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I'm just watching the Reagan funeral on TV and have been incensed by Stevens speech after what has been a very dignified farewell to Nancy's husband and a US president.However do all US citizens really believe Russia to have been the Evil Empire as...
Get an extra '5' with a Cambridge DVD55 from that nice Mr Richer.Voted 'DVD player of the year' by What Home Cinema.How much - £99.95Bloody astonishing.It even makes a reasonable job of playing my CD's as well.My local branch even had them in...
Ford Fiesta burns oil-solutions ??My youngest has an 8 year old Ford Fiesta with an HCS 1,119cc engine. Thats the one without the timing belt, ie it has a side camshaft and a conventional rocker shaft on top of the cylinder head.She's had it for over...
Always wear underwear in public, especially when working under your vehicle. From the Northwest Florida Daily News comes this story of a Crestview couple who drove their car to Wal-Mart, only to have their car break down in the parking lot. The man...
One for the techies...Has anyone seen OLED technology in the flesh and is it superior to CRT or LCD technology for something like, oh, I dunno, Photoshopping?The reason I'm asking is that Apple is rumoured to be using OLED, instead of LCD, in their...
A big corporation recently hired several cannibals. "You are all part of our team now," said the HR rep during the welcoming briefing. "You get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please don't eat any of...
Sounds like a knocking shop in an Essex car park, I know...But I managed to get a great view of this via the use of binoculars and a piece of card. Not being an octopus, however, introducing a camera into this arrangement of holding things was not...
Hi all, Yeasterday I stupidly opened a quarentene file on my computer not knowing what was in it,but I soon found out a trojan called contact 1 or something like that. I have run the anti virus software[McAfie ]spybot and Adaware and they all show "clear", cleared the internet files and auto complete as I was told to do by Local Friendly computer expert and everything is back to normal except that, apart from a couple of Images all the photos on the forum are shown as just either a large...
Saw Panorama last night. Basically it showed Nottingham as a town with 300 bars right next to each other, a population of predominantly binge drinkers, both men and woman, who have the disposable income to support it, so will never stop, and a Police/...
Of course this is the last thread that people want to read right now, but I had to post something. Reading the accounts of Bob Edwards inspired me to spend the last week riding on the road through our Metroparks rather than the bike/walk trail. It has...
This is my first posting. (what a great forum!) I shall try to be brief but I'll try to tell the whole story.I didn't touch my system for about 15 years. It consisted of Linn Sondek, Valhalla, Ittok, Asaka, NAC42, NAP 160, Arcam 7 cd (about 2 yrs old)...
If you are hunting for lust or serching for love it seems that the web, a mouse and a hard-drive may well be the answer to a geek's prayer. Prehaps our very own relationship advisors could comment on the paths chosen by these four chaps (why only...
Can someone help point me in the right direction?Basically i want to use itunes as a convienient front end to an office/second system and would like to improve on the sound of the standard output. I have a spare DAC lying around and i was wondering if...
Sorry guys.A long time ago in the land of my youth, I used to race bikes. This was whan bikes were bikes and there were no mountain bikes, BMX etc. I had a custom made Mercian 753 road-frame with a full Campagnolo set and Mavic Blues, FWIW.I had a...
Anyone else playing this? IMO, marked improvement in the physics model, with the cars feeling substantially weightier and weight transfer playing a much greater role in the handling. The new tracks are decent, although I haven't got the Italian...
They accused young Master TibbsOf telling outrageous fibsAbout all his modsBut really the sodsDisliked the cut of his jibAQD
Often this forum is criticised for talking to much about hifi hardware, and not enough about music.As the summer begins I am now levelling this accusation at all the cycle threads, lots of talks about bikes, not enough talk about where to ride!!I am...
Thought it might be interesting to see what people saw from their lounge/garden/terrace or whatever.In my case I work in a bedroon and stare out over the north Derbyshire hills, a nice enough rural setting. But I'm sure some of you have more...
In recent months I've had some very strange virus-containing email messages that bordered on being respectable abstract poetry. I was reminded of them when another one, entitled your Cirrus UK account is funded, arrived this afternoon. I feel it lacks...
Can anyone recommend a place to buy larger than usual footwear? I'm looking for shoes for my teenage son who takes a size 12. He likes Vans, and places like High and Mighty have very limited stocks of this sort of stuff. They are also very expensive....
Hi folks.Due to general issues with my current ISP (they are trying to bully us and have lost all that was originally attractive about them), I am looking to relocate and find a new co-host ISP.Basically, I'm looking for an ISP who sells rack space on...
Alright i think its safe to assume there is a portion of forum members who enjoy either Mountain biking or Road Cycling, etc...Well after another hard but enjoyable day in Epping Forest (eating flies) cycling, i thought it my be interesting to hear...
I purchased a waterrower rowing machine today following comparison with several others including the Concept 2. I like its action, looks and storage option but think that the distance measured is a bit odd. I don't seem to get more distance as stroke...
Hi all.I'm thinking of getting a new road bike. I had a Trek 1000, which I frankly shouldn't have bothered with. Oh well--that's a story for another day!I've looked at and test ridden the following: Bianchi Vigorelli and Giro, Trek 2200 and 2300, and...
Just curious about the story that's breaking now regarding the resignation of George Tenet as the director of the CIA, apparantly for "personal reasons". Not wanting to start any new conspiracy theories, but I am curious to know others views as to...