bakes

one day you will realise tha baldwin-love is the only way forward, the mice were in control when he made "sliver", its working title was "dairy lea triangle"

they are all nobbers spongebob,me and the missus are watching it…..

I have to be honest that baldwin sibling is gradually winning me over with his rhetoric, i feel like i am being inexorably sucked into a vortex of life the universe and everything.

the final vote count will inevitably be 42.

they are probably lighter than the evolve xc's i was thinking of swapping then…. blimey

cheers cinnamongirl i think its the forks that make it…

they are lovely btw

this is the bike in question, anyone know how old the cranks are, what they are and therefore how much they'd weigh?

so basically you could spend a grand or more on making it a bit lighter (and you wouldn't actually be sure cos you are only guessing what it weighs at the moment).

er more like £200…. am pretty sure its around the 27lb mark

Why do you want to make it lighter?

so that it weighs less…

Good idea on the hex key q/rs but i have some ti q/rs that are pretty light so i'll probly use them. its already got foam grips

I could merrily lose the small ring and keep the big and middle.

vrapan or anyone, does anyone know what the frame alone weighs? its a small

this doesnt sound too bad, get new wheels, swap the cranks or buy new, swap cassette chain etc gradually change stem and bars….

I should save 1.5 – 1.75lbs for about £175 if i sell both my existing wheelsets….hmmmm

crazant yhm

turboferret, you made me laugh, i did the gimpy spreadsheet thing with a rigid carbony hardtail i built, it can be a bit anal… i really cant be arsed taking it all to bits, and my scales arent that accurate anyhow…

cheers guys,

Mountainmonkey might well be, let me know what they are how old, how much etc, cheers!

Njee20 – cheers for the advice, so, say I get a carbon chainset (probably an FSA one, cant afford silly money), some lighter wheels (hope hubs, light rims, maybe) swap out the brakes, cassette, and chain, what do you reckon i could drop the weight by, roughly?

"Nurse Jackie is looking promising though"

dezb I agree, really liking that at the moment.

Firefly should be on there too imho

ams09121974

that looks pretty cool! she'd love that, could you recommend anywhere on the isle of wight (cheapish) to stay?

the paradise place is in kent somewhere near the coast i think…

van the man

into the mystic cg?

how is there no led zep so far?

kashmir is pretty perfect imho

u2's where the streets have no name,

if its scary music videos then aphex twins come to daddy wins hands down.

Steve Rush Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 10:28 am
These pictures are amazing, yes, but they are not from an ice storm.
The photos actually show lake spray accumulation on the cars.
Lake Geneva doesn’t freeze, and the spray from the lake lands on the cars and benches and freezes on them. It’s too bad for the car owners, but they should probably know better.
An indicator that the ice is definitely NOT from precipitation is the buildings in the background of the photos–notice that they don’t have any ice on them.

i went for brown chargethemed bling on mine, too much?

you cant beat a nitride coated bling chain tho

just after christmas aldis were doing their Medion Akoya laptops for £299, they are back up to £399 now tho i think.

really good bargain, 3 years warranty, 15.6 screen, 4 gb ram, 320 hd, windows 7, hdmi out, web cam, very thin and shiny black solid bit of hit.

well chuffed with mine

damn wrong forum

mods pls remove duplicate post

to be honest every time i phone the council i am given different responses,

from

"dont worry next time you apply the new rates will in and your rent will be increased"

"you arent eligible, thats final"

"you are eligible, thats final"

" the government/rent officer/LHA/your local milkman restricts it, its nothing to do with us"

I have spoken to the department head who advised that the situation is regrettable (he stopped short of saying it was illogical) but not a decision local government can affect.

I asked him what the legislation exactly states and where i can read it, he didnt know……

I can apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment (and will, and did at the last place for 3 years) but it seems a bit silly to fill in a form, the council then send a letter to tell me they've got it, 2 weeks later a letter telling me they are looking at it.

2 weeks from then they send me the final decision letter. then 2 months later we do the whole thing again, with identical info, a further 3 letters.

why not just pay my rent?

rant over

steve austin, thanks mate we have spoken before me thinks…..

i have appealed, we won, and we have a written statement of our eligibility for a 2 bed property, the council just wont pay an outside organisation….. its insane. especially as they offered us the property because their council stock is so low they have to outsource toi the private sector…

I wondered if there was any legislation which stated they have to house us suitably in privately rented accomodation if they cannot do it in council housing (i thought there was something to this effect?)

also specifically which piece of government genius legislation orders this kind of money wasting process (sorry starting to rant again)…

my missus had it done, and she has seen a marked improvement since, she had gall stones and unbelievable pain before having it out. tbh if you are only having mild pain i am surprised they are doing it…..

she is much much better at taking pain than me, and she would scream, vomit then pass out, and repeat, this went on for 2 months and 4 hospitalisations

she has lots of other issues with her chest, endemetriosis etc though

she cant tolerate fatty food much at all now (something she is ok with) and she did have quite a bit of pain post op, but generally she was chuffed.

serenity – is frankly genius, defintely in my top 10 (and the series….. brilliant)

having worked at a cinema there are few films that i can watch repeatedly:

bladerunner
immortal beloved
the mission
labyrinth
apocalypse now
2001
the whicker man
the devil rides out
the lost boys
lotr, all of them, the extedended ones…..
willow
alien
ferris buellers day off
bram stokers dracula
raiders of the lost arc
lost in translation
the royal tenenbaums
the english patient

great havent seen it, but the last evian baby advert freaked my missus out so much she had to leave the room every time it came on.

