Find local jewellers, choose rings you both like, hand over credit card, end of story.

Its the act of what you are doing that matters, not how much or what it is or where it came from.

IMHO of course, and yes i am married !

It's a heap of money so i would have hoped 3 years was standard!!

OS wise i only ask as i have seen quotes from Dell with XP Pro 32bit OS and 12GB RAM on them before as the online spec system lets you make that choice sometimes.

oooohhh thats a lot of money, i what OS are you going with ?

Whatever you do make sure you get at least 3 years warranty\service on it, we have seen a few screen and HDD failures in our M4300's over the last year or so, but to be fair they get thrown around on site a bit, they all replaced with no quibble

Well dont look at the consumer level ones then, look at the precsion M6 business series, mine runs heaps of development software and some fairly graphically heavy stuff all fairly well.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/business/Laptops/precnnb/ct.aspx?refid=precnnb&s=bsd&cs=ukbsdt1&ref=lthp

I am sure somebody will be along in a mo to tell you to buy a Mac, they may have a point ?

An eye problem ? Sounds more like a psychosis to me …….

Why laptop ?

Much better deals on the desktops, especially for that sort of job.

I use a Dell Precicion as a desktop replacement at work as i need to travel with work and need the grunt on site but i wouldnt want to buy one myself.

Is it not the rock step in Easy Gully on Pavey Ark?

I dont think so, easy gully in Pavey is fairly well hemmed in on the left by Pavey in a big way is it not ?

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Five Point Gully?

Or Point Five Gully even ?

Looks more like The Curtain ?

Times New Roman is awful and looks dated, nothing wrong with Arial or Tahoma

I guess akira got that number from here:

http://gethuman.com/BT__UK_-phone-numbers_148.html

there is a few more to try

+1 Transformers, is pretty good

I also like the Matrix, especially the building lobby gunfight scene and the helicopter falling down the building

has anyone thought of setting up a charity paypal account for this guy (or something simular)?

Holy Christ on a bike, I have heard it all now !

You are joking are you ?

Veloriders

Its OK, its only the 4th of Jan, you can be excused ;-)

How do you know building control saw all of the insulation going in???

I dont know, i didnt say i did know, i said i *thought* they would have done a visit at some point to check insulation.

Sorry if i upset you.

Your wife sounds nice and supportive, tell her to poke it

If the cold room is a big problem and you suspect there may not be adequate insulation …..

I would have thought that it would have been fairly obvious to building control that the insulation was inadequate or incorrectly installed.

Should you not agree what you are going to withhold at the start of the job pending satisfactory snagging ?

You were if you did not agree to withold a snagging fee in the first place

Shimano road and MTB i always wear one size up in both.

Wristguards, i read some research by an orthapedic surgeon to suggest that in a large impact (which would have broken the wrist anyway) they tend to move the fracture further up the arm, which can be worse.

Well if you have money to waste on a jacket that will wet up within the blink of an eye go right ahead !

If you want to buy fake then just buy from a scally in Merseyside on eBay, bit easier than buying from the states i would have thought

Its fake for sure, you can tell by just looking at it, for cheaper than RRP TNF stuff try Gaynors, they have good deals

TNF have a UK operation, all stock is in Belgium though

hmm, interesting, it looks like it may get cancelled !!

Anybody else been at Mabie in the last few days have an opinion ?

thanks for the info. So would the eTrex H cope with the following;
i plan out a route using GPS mapping software, upload the route to the eTrex, then go navigate along the route with the eTrex. ?

Yes

Do you mean the angle of the stem, or the top tube?

Neither, angle of the head tube

I dont really understand the question! The steering is fine, a lot more agile since I fitted the new wheels and tyres, was thinking about trimming the handlebars down a bit to make it a bit more responsive.

Its got a steep head angle which means it will turn in very quickly and could be a little bit nervous in descent, if you dont understand then you cant answer the question so no panic !!

Hard to see what you would need to replace out of the box, thats a fairly good spec, no?

Fork Fox F100 RL, 100mm
Shock Fox Float RP2
Handlebar Giant Connect SL, low rise 31.8mm
Stem Giant Connect SL
Seatpost Giant Connect SL
Saddle Fizik Tundra w/ MG rails
Pedals Not Included
Shifters Shimano SLX 27 speed
Front Derailleur Shimano Deore
Rear Derailleur Shimano XT Shadow
Brakes Avid Elixir 5 hydraulic discs, 160mm rotors
Brake Levers Avid Elixir 5
Cassette Shimano HG80 11-34
Chain Shimano HG-73
Crankset Shimano SLX 22/32/44
Bottom Bracket Shimano, External
Rims Mavic XM 317 Disc
Hubs Shimano Deore
Spokes Sapim Race 14g

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How do you find the steering on the XTC's, is it steer with your eyebrows quick or fairly easy going for whats essentially a hardcore race hardtail ?

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Some riders were unprepared…..and mentally

I think thats what did me in, i cracked on the second lap up that god awful climb after the short road section down towards Lorton, still finished though and swore never again…..well maybe just one more time !

Last year it took in parts of Whinlatter backwards and was 2 laps of around 20K, and its was truly horrible.

Well if its anything like last year it was a horrendous 2 lap affair, i finished but it broke me….

half and half of port and brandy

Good marketing idea but not really very convincing

Care to expand on that a little ?

Holy cow, thats insane !!

coffeeking – I am getting slightly excited about going skiing on Saturday for a week !!

I get excited about snow, however its generally when i am in Europe skiing, or the Lakes walking, not in some tinpot town inside the M25 though.

You lot are worse than the BBC….

It does snow from time to time you know, nothing to get too excited about !

http://www.creepygif.com/image.php?i=879

If you are provided with a handest as part of a contract, that develops a fault, the rest of the package is useless

Correct, and you are then screwed !!