on a towbar, waaaaay over specified

Elf I does believe that the car you are/should be referring to is

Snapped up by a Japanese gentleman for a song (600k) at the Bertone liquidation sale

the private healthcare system

This is common, thinking like it is some cohesive body working to a common goal – they are but the goal is money. There is no such thing, it is a term used to describe the disparate group of individuals who are all after the filthy lucre.

Precisely why the NHS and all those that sail in her as so precious.

Would I be able to get penis reduction

The forum could usefully use some of that

Porsche = Haier hairdressers.

derek you is jus’ doggone trailer trash :x

TG, do you also take a cold shower and self-flagellate each morning fof good measure?

One day you overdo it a bit on the bike and have a heart attack because you have a genetic pre-disposition to this. Quite a common thing I understand.

In that event, do you mind if all the fat people stand around being as sanctimonius as you about your stupidity for not sticking to a brisk walk?

If she still has huge boobs once she is not overweight, then breast reduction is justified on the NHS.

That is immensley judgemental of you TG. A comment of grande haute cheval amongt TJ’s finest.

Yes she was also big, but not obese. If you hit another chewawa and end up with a broken arm, would you accept NHS to turn you away until you had sold your bike?

To turn it around……I once helped one of our previous ‘admin assistants’ to get sorted on the process to get breast reduction. Huge boobs, which gave (a) low self esteem because men literally only talked to or about her boobs (b) back problems because of the excessive cantilevered weight.

She needed my help ’cause she had met utter dismissal from various GPs that it was a load of nonsense. Until we got her referred to a specialist who had plenty of experience and informed that it was a valid and common problem amongst ‘very large’ women.

So….do the STW wer-unintelligenti think this is worthy of taxpayers money?

*putting feet up, cup of coffee in hand*

Bagshot Sainsbury’s

Bagshot don’t have a Sainsbury’s!

This is my idea of a ‘classic practical performance motor’

this is my dream classic

government licenced them for use so I guess they were saying ‘these are ok to use’.

This was the surgeons opinion… if the government say they’re ok to use, they should stump the bill

The government licences your car as safe to use through type approval and MOT, and your local pub to drink in, but its not their fault if use of the car / pub causes me problems.

Removal on NHS, of course – we treat smokers, RL jumpers and mountainbikers who deliberately put themselves in peril and break themselves.

Replacement – that is not what the NHS is for but there are always exceptions to the rule, and so there should be.

What I utterly cant fathom is how we can after all this time still have implants that rupture. I mean how frikkin’ hard can it be to make a rupture proof silicone package.

both ours started hitting at about 2, they grow out of it but it wasnt nice. You could be holding then then suddenly smack right across the chops, sometimes a veritable rain of blows.
Thing is it appeared to us that it was one of those things where their brain hasnt developed enough to understand what they were doing, it was almost a reflex, and when we thought through each instance could mostly be explained by a hidden frustration at something in their primitive brain.
Most often tiredness or lack of food, the bain of parents lives and commonest causes of of bad behaviour in kids.

They just want to hang on to your money for a few days, makes them feel happy see. Can’t deny them that pleasure can you.

We’re not straying off topic into a ‘who’s got the biggest balls’ argument now are we?

Why do they tend to get that sort of dimply wear pattern instead of just an even ring of wear? Weired Science?

It will get worse (for him) as he gets older and interacts with you more if you are an involved dad. I know chaps who swapped london office for 4/4 because commute time meant there was little ‘quality time’ esp. with weekends spent re-charging and being taxi. I find it hard enough to switch off the highly charged work pressure mode when I get home, so I work projects now and find the single purpose work element helps, not juggling multiple client jobs. But I have refused all postings whatsoever (inc. Perth), just because I dont see much point if I cant see my family and fiddle with my s**t in the garage.

As an aside, Perth is so over-capacity with projects and under-resourced with real experience that there is never a better time to consider a sideways career move in the industry.

Yes, the hub ally is machined with a recess.

I like the cheese analogy, clear as cheddar now.

*skulks off to re-place smaller brake discs and bed new pads all fitted yesterday*

True, and for completely random reasons as far as I can tell! Still, they havent beaten me yet, I have previously used the ‘wrong’ cone and got away with it!

If we are going to get geeky then these are my classic tomes;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Gastronomique-Greatest-Cookery-Encyclopedia/dp/0600602354

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0517506629/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0750602880&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0KY00PC9DKRHV0WT6AVY#_

Of course you have to find an identical hub to ensure everything is compatible – not easy with shimano. You have to not damage the bearing surface fitting it.

I havent looked too hard at it but cups seem quite standard across the range, and if you have cups/axle/cones/bearings from another hub you can mix/match and use the lot. I have never had a problem, I used cups from a 20yr old non-disc hub into a 5yr old disc hub.

You would have to go some to damage the bearing surface, it being hardended steel and all, but if you are touching the bearing surface you are doing it all wrong anyway.

got to be quicker rebuilding the wheel around the cheaply bought hub no?

….errr, No!

I literally bashed them in, its not hard, but I would recommend you make some kind of press like my headset fitting tool (10 or 12mm threaded bar). If you have a good range of size and lengths of sockets they work well with this.

Best way to learn to cook is to settle down with a good cup of coffee on a Sat/Sun AM and watch a cooking show live or recorded – anything – James Martin, Simon Rimmer, Nigel, Jamie, Hugh etc. then rush out and get the ingredients and cook up whatever they just did.

I have loads of books but really a Google Recipe search gives me the best ideas and its all there online, dont need books anymore. I do my own ready steady cook – open fridge, see whats there, search a few Google Recipies, bingo.

I’m Special!

Do you mean Special Needs? :wink:

Blackspire Superstar, same but cheaper…