http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/this-is-how-the-nazis-started%2c-says-everyone-200906081810/

The daily mash seems to understand

very finely sliced cucumber on the windscreen always works well. it dries to rock hard very quickly and is an arse to get off.

the quorn quarterpounders served with melted gorganzola and onion chutney always go down a storm.

i have never been able to grasp the true meaning of catch 22

powdered toast man

agree with stoner TBH

juan has jumped on me for allegedly being a racist/xenopohobe etc etc in the past but has also forgotten that I started the thread on here calling for him to come back after he was treated pretty roughly by some forum members on a thread he started about motorbike helmets.

juan – you seem unable to distinguish between well intentioned banter and genuine unpleasantness. From what I can see 99% of the problems on this issue on STW are caused by you.

what is google???? : )

cheers folks

maybe they wanted to be together at the end?

incredibly sad, i cannot imagine what they went through to arrive at this decision :(

yes, the bulging over the top thing is most unpleasant

If riding is making you feel worse then don’t bloody do it! Sounds like you have enough going on.

Your mates, your bikes and the trails will still be there after you have mended yourself and had some time out.

get there super early
take a table to put your stuff on
take a chair to sit on
group stuff into price ranges
don’t budge on prices til at least 10am
prepare to be haggled by professionals :-)

you could just prefix every post with ‘i am a knob but..’? :-)

Seemed like a reasonable sentence (the indefinite bit) given the crimes – still can’t even get my head around how people can be capable of that sort of thing though.

no neither can I. Maybe its cos i have 2 little boys, but I have found it near enough impossible to watch any coverage of this case without getting insanely angry or welling up :(

a bit more diversity anyone?

ok then

Husker du – new day rising, i apologise
Julian Cope – world shut your mouth, safesurfer
Spacemen 3 – take me to the other side
Mudhoney – superfuzz/bigmuff ep
Hawkwind – spirit of the age
African headcharge – no, do not follow fashion
Steel Pulse – jah pickney – R.A.R.
Max Romeo – I chase the devil
Amorphous Androgynous – the witchfinder

And check out some of eat static’s adventures into trance

Titus FTM

http://titusti.com/titus09/bikes/trail_ftm.php

empire of the sun – we are the people
aphex twin – on
toots & the maytals – pressure drop
bob dylan – idiot wind
section 25 – looking from a hilltop

some like it hot

apocalypse now

i win!

personally i’m more concerned with landfill and waste – our allocation of bins is full without the extra load of disposables.

see now i find that very interesting because our friends who are filling up wheelie bins with disposables have gone mental on reducing packaging waste in all other areas because they have no choice. As a result they reckon they’ve cut down on over half of their waste packaging which shows what can be done.

being running the same combo for ages without a problem. try putting a little spray of lube/grease into the area where the saddle rails go into the saddle shell.

I think the main problem with the surveys carrie is twofold;

firstly most surveys have been instigated by people with a vested interest in the outcome which casts a lot of doubt on the findings. Secondly as you say everybodies circumstances and houses are different.

footman james did ours for about £150 a year.

‘ am sorry is there a reason NOT to be worried about carbon footprints? Have you got some secret knowledge about the subject that the vast majority of scientists are missing? Is there a reason to not try and reduce it?’

no, i was attempting to make the point that some get very excited about single issues, in this case one that is open to debate on its genuine value.

don’t let it get to you mastiles_fanylion. In my experience some people get very bent up about the nappies/landfill/carbon footprint thing.

The bottom line (boomboom) is that having kids increases your carbon footprint, using cotton ones might increase it a bit less but it depends on your circumstances. Think about some of the other things that have an effect on the environment wrt kids. Are you going to buy premade baby food or mix up your own fruit and veg sourced from local suppliers? Are you going to buy brand new clothes for them or get second hand stuff from family and friends/boot fairs etc?

If you are in for twins then i reckon there’s nothing wrong in getting them birthed, home and getting aclimatized before even thinking about this stuff.

best of luck by the way :wink:

‘I just hope that I can do him justice in the manner by which we raise him.’

you will be just fine, go with your instincts and give the little fella as much love as you can.

congratulations to you all. My 2 are 2 and a bit and 10 months and i am still buzzing (that might be the caffeine though) : )

We used cotton bottoms on our first and found them to be easy peasy. its like everything when you first have a child – it seems unsurmountably difficult to begin with but after a couple of months getting into a routine its fine.

If you look at some of the comparisions done between carbon footprint of reusables and disposables you will find they are about the same. The main issue after that is the landfill one. You can get biodegradable disposable nappies form most places these days and i know a lot of people who have gone down this route.

like the coffee brown colour but the builders tea is flipping horrible. What were they thinking? If you are going to expand to 3 colours why have 2 brown ones?

Now just wait for the tarmac nappy!

lol, its a bit of shock that first nappy :-)

congrats to all, amazing time for you

is very sunny and breezy down here in the garden/patio of england. bastard headwind of this morning becomes glorious ‘3rd leg’ on the way home WOOP

RopeyReignRider – you want me to post you the hat now?

i might start a women’s specific bike company called lunar cycles

then again i might not.

oof is my 2 years old’s favourite word. he walks around shouting ‘oof’ a lot at the minute

OOOOOF

don’t have kids so am just speaking from experience of my friends, but it seems the problems come when blokes expect time off but the wives don’t get the same, so I think it sounds like you have the balance right.

yep, mrs yoss rides a bit but also goes out with friends one night a week and does other stuff during the week too. If I compared ‘hours off’ she’d probably be ahead of me but then i don’t have to look after 2 kids for 12 hours a day so i reckon its all good.

Agree 100% with oldgit about riding with ‘non-dads’. 2 kids is a totally different proposition to one.

I get an early morning ride in most weekends (out at 7ish – back by 12) but thats about it for the mtb. I commute 18/20 miles a day to work so still manage to stay reasonably healthy.

Personally i think you need to accept that you will ride less and at less sociable times when you have kids, end of.

rolling stones – gimme shelter

was on the radio before I left this morning. turned it up loud and danced round the room with my wife and 2 kids :-)

I know someone with a cube ltd team – its a lovely bike.

For £850 i’d likely go for the charge duster mid.

:-)

Geetee1972 is spot on – I would set £150 aside from the 1k for a decent helmet, gloves, shorts, a hydration pack, a few tools and if you are commuting some bright lights.

£850 will get you a nice hardtail. Go ride a few, there is a massive selction at that price point; orange, GT, giant, kona, felt, charge, trek, spesh, cube etc etc

send me a fiver and i’ll send you a hat – recorded delivery of course. :-)