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Well, yesterday I had a new set of pedals put on my new bike and I went outside to give them a spin at my local bike shop. The blacktop was wet and I wiped hard and ate asphalt. Scratched my left shifter/brake lever (not to bad) a few cuts and welts....
Well, yesterday I had a new set of pedals put on my new bike and I went outside to give them a spin at my local bike shop. The blacktop was wet and I wiped hard and ate asphalt. Scratched my left shifter/brake lever (not to bad) a few cuts and welts....
Bugger me !The recent onset of my 39th birthday and a house move to the edge of town rekindled my passion for cycling.I asked some of the Gods (yes, you guys) and my LBS for advice and the advice was forthcoming. I made my decision, changed it, made a...
Have just been listening to The Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4 (I know it's bad for you, but we all do things we shouldn't) and am seething with rage.The reason? That idiot Melanie Philips. For those who don't know her, she's a columnist for the Daily Mail...
Did anyone see the old bag's extraordinary eulogy to her late mate Ronnie yesterday? It was really odd - verging on the camp, I thought.And what was all that coffin-stroking about? She really is losing the plot.I know there's already a Reagan thread...
Kevin:Let me know when you see this so I can post a job-related PT for you.Davie
This week on PBS' Frontline:For a number of years, Bikel has been covering America's criminal justice system - or perhaps better to call it "the injustice" system. Bikel has investigated the validity of "repressed" memories that have been used to...
Well, after turning Ltd 20 months ago with very little hassle or costs, I have just paid my tax bill on the 1st June and saved a grand total of £3,300. This was for less than a year's trading as I registered late.Crazy and unfair, but there you...
Count the F's in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...(see below) Managed it ? Scroll down only after you have counted them, okay? Do you think there are three? ...
Did anyone see last night's Top Gear, what I want to know is what was the Nissan shown on last night's program,RegardsNB
Alex,You have a PTRegardsNB
. . . that raleigh is crap. Although, I didn't buy one. I have been looking at road bicycles for a few weeks now and have visited two of the major shops in my town. The first carried Specialized, Trek and Cannondale, and was, for whatever this is...
OK, so every one expects of the England squad come Euro 2004 (Except for Steve G of course ) and all the native yoof, cabbies and white van drivers are now zooming about the roads with there George crosses all a flutter.I fancy stirring it up a bit....
As middle age takes a grip, I have become interested in birding and have taken to hanging about at RSPB reserves. While almost everyone seems to have a huge scope (and bins of course), I have yet to see anyone of the twitcher community using a camera...
If you get a chance give this a listen, it might get you to think about what happened in a slightly different light.John Humphrys asks Brigadier General Janis Karpinksi, who was in charge of the Baghdad prison where Iraqi prisoners were tortured, why...
I've been converting mp3 files to wav files prior to burning to CDR - arguable as to whether or not it's necessary but it's the way I do it.I tend to use razorlame which is just a front end to the lame encoder/decoder, this outputs a .wav file, I then...
Just tap in your postcode, and up they come. A bit of fun for the weekend:http://places.jump-around.com/closest/Here are mine:Minges6.6 miles Bummers Hill 8.2 miles Nasty 10.1 miles Shaftenhoe End 11.5 miles Dancing Dicks18.3 miles Shingay 19.6 miles...
I was thinking of giving "The Atlantic Monthly" and "Smithsonian" a go for the first time.Any comments or recommendations?
Did anybody see the Gadget Show on Channel 5 tonight at 7.30? In the last segement of the show the presenter did a blindfolded music test with a live singer,(just vocals)an entry level Linn system, and a top end £100,000 Linn system. They didn't...
What would be a reasonable and expected good practice interest rate a solicitor should pay the client when a sum of £82000 is held for 3 monthsTHanks for any commentsDerek<< >>
May the best win . . . .Arye
Some of you have been very, very bad, and some cyclists are a bit grumpy about it: http://www.cyclingplus.co.uk/f...ID=28424&whichpage=1 Tim
Now come on all you keen gardeners and house planty people, here's a question for you.We seem to have black fly which are trying to nest in some of the compost surrounding our indoor plants.We have been recommended a sulphor based insecticide but I...
MuchachosAs I looked o see what time The Prisoner starts, to my delight I saw that it is preceeded by a programme about the Ginger Geezer.Watch it or I'll send the boys aroundRegardsMikeSpending money I don't have on things I don't need.
is being re-run on BBC4 from this Friday.Wonderful allegorical nonsense which was way ahead of its time.And Portmeirion, where it was filmed is still enchanting.