Pretty sure that is the same rule that google, amazon, facebook, starbucks etc. followed when they play.

Write better rules then.

Mrs Z hunts slugs by torchlight in the evenings.

Picks them up in rubber gloves, slips the glove off when her hands full and ties them up.

Don’t want the buggers coming back after all that effort.

I used to sleep in my Saab 900 at open meetings, saved the hassle of a tent.

It had hinged opening rear windows. With one open and the leeward front window open a little to get some through flow it was fine.

Creeping into education too, Mrs B is a SENCO and often has to support families (as often the parents have issues that just weren’t acknowledged in their school days) to even get to the point they are considered for help. How many even then don’t get it is heartbreaking for her. It’s scary that there are tactics being developed to get it though an ATOS filter.

To be honest I didn’t recognise the child they were describing.

All true, but she certainly knew how to big it up.

My daughter claims DLA for our grandson. He has some mobility issues, and a couple of health problems, not in my opinion enough to warrant a payment from the state. She claims a lowish level of carers allowance too.

However, shes’s entitled to it and she claims it. Makes life easier for the lad and for her.

She had help in filling out the claims form from a council worker who knew what to say, and what not to say.

Life’s just a game, you got to know the rules.

Even ignoring all the effects on your liver, blood glucose, brain, mental state etc etc:

1) How many calories are there in a bottle of wine? That amount of drinking would make me get fat very quickly.

2) How much are you spending on this habit? £6/bottle * 365 days = a brand new bike every 12 months.

Stop it at once. Duh.

You were doing well there, getting you point across, and giving a relevant reason to cut down, Spoilt it with the usual STW sign off. Just can’t help yourself, can you.

so what would YOU do if faced with potentially letting hundreds of people burn to death AND 100% guaranteed getting banged up for corporate manslaughter if that did happen?

Didn’t stop Ford when they faced the prospect of a massive recall on a model that would burst into flames if rear ended. Many instances of the occupants dying. They did the sums, compo verses recall costs and decided not to do the recall. Let them burn, was written on the paperwork.

Hasn’t harmed Ford from what I can see

Might want to think about your choice of language there Zane.

Really!

It’s the same with those irresponsible Marxists who went down with blankets and food, the communist bastards. They should have set up a pop-up bedding and hot chocolate store to tap into extensive market opportunities.

Too right, they’ve all got £5,000 burning a hole in their pocket.

Just use an old train ticket. Job done at minimum cost

3 people, 2 spaces. One drives, one cycles and I walk. Works for us.

How much for a bet on middle lane of a busy motorway on first day of your holiday, meaning the ferry is missed…?

No charge. Adds to the excitement.

I bought a Miracle when my son showed a short lived interest in sailing. Not sexy, but light, safe and cheap. He should be able to sail it too in lighter conditions. Depends how much you want to spend.

The guy who right hooked me saw me and totally misjudged my speed downhill.

Perhaps you were going too fast

Easy fix. Remove the sprung retainer for the rubber door seal, peel it back near the door lock. The lock mechanism is usually held on by 2 screws, sometimes torx headed. Remove lock, disconnect electrical wiring, refit to new lock, replace the 2 screws, the rubber boot and finally the clip.

There won’t even be time for your tea to go cold.

The Int14 and 49er are still on my to do list and for nostalgic reasons I’d love another go in a 505.

I recall a cruise one evening from Seasalter SC to Whitstable. I left my Lasde behind and crewed for a guy on his Tornado. It weas slow drift down to Whitstable, where we had a meal and a couple of beers. The others got up to leave and my helm asked if I’d like another drink. Silly question.

By the time we’d finished and walked to the beach, the others were lttle but dots on the horizon. The wind had freshend and it was set for a fast reach home.

I’d sailed cats before, but not the mighty Tornado. We set off and it seemed
quick but nothing exciting. However, it wasn’t long until we caught the early starters and went past them like they were standing still. Very impressive. Effortless speed. Quite a long way up once the windward hull starts to fly though

One of the best was a sail in a Flying Dutchman, once I’d got to grips with the continuous trapeze. Steep learning curve.

Again speed without drama. The length (fnarr, fnarr) provided stability and she cut through the waves like no other single hull craft since. Glorious looking boat and you could pretend you were Rodney pattion or Ian MacDonald Smith. Younger readers might need to google their names.

STW making innocent people the villans yet again.

Very true, I think a lot of it is that the conditions are never the same each time out.

Done a little team racing which is fun and adds to the thought needed.

You’ll plough through them eventually.

Harrowing!

One of my best sailing moments was in a Wayfarer sailing across to the Isle of Wight. A good steady force 5, broad reach, spinny up boat screaming along, absolutely flat, spray everwhere.

We passed a few feet off the sterns of a gaggle of Sunsail training boats.

I had the tiller and sheet in one hand, apple in the other , John, who’s boats it was was playng the spinnaker. That reach seemed to go on for ever.

