The best 15 seconds of RS4* ownership**… [/url]

*This one had a couple more cylinders.
** Not mine

Which mags are doing well? What’s behind their success/survival? Diversification may be a factor?

but

it’s not an RS4

For what sort of revenue? We pay considerably more, but this may be because the economy to scale isn’ there. And for what service? We abandoned card terminal and monthly sub (mostly used for phone sales) in favour of stripe which is good for phone sales and payment processing for online sales. At face value, and with assumptions about what you’re getting then I’d be giving them a hi five and signing something.

In all the water sports situations I have been in I’ve never carried a mobile phone. Whilst I understand your situation and agree to some extent your reasons for it, I think you’re over thinking the basics.

The only safety gear I carry is a whistle, a damn good one.

I’ve been in situations that could be described as “extreme” but I know what to do and how to get out of the situation should I need too. I’ve never used the whistle yet, but I will continue to carry it just in case.

Back to your situation, I agree that trying to press anything with both cold/none working fingers or the lack of ability to the think straight is tricky. The bigger the better, whatever phone you choose.

I’d seek out MattOutandabout off here for his years as an instructor/outward bound expert, for should he be so inclined to give his expert advice on your choice decisions..

Just sayin..

I used to think the same, until we got caught out by a 35 kt (recorded) squall (this blew up from a F3-4, but in hindsight we now know northerlies at Stokes Bay do this sort of thing). We were very kindly escorted back in by a passing cruiser who also stood by whilst we waited out the worst of the weather upside down and dropped the (now holed) main. Thankfully no other damage that we noticed at the time*, so we made it back in, across an ebbing tide under jib. Coast guard had been called (by someone on shore), and whilst there was no formal report filed, it was firmly recommended to us that we carry some form of comms for reaching shore. I would feel a bit silly for ignoring their advice should we end up doing this again. I did find it mildly entertaining that the CG were sat watching events unfold in the comfort of their landrover, eating their sandwiches. Guess they figured we had it sussed.

The next step on from the self recovery would have been calling the club, politely asking for some assistance so as not to bother GAFIR/HMCG, so there is something here about making sure you get the right attention from the right people.

*We actually ended up losing the mast, which had cracked above top spreaders

Waterproof case on lanyard and iPhone works fine for us when we are out without safety cover. Flat phone works well tucked under buoyancy aid, trapeze harness and rash vest. We looked at VHF but impractical on the boat we sail. Our situation may be different insofar as a) we’re out as a pair and b) if one of us falls off the boat (49er) the boat falls over too c) we are never out for extended periods (but do get quite a distance away from help).

Reminded me of this…

Whilst by no means perfect, the government will support you in your choices by adding 25% to your donation by way of Gift Aid, if you are eligible.

Heard good things about Shears Yard too.

I think what might suit me is to pay a bike shop an annual ‘lease’ in return for being able to arrange an insured hire or demo bike at short-ish notice, and drop it off again after a ride without worrying about its maintenance.

Now we’re talking…

… But I do still really like my new bike.

I can get a 30k car for £3000 a year on lease. That car is worth 15k max at 3 years old. People will argue they’d rather buy a car but it is cheaper to lease these days in most circumstances

If you ‘need’ a brand new, or £30k car.

The only way the Lease company can make any money is to charge you more to lease it than it would cost to buy

I do think they can lessen the pain by buying in volume, but essentially this is my understanding.

I don’t think bikes can cost enough, be in demand enough, or retain a high enough value for this to work. But given cost per ride/mile of ownership, I would probably lease if it was possible. But then would I need proof of insurance too?

Having said that I do really like my new bike…

Good experience of Stripe so far. Reliable, seamless integration with Shopify and no known fraud issues. £15,000/yr, 1000 transactions for same period or thereabouts.

2x 5010s went on a cross country ride by mistake… Splat[/url]. So much fun, excellent choice.

large mortgage > large savings pot. So I guess we have liquidity rather than savings? What does ‘savings’ actually mean?

