So how come the ice caps are melting then? Ice is zero or below celcius, the ice caps I believe are fresh water, not salt. Salt water freezes at below zero degrees and doesn't water even out at four degrees celcius once the top is frozen and so fishes and penguins can carry on swimming.

As for water evaporating below 100 degrees celcius, wtf has that got to do with ice melting below freezing point?

I know jack sh1t about cause and effect of global warming, however, one thing that troubles me is how can the ice caps be melting when the temperature at said ice caps never gets above 0 celcius?

Why do we accept the current over inflated prices for said established mechs? £180 for X-0 rear mech, would like to see the justification on that.

Raw materials have increased but not that much, haven't seen the price of aluminium Jags and Audis increasing by 60% and it's the same raw materials.

I love the whole thing, time off with friends and family, always have family round on Christmas Day, kids are now 10 and 12 and as far as we can tell still believe in it all, can't wait for it, really hoping we can get some wintery weather for the day too, even if that is just a good frost to wake up to. As always I respect everyone's right to have an opinion, I just may not agree with yours, that's one of the things that makes life interesting.

Heart goes out to those above that have anniversaries around that time of year that need reflecting upon rather than celebrating.

Another bit of news for those with diabetes, can't find the link at the mo but on msn there is a story of a type of tattoo that changes colour dependant on your blood glucose level, they are hoping it will put a stop to the pin prick blood testing that we have to do, only requires a small area to be tattoo'd. Testing has been good on mice so far, not yet tried it on humans.

Dick – the 4.5 to 6.0 is the norm for people without diabetes. My target range is 5.0 to 7.8.

The 'I have diabetes' ' I am diabetic' thing is something that has cropped up in our house since my son was diagnosed, being referred to as a diabetic has not helped him adjust to coping with it, makes him feel like he is different, whereas, him having diabetes does not. We have had quite a problem with him suffering at school as he is the only child with diabetes and kids can be b4stards without realising it. He is currently on multi injections but has a saline trial with a pump later this month, hope he gets his pump approved as it would be a lot better for him. I have a pump and it is a doddle to do a bolus or a correction without any one batting an eyelid, much less conspicuous than having to inject in your stomach or thigh.

jedi

hit a tree not looking where I was going, messing with my rear light going down a lane, mayhem grassy right hand down hill bend, like many both wheels slipped from under me, landed on my right arm tucked in to my side, last one carrying lots of speed on a night ride along a flowy piece of singletrack (caravan in the wyre for those that know it) clipped a tree stump with my front wheel, wheel off ground still when I reached the next bend so hit another stump, bike flew away to my right I supermanned to the left and sixteen stone at 20+mph landed on my left side on tree roots about 200mm in diameter. easy to see how 1 and 3 could have been avoided, 2 I put down to just one of those things, think 3 would benefit from tuition by someone such as your self.

muddy_bum

did as you suggested and Firefox fires up straight away now, many thanks

In a similar position myself, 2yrs ago hit a tree and still suffering with left shoulder issues, last year fell off on my first lap at mayhem and broke 2 ribs, op on shoulder in July, back on bike early september, bad stack start of october, 6 fractured ribs, torn intercostals, left lung swollen and full of fluid, 6 weeks on and I am about to venture back out on the bike tonight for a few flat gentle miles around the local lanes/towpath. Had a lot of time to think about this and have come to the conclusion I can generally hold my own on the flat and downs with those that I ride with but not on the ups, therefore to improve I need to shed some weight to go uphill quicker and also get some skills training so that I am more consistant with my riding. Always enjoy riding my bike so no worries there

So your doc didn't do a blood glucose reading there and then? When my son was diagnosed last year I did a BG at home (also type 1 diabetes sufferer for the last 33yrs) and it was 27.2 mmol/l, went to docs he did one that was 24.3 mmol/l and my son was admitted to hospital the following day to start treatment.

