I’ll be more philosophical, rather than the excitingly-practically-minded data-reference-management-focussed advice that my fellow STWers appear to err on the side of..

There’splenty of time for that free thinking once he’s got the basic admin sorted. I loved learning, but getting the basics nailed early is a few less things to worry about and give that latitude for more edumacation.

Join the Armed Forces. They test your blood and even give you a dog tag with it engraved there!

This might not fit with your career plans or even be the best option.

Cite them right is good.

I went from A Levels aged 18 to MSc aged 38. Yup, steeeeep learning curve. I personally used Zotero for my on line research management. It is very good.

RTFQ is essential. Write early, leave it, come back to it, read it again, edit it like holst said.

Are you doing this course through Lincoln Uni?

What’s even more scary is the educated, intelligent neighbours I have who actually considered voting for him.
I think they have backed away from him now, but I can’t be sure.

If he’s 20-ish stone, he’ll need to spend a lot more than a grand to get a bike that will stand up to enthusiastic trail centre riding. Both the Trek bikes are XC and therefore lighter build etc and not where I’d put him if that was what he wanted to ride.
Have a look at the MTBR forums – there’s a Clydes forum there with a lot of big lad bike knowledge.

My 31 year old mate told me off for using ‘yummy mummies’ as a term of reference.
I told him it was the best part about doing the school run and when you were as old as I am, it was a real thing.

I’m 6’7″ and have been around your current weight for most of my adult life. Yes, your knees take a hammering but I’d be looking more at what you’re doing to them now rather than looking for something you can’t do anything about.
What are you doing weights-wise? I’d guess there are some leg exercises in there and that is helping batter your knees. Mix that in with a fairly active life and your knees aren’t getting much rest. I’d possibly back off and do lighter weights on your legs and ensure they get enough rest over the course of the week and see how that goes. Also look at bike setup and ensure knees are covered when it’s below 10c.

Wear glasses whilst riding. I did it for years before it was considered a fashion faux pas and one had to purchase riding-specific specs.

‘They’ are trying to do stuff that can hurt, maim and kill. Please don’t be a mountainbikeforthepeople hero and steer clear. You’ll screw tolerated and someone will get arsey and access will suffer.

cant you all have a group hug and appreciate each others talents.

Only if the architect can claim the hug to be their idea and for it to be bigger and bolder than any other hug.

If you want your kids to be good at engineering, don’t replace their art with another technical subject. STEM is OK, but STEAM is getting more traction as people realize the need for creativity in engineering.

A fairly recent Parliamentary Select Committee report on entrepreneurialism highlighted the need to keep the arts and engineering closer. Any creativity is beaten out of engineering students very early on, and they need that.

My Masters ran parallel to a Part II / ProfDip course for architects. Given that this runs after the degree, they were well trained by this point. One of the best lecturers they had visiting was teaching them how to draw. Too many were pure CAD / Sketchup and could not communicate without it. It made them better at communicating their thoughts.

Given he’s SS he’s already reduced his maintenance. How about getting him nice examples of what he’ll use most? There are some SS-specific multi tools out there and he’ll always need a nice hex set, pedal spanner, chain splitter, chain whip and a few others. Get him the better ones now and he’ll not need them again.

Would be interested to see his “elevation” though.

Really? You’re Johnny-Two-Shedding a relative of an internet stranger over how tough their mileage is?

The Northumberland countryside is largely defined by far more rolling hills than anything sharp. As such, it was ‘interesting’ to navigate around before GPS. The lack of easily identifiable features meant map and compass skills were ninja.

If it’s a cold damp garage, fix the cold / damp, don’t treat the symptoms.

It depends how many people are going to be there and how much you like them / want to be invited back! Something special / unusual is always going to be welcomed.

Price up the difference between celotex and regular insulation. It’s REALLY easy to put up between joists, far less cutting than celotex, probably cheaper and the ceiling board you then put up will give you the airtightness. You just need a load of these to hold it in place.
bendy wires

Even if I were insulating the garage (which I would), the cost and ease of putting up some fiberglass insulation is well worth the effort.

Spanner starting at 12 o’clock? or 6 ‘clock?

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If you can’t remember which way your pedal threads go….

With the bike standing upright, put the pedal spanner on the pedal. If you turn the spanner towards the back of the bike, you’ll loosen it. Remember “Back Off” and you’ll be reet.

The easiest way to clean the glass on your woodburner is to get someone else to do it.
Failing that, some of that ‘glass hob cleaner’ does a splendid job every time.

You summon woodburnerists and fob us off with no ‘after’ pictures?

Disappointed :(

I’m a Brit and have been living in the US for the last 2.5 years. My daughter is nearly 6.

A long road trip in the US with 2 such young kids sounds awful. We have American friends here who really have to work up to driving to see her folks who live 7 hrs drive away. The kids are 5 and 3 and they really don’t like doing the journey. Keeping kids at that age happy in a car seat (you’ll need them as well) for 6 hrs every couple of days is a big ask. After a day like that on the road you’ll not want to do much, so a day on the road followed by a night of a ‘family restaurant’ and a motel room is a bit of a waste about 4 times in a 2 week holiday.
Have you flown with the kids? My worst flight ever was with ours when she was 2, and she’s a good kid. Put that on each end of a driving holiday and it sounds even less fun.
Yes, it’s a grim assessment but it’s a realistic and honest view.