Tuscany winked at me this year on family hol. Easy flight to Pisa from Leeds, good bits on quiet roads from the airport. Unspoilt, sea, hills, vineyards, really nice pace of life. Iceland was an incredible experience by bike, but not necessarily easy – we had to take an awful lot with us.

given that we’re never going to win anything in it this is a big toy really. 49er[/url]

Just out the other side of this. Use a solicitor. It’s not just for you – think about assignment at future date (bigger premises, smaller premises). Getting in is easy, getting out needs to be too (within reason). A question I wish I’d asked before engaging a solicitor – ‘has your lease been drawn up by a solicitor’. If it hasn’t it could be a tricky process.

Thanks everyone. My instinct is that this was targeted. The shed is very well hidden at the bottom of the garden, which in itself is hard to access, and there’s no way of seeing what’s inside. None of the garden tools/power tools were taken. Insurance looking a bit more hopeful, but probably won’t get full replacement value for the swift. Current state on the Kubler-Ross Grief Cycle = Frustration. Then no doubt depression will kick in when I get a full response from the insurers.

For some reason I can’t get pics to work. Links here:

Swift
More swift
Specialized

Go for it. The world needs more George Bennies and Greatbeardedones.

Leather/cloth/whatever the heated seats in the mkiii are really very good indeed. Which means you need leather!

Wonderful!

Yep, or North Leeds option might be something like: Ilkley Moor, down into Menston, then onto Otley Chevin, Golden Acre Park, Then pick up the Meanwood Valley Trail into town, or Eccup, Harewood, Wyke, Shadwell, Roundhay Park after Golden Acre.

Do you have foxes in the garden? They’re very good at spreading fleas around. If you can deter the foxes/keep them out, you may solve the problem that way, combined with a decent flea treatment.

Oh. I thought this was the one about contractors dumping things in hedges…

As you were.

There will be a LOT of these available s/h coming off lease deals soon. Does that mean there will be some bargains to be had?

+1 for salesforce, with a clear development plan. It can do pretty much anything you want, which is great, and really really bad.

Good bit of Bethwaite design! Enjoy 🙂

Fly from Birmingham to Glasgow?

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOWM

the scene does also contain a disproportionate amount of Musto-wearing try hards

haha! Yes. It does. Tim Nice But Dim has to fill his weekends somehow…

cold, cramped, slow and boring

Wrong boat then 🙂

Currently re-learning one of these after a very long break. Only been cold so far…

Small boats are great, big boats are great, everything in the middle can be a compromise on comfort and the experience, especially if it’s for multiple days and it’s your first time out.

Not helpful, but we are thinking about a nanny and it is all these things that scare me… so will just watch quietly.

This Legg Mason Japan fund can’t carry on doing this for ever I’m sure but 34% in the last 3 months is nice.

I know… Bought in early Feb, just wondering when to get out.

NOT WINCHESTER HOUSE BRICKS?!! Bricks and mortar v. pricey round there…

I’d happily pay £1 to the local park’s association/charity if it meant making an excellent space (Roundhay, Leeds) even better. Directly to the council however… probably not.

Maybe ‘voluntary contribution to the park’s charity’ might be less compromising to Park Run’s values?

Park run is not without impact here – parking is very tricky for an hour or so and it makes walking the dog/toddlers on the park’s arterial paths impossible. But no bones, we just go elsewhere on a Saturday morning.

What you’re after is a Gravity Bike.

Fitted IKEA in the old house, was impressed and I believe the kitchen is still going strong/looking good 8 years on. We went with them because of price, but also because the carcasses were slightly deeper than others, meaning we could scribe into the back to fit our wonky old house. It was quite a big project, and I’d say the only negative was having to pay for delivery on top, and the to-ing and fro-ing to the store.

I would thoroughly recommend buying this one 🙂 About to re-advertise at reduced price £17500 ono.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-skoda-octavia-vrs-estate-20-tsi-petrol-dsg-64-plate

Pretty sure it’s here