Both the above BG's are very high for those that are not familiar, 4.5 to 6.0 are the norm for none diabetes sufferers, have a bit of an issue with being referred to as diabetics, rather be referred to as someone with diabetes, much like many other people who have disabilities.

What is the OMM?

Do you clip in first and then apply the bags or cut round your cleats?

muddy_bum

many thanks, will try that when I get home, as it is a home pc I have admin rights so should be able to do this

retro – link was blocked

Windows updates now sorted by downloading directly from microsoft website, any ideas on Firefox?

Firefox issue, box comes up titled:
Chrome registration failure
Firefox could not install this item because of a failure in Chrome Registration. Please contact the author about this problem.

If that is any help

Slightly off the subject but I still laugh about the name the americans gave to cardboard containers that raw plastic arrived at the moulders in…………………..Gaylords!!!! This was about 10yrs ago so may have changed since but spat my coffee out in a meeting with a supplier when he said they had "one gaylord left" :D

Remember Meat is murder

Tasty, tasty murder :wink:

Liked them but prefer Time Atacs, probs I had with eggbeaters was the cleats wore the underside of the spring so they were always loose otherwise they lasted ok

Average 0.19 seconds, rated Rocketing rabbit
1 – 0.170
2- 0.220
3- 0.220
4-0.170
5-0.170

:D

404 – Page not found

nickc – just speculating :wink:

Chilli?

Button as No 2 to Hamilton? Wondered why Hamilton was having a pop at Jensen in the press at the w/e. Rosberg and Heidfeld at Mercedes, finally get to see if these guys can live up to their perceived abilities (assuming the Brawn, sorry Merc GP car is any good next year). Kimi off to WRC? Renault, will they pull out? Kubica and Barrichello, where for them now?

52:13 on flat on 700c

Steve,

hopefully picking bike up from Mick this weekend, then will venture out along towpath next week to see how the lung/intercostals bear up to higher breath rate, not going to risk FOD next weekend as that will be too much, probably another 2 weeks before proper off road ride as long as I don't fall in the cut 8O

Budget may be flexible as he has his birthday and chrimbo in the same month, he has asked for money from everyone for both so he can buy one himself, budget based on rough guess of how much he will get from relatives. he wants one because they are cool and for riding round town with a bit of park/street riding.

Thanks for the help so far, as for sizing he is 5' 2", what size should I be looking for?

Thanks for the words of caution re one of the bike shops

Big M

am aware of such issues, his current BMX is one from Halfords and the brakes on it are desperate, luckily he weighs next to nothing so they stop him, when I rode it I went straight in to the garage door :cry:

Come on guys, need some help here

Thanks surfer

Hope she hasn't been turned to the darkside by the taliban 8O

We have never done the pocket money thing but to help teach our kids the value of money etc we are going to open accounts for them both where we will pay the child allowance (well some of it) in, then they can use it like pocket money but will have to save for bigger things etc, they can then buy their own clothes (we will get uniforms etc). Anyone else do this or similar?

Had to do double take then, I thought the title was doctor I think I have singlespeedtits :D

There are ignorant twunts from all walks of life and all ages

I regularly get overtaken on the ups by these youngsters pushing their bikes :oops:

Large open plan office here containing several hundred people of all ages and nationalities, not a peep for 2 minutes, well done to everyone and as said before

we will remember them

Yes car player is mp3

Can't remember the names other than widow maker but most of the descents round dartmoor that Tim and Woody have taken me down have been brilliant
camber and 3 bears in the wyre are both good too

I was aware of that possibility but they are tracks downloaded from Amazon who do not operate any encoding so the tracks are free to share

Slight hijack but when I burn a disc to listen to in the car the tracks from CD's I have ripped work fine but tracks that I have purchased from Amazon as downloads won't play in the car, any ideas? visible as mp3 files on the disc, play ok on the pc from the disc but car stereo doesn't read them.

And Bridgestone not renewing tyre contract after next year, F1 is really in the mire at the moment.