how is your deposit held? If it is not through one of the government approved schemes (only three exist deposit protection, deposit insurance[/url], deposit insurance 2[/url])then the landlady is breaking the law, could be used as a bargaining lever to get her going on the work that needs doing
government guidelines on deposit protection

marathon man :-)

if you’re visiting design agencies then anything other than a Mac will be frowned at
Other than that I like the look of Samsungs

condolences to all family and friends, never new him but enjoyed his input to the forum

Try booking accomodation direct with agency in the resort, you then pay a flat rate for the accomodation. does mean that you have to arrange flights and transfers independently thouugh

raises hand…
Me too

Jenn Green!

infinite jest by david foster wallace, about halfway through, only another 450 odd pages to go!

Try again

gimp for me as well, if you are using nikon there is an add-on called ufraw which will deal with the proprietary files

another for when the levee breaks here, fantastic riff, thunderous drums from bonham and a fantastic song courtesy of Memphis Minnie

Swiss Carrot Cake
300g castor sugar beaten with 5 egg yolks until light and fluffy
300g grated carrot
300g ground almonds
2dl kirsch
juice of one lemon, rind of two
Mix all these together with sugar/egg mix
sift in 75g cornflour, 15g baking powder, tbsp cinnamon, tsp ground cloves
Beat 5 egg whites until stiff, beat 1/4 of egg white into the other ingredients to loosen them, then carefully fold in the rest of the egg whites, do not over mix
put into 30cm base lined spring form tin and bake at 180c for minimum 50 minutes, may need more, when you take it out early and listen to the cake you will hear the bubbles bursting, when done it will be springy and quiet
run a knife around the outside of the tin and remove the outer ring, allow to cool then slide onto serving plate
use the juice of the other lemon and enough icing sugar to make a just stiff icing to cover the top allowing some to trickle down the sides
If you can get them decorate with marzipan carrots

make sure its not the aglet on shoe lace, drove me crazy one year, removing stripping and lubing everything, but was just the end of the lace hitting the crank arm

once at a student party, after a while most of us were trying to sleep on the floor. woken by crunching noises, the cats had brought in two rats and were part way through devouring them, so bits of rat all over. Had to "comfort" a girl by distracting her!

rats have a hairless tail, mice have some hair on the tail

woot!! Chapeau!! :lol:

this thread is useless without pics!

previous pic shows he is posing with China's hairiest man, no relation I think

old thameside -Richard Thompson

just finished the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson (Girl with a dragon tattoo) excellent and suspenseful

ichneumon wasp?

the device that Mountaincarrot mentions above works for us, we live in surrey, very hard water area, but our kettle is still bright and shiny after three years and when we had our heating system replaced there was minimal scale in the cylinder. been using one for over twenty years and really recommend it.
BUT my wifes aunt who lives nearby tried one and she did not notice any benefit
We use a Scalewatcher[/url] as it came with a money back guarantee at the time

Books that made me think, rather than escape from reality
The Selfish Gene
The Naked Ape

+1 for Show Of Hands, particularly the title track of Arrogance Ignorance and Greed

another vote for san gimingniano, truly wonderful place to wander round, Venice was wonderful to just wander away from the crowded routes, and also the quieter areas of the islands, Murano and Burano, in particular the boat trip over that direction seeing the different church towers all leaning over at different angles. If you decide to go to Pisa, just go on the train from Florence, apart from the tower and the surrounding church and square, Pisa is a real s**thole, but I found it well worth it for the tower

Last – Richard Thompson's Cabaret of Souls concert at Meltdown 2010
Next – Will be Richard Thompson again in January
Probably others over the rest of the year

Cockchafer (ooer missus) or maybug Cockchafer

The french version, which also used to be called gruyere, is now called Beaufort, seen it in some shops but less often than Gruyere

I've got a three-four year old Logic3 dock that I'm looking to get rid of. your welcome to it for a tenner. has power supply to run and charge the ipod, S-Video and Composite video output, and a mini jack sound output plus a ipod connector socket. remote control works all ipod functions, but i never found it useful apart from play and pause as you need to be up close to the ipod to see what is on the screen, and its then easier to use the ipod controls direct

not actually like any more easily available cheeses. softer than parmesan, more nutty rich flavour than emmenthal, more subtle than a strong cheddar. President emmenthal is possibly the closest that I've found in this country but that is still lacking in flavour

even he knows it's wrong :lol:

Cherry beer, or kriek is rather tasty

Afro-tastic DezB

Yes
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saw him in Brighton a few years ago, then was at the "Live at the Apollo" show last year and he was still doing the same "jokes"

superb shot, very heartwarming

On the archery theme from the despair.com
this shows good consistency

power kiting (1.8, 3.5 & 5.6M kites), Target rifle (10m air and HFT), Skiing

Danny Thompson, particularly when partnering Richard Thompson. totally blown away by them both a couple of years ago