I got a new V50 2.0 diesel in 2005. I only sold it in 2013 to move overseas. More comfortable than the equivalent Saab/Honda/Alfa/Audi/BMW/Jag, great interior, superb 6 spd manual box, loads of torque and up to 59.9mpg on a long cross-country run. Give one or two a drive and see what you think, but I thought it was great for a ‘small’ estate car.

areas near solar panels where vegetation is brown and dead because it did not receive enough sunlight

Or it’s been sprayed with a weedkiller, as is common here in the USA around things like roadsides and structures.

Yes, they came up with barking mad opposition. North Carolina also banned talking about sea level rise:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/north-carolina-sea-level-rises-desipte-senators/%5B/url%5D

The worst part? I live in Virginia, the next state up. North Carolina is years ahead in it’s investment in renewables :cry:

Seriously though, is it worth catching up on the first couple of series first?

Very much so. A very good, dark British detective series.

Forecast for 24c here in Virginia. It’s FAR too warm. My bees are baffled and not behaving as they should at this time of year!

We’ve had a Chef’n g’rabbit for years and it’s not broken.

http://www.m.chefn.com/Product.aspx?id=29

Saying that – the wife bought it and I’ve never seen the need for one-handed mills over two-handed. I’m not seasoning food whilst holding a hostage at gunpoint or anything.

Bamboo is horribly invasive and a right bugger to keep under control (I know there’s 2 types but the largest is the bugger to control). It’s not a great idea to introduce foreign invasive species when other alternatives are available.
It grows wild here in Virginia and makes a real mess.

It seems quite simple – am I missing something?

Bike manufacturer issues manual etc with bike.

Frame fails due to something that IS NOT covered in the manual etc.

Bike company says no due to something that IS NOT in the manual etc.

Consumer is on moral and probable legal high ground since the criteria was not given to him before the failure.

Stoner gets his pellets delivered bagged?
:(
Part of my addled brain seems to remember you building a hopper. Isn’t blown bulk cheaper?

Don’t forget, the current RHI and fashion for biomass means that UK and European demand outstripped supply. That now has a huge export of pellets from the USA / Canada in big, oil-burning ships. Unintended consequences and all that.

I’ve got the Adidas riding shoes and they are splendid. As said up there, same rubber as 5.10 since Adidas bought them.

Loads of room in mine

Then you’re an odd shape or don’t sit in the drivers seat.

Land Rover. Especially good for delivering people in the crouched position, since that’s how you’ll sit. I drove every military variant and they were all an unusual form of torture.

Barbour hoods are truly awful. Terrible design, too stiff to stay with your head etc etc. My dad had one with his jacket and it was ditched very early on for a decent flat cap and a scarf if needed. We’ve both worn Barbours for 30+ years and never missed the crap hood.

Defenders are horrid things. No road manners, no comfort, no refinement.

If you’re used to modeling etc, you might want to have a play with WUFI. It is used by a few of the real wall and building geeks I know. Good for moisture and thermal.

https://wufi.de/en/software/product-overview/%5B/url%5D

If the barn is old enough to have been built with lime mortar, pointing etc with modern cement will subsequently damage the wall.
Following on from above, if those walls are old enough and have lime holding them together, backing them with an impermeable material will cause problems as moisture migrates through, or rather doesn’t when it meets the spray foam.

You should really get some professional advice as the clash of ancient and modern needs consideration and careful planning.

Once you do learn, you never forget how.
I’m saying that as a 44 year old father whose 5 year old daughter is once again impressed with her dad!

There’s a lot of people who say that if their 1st kid had been like their 2nd kid, they wouldn’t have had 2 kids!

IMBA reckon there’s now more people in the USA who own a mountain bike than golf clubs.
So, in that sense, yes.

Black Friday is the opposite, it’s the retailers slashing their prices in order to bleed consumers dry i the knowledge that there are no more paychecks between now and Christmas, so if they don’t then they lose out on the Christmas spending. You could view that cynically, or you could view it as the capitalist system working in the consumers favor to give really low prices just when they want to buy stuff.

It’s UK / international retailers jumping on the American thing to create a previously non-existent shopping ‘sale’ event. It’s no less cynical but it’s just another American import.

Bike UK first, Evans 2nd, close-ish to each other in the city centre.

Dirk – where in the US are you? I’m in Virginia and have some great contacts in the IEQ / construction world. I might be able to point you at some of the cleverer people in the US who are solving this sort of thing over here (which is very different to any UK solution).

Go to eBay.
Buy an older Gaggia Classic.
Be happy.

how did you get on with the On-one (21″)?

I had a 1st gen Scandal and only sold it because I moved to the USA and couldn’t take all my bikes (the Turner Sultan won). If it wasn’t for that I’d still be riding it now. As long as you have a l-o-n-g seatpost in to spread the load you’ll be fine. It wasn’t the longest bike but with wide bars it was delightfully comfortable and handled very well.

I wanted a ‘sportwagon’ and test drove the Audi, Honda, Jag, BMW, Alfa, Saab and Volvo. I had a V50 diesel turbo for 8 years. Fantastic car, great torque and performance but 38 around the doors and up to 59.9mpg on a long run. Best cabin comfort, lovely 6 spd manual box, not the biggest loadspace but drop the back seats and you can get a decent load in there and the roof bars mean it’s very easy to load up top as well.

He’s not tall enough for a 22″ frame unless he has disproportionately long legs. I’m also 6’7″ and used to ride a 21″ OnOne and currently ride 22 & 23″ bikes that are way too big for all of my friends under 6’6″.

Mrs TT found the Shock Absorber sports bras to be the best at what they do.

How tall is your friend? That’s a big bike you’re chasing.

Creation Watches. I thought all STW bought all their watches from Creation or Argos?

Even if you just tried to get those still alive, filming Dogma now would be a rather expensive undertaking.

Watch ‘The last man on earth’.
I find it hilarious.

I’m really glad that someone does.

If Europe can stop it’s current love affair with biomass heating we might stop the stupidity it is driving – but that’s not just domestic.

Getting hot? Are you using it on your lap and blocking the fan when this happens?

that chart doesn’t appear to mention the colour depth improvement, so is pointless

Not really. All 4k TVs won’t have better colour depth. Read the article as well to give it some context (but you work for ‘them’ so you’ve probably drunk the KoolAid anyway).

That chart is a load of guff ^^

Go on then. Why?

This seems to make a whole lot of actual proper sense to me:

http://www.cnet.com/news/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-still-stupid/%5B/url%5D

Coffee and science.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/23/a-chemistry-teachers-guide-to-the-perfect-cup-of-coffee

I’ve clumsily and heavily ridden some original Flows for nearly 6 years. They are still true and completely fine.

Cheap coffee? Well, one does have to make some allowances. Artisinal cheese and good lumberjack shirts are worth the extra at this time of year. As long as your smoking jacket comes from Pakeman, Catto and Carter you’ll be reet.

It’s just effing coffee, why is it treated like some effing artform? This isn’t a rant particularly aimed at this lot though, more of a general anti-coffee-wnkary rant

Get OUT of STW! I bet you’ve not got a wood-burner either :x

Not even close to my Rollapaluza face. Enforced sprinting on a fixie on rollers brought out the very worst in me (and nearly the content of my stomach).

You’re all amateurs. This is the one true book of wisdom, here, free to view online, bursting with knowledge and stuff.

http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/%5B/url%5D

I wonder if blown air heating would work well with a wood stove? Anyone tried this?

I’m in the process of installing a stove in my ducted air (AC summer / hot air winter) so I’ll let you know. I will say that blown air heating is awful compared to radiant heating, but ‘murica says this is the way.