Some perspective on warm/cold diving.

Mrs TT is a very experienced diver, including a year diving in Polynesia as well as places like Hawaii, the Red Sea and Cambridgeshire (Gildy in January!). She rates her single best diving experience as with the seals off the Farne Islands and reckons all the cold water nonsense and dry suit faff was worth it for that.

If you plan to be more than a holiday diver, it’s going to get even more expensive than the ‘expensive’ it already will be. Buying your own kit isn’t cheap, and having the right kit for year-round UK diving is a bit more than warm water only.
Saying that, it’s well worth it. If you can learn in crappy conditions with low visibility and a drysuit on, you’re a ninja in easier conditions!
I’ve trained with BSAC, PADI and NAUI and they all have pluses and minuses. I liked the BSAC club scene, but the training you receive is more reliant upon the instructor(s) than anything else. See who’s in your area, go and meet them, see how they suit you.

If you haven’t watched Justified, neither. Justified should be high on your list if it isn’t already.

Wow. Your fiance and her family sound like lovely people. Glad they aren’t my neighbours.

Go round the building at ground level and cut through all of the ivy there. That will at least stop it growing any further and doing any more damage.

I’d recommend taking it all off properly. Even if you leave dead stuff on there it will still be fastened on / in the building fabric and cause more problems down the line. Do the job once, do it right. As for you doing it – get some quotes and price up how much a portable scaffold tower and disposal and your time is worth. See if it compares.

Its 61.7mm × 56.4mm × 15.7mm case is unashamedly colossal, fitting right into the same hiking aesthetic as Casio’s regular outdoor watches. For better or worse, this is a watch that knows what it’s going for and nails it. It’s available in a black finish, but I recommend the orange, red, or army green models instead — the Smart Outdoor Watch is never going to look subtle or subdued on your wrist, so you might as well own that fact.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/5/10718586/casio-smart-outdoor-watch-wsd-f10-android-wear-announced-ces-2016

Put it outside your house as an ornament and buy something more sensible, comfortable, reliable and less daft.
Or get used to traveling in a stress position and arriving everywhere in the crouched position.

There’s some good advice regarding application and warranty in this article.
http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/spray-in-review-line-x-bed-liner-vs-rhino-bed-liner/%5B/url%5D

Given that so many are chemically similar, it will come down to how they prep, how they paint and what sort of warranty they offer. I’ve got a drop-in liner in my truck because that’s what it came with. If your pickup isn’t new or in good condition, a drop in liner might be just as good.
Look to American websites as the whole truck thing is far more common than in the UK.

Just get a picture up. You’re an odd-looking fecker at the best of times and being on a road bike will add comedy value.
*jiggles*
*hugs*

‘What Would James Bond Wear’ is your phrase.

Buy one here, ‘murican stuff is terrible. Marcella fronted shirt (golfball), NOT a wing collar, self-tied bow tie in black, cummerbund in black if worn, smart black shoes.
Own it and you’ll look like you dress that way every night.

You’re a funny shape anyway, so that goes against you.
Given the bike is probably as old as you, play about with the bar height and width if you can. If I can get (fairly) comfortable on a road bike then you can too.
(saying that – it takes some getting used to. I also double wrapped the top of my road bars to soak up some road chatter, also riding on 28c tyres helps me)

Probably. I tried Skeggy without it and deplored the whole experience.

If you ever get a box set of Dr Seuss books, do NOT read the ones you’ve not heard of.

They do not age very well at all, and that’s if they weren’t written to be REALLY freaky in the first place.

The idea very premise that we have one behaviour type and demonstrate it at all times is daft, people are way smarter with much greater complexity than a simple default position

I take it you’ve never successfully led a team then.

Space exploration pays for itself.

https://theconversation.com/space-research-pays-for-itself-but-inspires-fewer-people-23549

There has been a lot written about the effect of the Apollo missions upon the USA, including the huge leaps in tech and the inspiration of the next generation of scientists and engineers.

We’re all crazy. There is no such thing as normal. All we’re looking for in others is compatible crazy.
You just haven’t found your compatible crazy yet.

surely this is a massive hole in their arguement?

Not to them it isn’t.

There’s nothing about colour in the second ammendment. Just being American.

There’s nothing in the Constitution about it only being applicable to white, male landowners, but that’s who it was written for.

Trekster. Spend some money on heavily insulating and airtighting your house. Then make other decisions.

Wow.
I like the way you pitched it that the minister was attempting to ‘convert’ your son. It really brings out the increasing pitch and rising hysteria in your complete over reaction.

Pick your fights. Your life as a parent is going to be life-shortening and combatant if you got your big girl panties in such a twist over this.

Energy efficiency. That reduces demand. It’s a shame that really good, relatively cheap schemes like retro-fitting existing buildings are so unfashionable.