(she has a baby phobia, only for talking unnaturally intelligent babies)7

amusing times ahead then!

stuffing 4kg of heroin into a suitcase is a bit hit or miss isnt it? its either a stupid attempt by a mad person, or someone talked him into taking their bag out them….

so if someone talked a mad/stupid or both, person into carrying a bag, then executing him strikes me as a bit over the top.

although if he was that mad/stupid, travelling about in the places he did I am amazed he lasted a week let alone 5 years…

cheers all, i'll have a music degree by the time i start work, i was grade 8 practical standard on the cornet/trumpett but less so on the music theory side, is it worth doing the grade 8 theory stuff in addition to the degree?

richard85, yes mate could be interested, pics pls to lpell@hotmail.co.uk

cheers all

if you have an aldis near you see if they have any cheap laptops in.

i got a medion akoya E5218 lovely solid workbook with glossy black lovliness with:

4 gb of ram, dual core t4400 processor, 320gb hd, windows 7, 15.6 hi res screen, hdmi out, wonderful sound.

and…………

3 years warranty

£299!!!

reduced from £399, so cheap i think they may have made a mistake…

just trying to find one of their quad core towers in stock somewhere now

no they dont, they had some end of stock about 18 months ago, they called me and offered it for a one off payment of £25, and no monthly fee!

its identical to the newer ones though as far as i can see….

but the new landlord doesnt mind me getting it fitted, virgin are doing it for free and have nocked some off the bill too, cant reall grumble at that.

Any of the MTB riders that have a frame that’s giving you static

Static?? My god yes, i have a Felt, the frames got a lovely furry fluffy finish with beautiful polyester dropouts, it doesnt half chafe, and its definitely not good in the wet.

……..sorry

bewitched, with will ferrell and nicole kidman.

i used to work in a cinema so i have a very tolerance for films devoid of redeeming features…. 20 minutes i lasted, god…..

I have said it before and I'll say it again Mac and Me is the worst film ever ever ever made.

watch the mcdonalds dance scene

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095560/

surfcontrol used to do a proxy filtering service?

i used to work in a large call centre and my desk and pc area was used by a large sweaty (not that his size or perspiration rate is relevant) guy who came in to do the night shift.

the IT guy was fiddling about with the browser settings on my pc when he looks at the history……

suffice it to say that my night shift colleague had an unpleasant fondness for donkeys and other well endowed animals.

The waste paper basket was also emptied infrequently, and i was all of a sudden unsure that his sinusitis was the cause of all the tissues.

sent you the details chap

Just been through a nightmare trying to get some…..

what thread size are they (thread that goes into the fork btw)?

if they are 10mm then they are easily sourced, someone on here will have some.

if they are 8mm then they are harder to come by, try a wanted ad on retrobike, or the only ones i was able to find was a Ti bike shop from china who sells them on ebay

mails in my profile if you need the details of the ebay seller

well yes when One is the Science editor for the Times

i just re read your post, are you referring to yourself as one, there?

*Toff accent on

"well my good man, I have a spiffing mastery of the English language, one is the Editor of the Times, dont you know?"

*Toff accent off

well yes when One is the Science editor for the Times

could he edit your posts?

grantway in my case, I take my wife into hospital and out again, so she sees me, and then the frontline nurses who administer her antibody treatment. So in our case id rather they be vaccinated….

we are just one example tho

But my personal and honest oppinion I will not have the Vaccine
and thats from most of the Pharmacys I know within London and the Doctors and Nurses I know too.

not meaning to sound offensive, but i have met doctors and pharmacists and even one of her previous consultants, whom i wouldnt trust to make me a sandwich, let alone allow to influence my thinking on this issue (or any issue).

cant believe there are people who believe hearsay over the CDC and NHS experts, but hey it takes all sorts i suppose.

why did i click refresh? why? why?

because I am caught in tandemjeremys evil web of argumentivity (is that a word?)

I am perfectly calm by the way 🙂 see i have a smily face!

oh well its better than watching paul o grady….

TJ please forget about the forced vaccination thing, its ok, calm down, I really think you are getting far too wound up about this particular point…

What yuo fail to understand is the limited usefulness of these immunisations and the small odds of infection. I simply see it as an expensive waste of time to inoculate people who are not high risk when there is no benefit from doing so.