One of the Sunsail bods looked at me and I raised the apple in salute. Us flat out without a word being said, we’d sailed together a lot and John was never the most chatty of guys. The Sunsail bods going nowhere and shouting at anyone and everyone. I know how was having more fun.

The long beat home wasn;t as much fun, but still good. Time spent in a boat is never wasted.

I want to know what the white English community are doing to stop this type of extremism, it is their problem isn’t it.

When you say white do you mean non muslim?

I’m sure there’s white muslims.

Looks like it was a revenge attack. Targeting Muslims. We’ll find out I expect as the driver has been arrested.

Err it’s always been match racing.That was sort of the whole point tbh.

The first boats that raced for the cup were given a handicap. One boat would have to beat the other by a given margin. Match racing developed when rated boats were used. These are boats where the designers are given free range to design what they want but a series of measurements from the boat put into a complicated formula must give a set answer.

All thing being equal, waterline length and sail area are the deciding factors. Designers try to get an advantage by trying to beat the formula.

I prefer match racing rather than the drag races the filers tend to dish up.I guess it’s not exciting enough for the sound bite generation.

The previous mower, a Wolf was great. Wet or dry grass it all went in the box. I only replaced it as I gave it to my daughter when she got her first house. Solidly built and we’d had it 10 years with only a new blade being required.

The new model looked like a toy. The flimsiest plastic possible that looked like it would shatter of you bumped into anything. Styling was crap too.

Bought the Hayter. It was a toss up between that and a Honda. It’s very well made, easy to use (are they all) and cuts the lawns very well. Just hates damp grass.

Had to buy a Flymo for early and late season use.

My daughter has her own place, own kids and yet still phones us for lifts.

Just say no. I do on occasion just to remind her that we have lives too. I don’t sit on my arse waiting for her to ring.

Get a Hayter, just don’t expect it to pick up wet grass :evil:

46. Men on E-bikes – they find it irresistible.

Worth every penny then. :D

What do women really want?

I’m in a similar position. I start a new job in September and have been thinking about an e-bike. It’s a 10.5 mile journey each way, without showering facilities at the office. it’s along a main road, but with a back road option that raises the journey to 14 miles or so.

I’ve looked at ebikes, the Volt range, better than they looked on the web, but my eye was really taken by a Trek Conduit+. A dedicated commuter bike. Built in lights, rack, of sorts and with the motor in the bottom bracket rather than the rear wheel hub at least punctures are repairable by the side of the road.

They cost £2,250 which is a fair chunk and I keep thinking that I could get a half decent motorbike for the commute. Don’t fancy relegating one of my sports bikes to commuting duties.

The bus is a 30-35 minute journey and with stops outside the office and a 5 minute walk from home I’m wondering if the bus might be the best option. I’d certainly use it in the depths of winter. Don’t really want to run a 2nd car just for my commute. Although something sporty with a soft top might be nice.

Too many choices.

Leaving the OP out of this I tend to take the view if you can’t put the right fuel in a vehicle then you probably aren’t the right frame of mind to be guiding 2 tonnes of metal at 70mph.

It’s not yet 10 o’clock and we’ve found sanctimonious knob of the day. Well done.

I don’t really feel any party is offering what I want.

Cos it’s all about you, innit.

So that the OP can waste time moaning on the web about something that will have next to no impact on his life.

I’d rather you didn’t go to the Isle of Wight, clogging up the roads with your car/van, tearing up the ground with your bikes tyres and taking up parking spaces that the locals might want to use.

Hate cyclists.

“Just put them on a mobility scooter now and be done with it.”

Genuine laugh out loud at that. Well said.

One guy biking fast down a downhill track and the other biker pushing up on same track. They crash. Only one could be saved. Who would you save?

Neither, the’re not roadies.

The breaking distance for a horse

Why would they break on tarmac? they’re not that brittle surely.

Those scrotes on the Police, Camera Action type programmes seem to get away with this all the time.

Tell him to get a hoodie, a few tats and a can of Tennants for the court case and he’ll be fine.

Oh, and to check the paperwork next time.

The original race was just a multi-boat race round the IOW. The original syndicate members might get quite excited by the current crash and burn format

Not really, the syndicate that built America and came to the UK to race for money. The found no takers and eventually a cup was put up for a race around the Isle of Wight. America won it by virtue of what might be considered cheating. They went back to the USA gave the cup to the NYYC and it was put forward as a trophy to encourage international sport.

It was for match racing, not the drag strip style racing that is used today.

What sort of tatooed bloke goes sunbathing on a beach?

Why would he put his shoes on to chase you?

LIAR!

franksinatra should log off from the internet sites that he’s abusing himself over 24/7 and visit the great British seaside.

****!

I watched some of the races today. They’re quite good, and mercifully short, but it’s not match racing as I know it. I can’t see anyone throwing 42 tacks in the final beat, there not long enough for one thing.

I imagine the original syndicate members spinning in their graves.

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