Now if only someone had positioned the comatose sfp properly and inserted a bunch of wild flowers where the sun don't shine, we could have the photo of 2010 right there. Wasted opportunity there.

Look at Uvex – my mate is really pleased with their version of the Xen and I love the mtb/road one I've had from them.

walla24 – Member

interesting reading, yeah i thought that might be the case-joining up is the easiest way to it. would love to work royal navy search and rescue.

Don't try to join just to learn to fly. You'll not get in if that is all you want. Do lots of research and make sure you don't need glasses, don't have asthma and do more research. The Armed Forces is not an easy route to learning to fly.

Then to do it commercially, a whole load more money and exams. Best you get a well-paid first job and do it as a hobby.

So you thought you'd bring this (not even your) issue to an internet forum? On a weekend? Where even if someone answered they probably don't have access to the information you SIMPLY MUST HAVE TODAY!
Dry your eyes and play the game – deal with businesses during business hours. Whining here on a weekend is just whiny.

emac – you have a 29er?

mudmonster – Member

29ers look a bit wrong though (most importantly).

Looks fine and dandy to me.

A very experienced (road & mtb) 29er cynic friend of mine took a demo Giant 29er out for a couple of rides. He was V impressed and believes that, over the duration of a mixed ride, it is quicker. If he raced XC he'd have one without hesitation. He is waiting for a certain Giant FS 29er later in the year.

OR TJ's particularly hard head underneath that caused it to explode.

I'm a small and angry man who has no problem getting a bike to fit.

Almost forgot – look up Edward Abbey – American author – Desert Solitaire will give you a real idea of what Moab was like before real tourism.

Anything by Eric Newby but especially 'A short walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and war in the Apennines' – real adventure in a golden age of exploration by a true hero.

If you are working, you are not on holiday. Suggest you either speak to the body you qualified with (you are qualified aren't you?) and they should be able to help. Failing that, speak to your future employers who, if they are worth anything, will be able to advise or help out.

The katsura tree does smell of candy floss – really strange but lovely to smell. I don't know of anything else. Do you have a toffee factory or confectioners nearby?

I offer to google a manual for you – since you'd not worked that out as a possible solution after four years – and that is the thanks I get?

Me sounding like a c**k compared to you asking the initial question? You'd already trumped me on that one.

[insert the relevant smiley here to avoid you being offended at my dry retort to your quite awful quandry]

deadlydarcy – Member

Grrr! If I had TFM I'd R it. The dishwasher was thrown in when we bought the house. There was no FM when we moved in

I tell you what – just post the make and model up here and I'll Google it for you and see whether there is an on line copy of the manual – you know, possibly on the manufacturers website? Who knows? The internet is full of amazing and wonderful things!

If dishwashers are too complex for you I suggest paper plates. I was going to suggest hand washing of dishes but the whole water / washing up liquid interface might be a step too far.

A rather egotistical view of oneself – especially to think that your 'writing' is anything other than than wanting to raise an argument. Most of your postings have had nothing to do with mountain biking and yet you perpetuate with your 'raging against something'. To what end? I'm sure you are not doing this for the good of STW magazine or to increase your own knowledge of the sport we all enjoy – indeed you have strongly hinted at your own limited future here and an intent to raise hell however you can.
It baffles me.

Then you have a noggin of gigantic proportions and I suggest you purchase a parasol to protect your enormous scalp.

If you are balding and middle class enough, they are worth it. If you want a hat go to the market and buy one – if you want a Tilley Hat, buy one. I have enough hair not to.

zaskar – Member

Now I know who you are.

*squints*

I'd like to add:

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING?! That'll be another quaternary service industry we didn't know we needed until some creative type with an Apple laptop invented it! How I've lived without social media marketing I'll never know.
How empty I am.

*wails*
*gnashes teeth*

cynic-al – Member
It is curious why someone clearly superior to everyone on here spends so much time here.

I often wonder that one, Al. I put it down to you being charitable and wishing to educate us, the great unwashed masses.

*prostrates self in front of Al*

AeroPress as mentioned earlier. Tough enough for my colleague to use it daily when in Afghanistan for 6 months, cleaner than any filter machine, no grounds in the coffee, compact, cheap to buy, cheap to run and my daily 2 cups of superb coffee. I drink the coffee from this more than from any other method of making and I'll now not be without one. Far less spiffy than the Handpresso but excellent coffee with less faff.

mrsflash – Member
I think cutting CTF a fair one, and I hope they cut the £190 health in pregnancy grant too. both fairly pointless imo.

Perhaps in the middle class utopia of STW, but no doubt made a difference to some.

His previous posts always seemed to be a bit Johnny TwoSheds from a distant country with only a tenuous link to cycling. This one is just strange, but his attitude shines through as highlighted by Ken, Heathen and Zangolin.

TRANSPORTDIRECT.INFO

The very best travel planner for the sort of thing you are asking – trains, times, walking between, buses even. Got to love it.

psychle – Member

what's the difference between tailored and bespoke then? Frome wiki:

Firstly – if you take Wiki as your definition of proper dress, you've failed.

Secondly – read the rest of the article and don't post glib quotes. Bespoke – proper bespoke and not some tosh touted by made-to-measure merchants (who have their place) is where a pattern is made for YOU – where you are measured and the pattern is taken from your body and the cloth is cut from that. This usually takes place on the premises and several fittings are required. Made to measure is where an existing pattern is tweaked to your measurements – often in a factory elsewhere by someone you'll never meet. Bespoke is top of the tree, then made to measure, then off the peg – hence the price differences.

psychle – Member
a fully tailored bespoke just for me

No – tailored for you – not bespoke. Two different things several hundred pounds apart.

Ensure you have the shoes and shirt you'll wear with the suit when you try it on. If you insist on trying the suit on with a t-shirt and trainers, you'll not get it to fit properly.

Len – leaving your suit cuffs undone is like having your initials embroidered onto your shirt. Just a little gauche. Knowing they are working buttonholes should be enough for the wearer.

I keep passing a bloke in Bristol on his Stinky De Luxe with bar ends on heading the other way. Looks wrong.

Thats why I get my local maps and try to work out what is possible from my front door. You can have a reasonable mile within less than 35 miles from most anywhere in the UK.

One question about (non-mountain) bikes – the rest just dumb. Troll in the style of many others before – or is it the same one many times?

My bell. I try to avoid paying for them and have them on all my bikes.

Looks like Specialized are after the 29er-riding Oompa Loompa market. Standover for a 5 year old.

alexonabike – Member
Sorry to burst your bubble, but my CV is actually pretty good. Ta.

Apart from 'willingness to actually work for a living' 😀

CV for alex

Student
Work – didn't like it, scared, left quickly
Student

Pretty good so far 😀 That'll see you well in later life!

Test drive prams. 4 wheelers are more stable. Buy what is best for you but remember the golden rule – the best one is the one she likes!
Buy muslin cloths. Then buy some more.
Tommy Tippee bibs with the sponge collars are expensive but worth it.
E Bay is your friend – I got a (new) cot, sterilizer, bottles etc on there.
Charity shops for baby clothes – nothing worse than thinking 'I paid £18 for that and it was worn twice'.
Sleep now – you will need it.
Swaddling works.
It really is life changing. Welcome to the anticipation.

Mix oatmeal up with the peanut butter in the Kong – it keeps our Rottie happy for much longer – cheaper too!

How about more training type stuff? It is a working dog so some hidden smelly things and other 'working games' would stimulate mind and body. Perspex squares smeared with smelly stuff are great to hide for them to find.

Daren – thats like setting your kids up to be odd from the start – a training recumbent?!

How about a half Ironman to see how you go first?