Then for gods sake educate me? Please elaborate what you know that the CDC doesnt?

Benefits as already mentioned so, very many times

herd immunity as mentioned above, (and by others including me on page 1 or 2)

protection from infection/ possible complication

minimising potential impact from absences from work on the NHS and other industry….

Negatives

potential for mild sniffles

mild localised egg intolerance

anything else?

i didnt realise commenting that your stance on this was selfish, or that your suggested action was stupid constituted name calling? but hey ho

we appear to be on a never ending merry go round which is becoming slightly tedious, so i'll try to make this the last post………….

It is very hard to resist responding just once more though:

All vaccines including this one carry risk.

FFS as has been clearly demonstrated, there are no proven side effects specific to the H1n1 vaccine, I never said there want risk, only that the risk from Swine flu far outweighs that of the vaccine?

Swine flu deaths to date =?

Influenza (of any sort) Vaccine caused deaths =?

What is your possible justification for forcing people to have it? Thats the case you have not made. Yes there is advice that front line NHS staff should have hit – that falls a long way short of your position that all front line staff must be forced to have it or lose their jobs.

because the pros so far outweigh the cons, (i wont repeat them) that forcing people to have it is better than the effects of some misplaced groundless fear.

Frankly I cannot believe people are thinking of not having it, this is what frustrates me?

Your wife is immunocompromised. However she is far more at risk from other infections than this rare and not serious variant on flu.

please dont lecture me on my wifes condition, I assure you i am better informed.

To a point we can minimise risk from other infections in the home, as can health care professionals, the whole point of my argument is that in my opinion refusing the vaccine is adding unnecessary risk of airborne infection when she goes to the hospital.

It is potentially serious for her, as she has no immune response to Pneumonia bugs, she has minimal response to other types of infection.

Who are you to comment on the potential danger to her?

The scale and severity of the outbreak of swine flu in no way validates your reaction to it – thats why I call you hysterical and paranoid.

My reaction? I beg to differ, surely it is pure logic?

CDC and NHS suggest that vaccination will save lives and is safe, they single out an area of staff (frontline workers) with increased potential impact, and offer them a currently scarce and potentially life saving vaccination.

Without evidence these people refuse it, potentially endangering lives?

yes I would sack them, and employ people more well adjusted to care for others.

The scale and severity of the outbreak: its not dropping em in the streets, but i'll stick with the advice of the CDC and NHS thanks.

My reaction may sound panicky to you but Lauras consultant has voiced real concern over this issue, so whilst it is not a particular danger to you or indeed other healthy people, it is to her.

The "forcing people to have it" issue was really secondary to the "why wouldnt they want it" question?

you have seized on that point like a little angry nhs terrier, drop it and satisfactorily explain why a sane person wouldnt want the vaccine, which i think 4 pages ago was the original question.

TJ you do love an argument dont you?

Don't you think its a bit paranoid and selfish that you seem to think you have the right to compulsorily medicate me?

its not for me to justify not having it. Its for you to find some justification for your paranoid and hysterical point of view.

Paranoid? Hysterical? Please point out where my posting has become paranoid or hysterical, and I will apologise.

Show me where my posts have been factually incorrect or unjustified?

I am not saying we should all stock up with food and build fall out shelters.

I merely point out my particular situation, (well my wifes situation) which is that her prognosis should she get swine flu, would be dire.

This is not my own "paranoid" opinion, that is the opinion of her Immunologist, who is described as the leading immunologist in the UK.

wife + swine flu = bad things happen

so i believe she has the right to expect that the people treating her are following the best practise advice.

I have already said that (in my opinion!!) FRONTLINE NHS staff should be forced to have it, you arent frontline, so I am not advocating taking away your rights.

As someone (who is frontline) has already mentioned, there is precedent for this with enforced Rubella innocolation.

So which is more paranoid, following CDC and NHS advice based on fact and lots of very qualified people, or deciding to go against that advice on the basis of …………….. er nothing so far, other than a general bad feeling……

I am no more at risk than the general public. Why should I take this medication for something I am unlikely to come into contact with? There is absolutely no advantage to the community at large to me taking it – many other folk would be better in the queue for inoculation.

I was saying that the general public should have the Vaccine too, not be forced to as they dont come into contact with at risk groups.

There is obviously no benefit to just you having it (unless a side effect is found to be a reduction in typing ability), but there are obvious benefits to everyone having it?

Reduced mortality being the headline benefit if i remember rightly?

Of course you cant force the general public to have it, but the benefits of mass vaccinations far outweigh the negatives.

I am basing the above statement, on the advice of the CDC, and of the NHS.

What are you basing your argument upon?

What is your argument, anyway? No one has said you must have it, only that you would have to be stupid or know something we dont, not to?

Your failure to grasp the realities of the situation and your descent into childish name calling show how impoverished your argument is.

Name calling, when? where?