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by The Mechanic
19 Sep 2016, 3:57pm
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: It's about time we had more fun
Replies: 7330
Views: 429194

Re: It's about time we had more fun

Outside
by The Mechanic
7 Sep 2016, 3:10pm
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Body Parts Discovered
Replies: 15
Views: 2012

Re: Body Parts Discovered

I don't know about discovering body parts. I seem to have put on so much weight that some of mine have disappeared. At least, I can't see them any more.
by The Mechanic
7 Sep 2016, 3:05pm
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: PSA TEST
Replies: 11
Views: 1451

Re: PSA TEST

I can speak from experience on this having had a radical prostatectomy (Prostate and lots of limph notes out) in 2013. I am still here three years later with a PSA result "not detectable". :D . I am now on annual checkups and rode Dover to Cape Wrath a year after my op raising £2500 for the local urological cancer centre UCAN. I consider myself one of the lucky ones. 10,000 men in the UK die of prostate cancer every year. The father of one of my daughter's friends was diagnosed around the same time as me. I was at his funeral a year later.

If you don't have the test you will only find out when it is too late. :(
by The Mechanic
7 Sep 2016, 2:47pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: CTC Member Benefits
Replies: 45
Views: 41649

Re: CTC Member Benefits

belgiangoth wrote:
robgul wrote:.

EDIT as an afterthought: A benefit in a different way is the opportunity to ride with lots of friends as part of a formal group - that's been remedied in my case by the disbanding of CTC-Heart of England MG and the formation of Heart of England Cycling Club - where options exist for CTC members or members with their own insurance arrangements


Rob

in a time before I had kids I rode with the heart of England, I was shocked to see a unanimous vote to leave the ctc...


The only reason I maintain my membership is so I can ride with the local CTC group. Otherwise, I would leave in protest at the constant tinkering with something that was not, IMHO, broken in the first place.
by The Mechanic
7 Sep 2016, 2:28pm
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: It's about time we had more fun
Replies: 7330
Views: 429194

Re: It's about time we had more fun

Letters patent
by The Mechanic
29 Apr 2015, 12:03pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Predict the Election Results
Replies: 276
Views: 8181

Re: Predict the Election Results

Reading these posts I have a dilema. Either, some of the people on here are so far left as to think Joseph Stalin was right wing. Or, as I suspect, I am living in a completely different country from most of the posters. Whatever you think about the Tories, you have to admit that the economy is now in a much better state than it was when the Tories inherited it from the last Labour government. OK, you may not be entirely in agreement with the methodology but the result is positive by any standards. If you don't think a country need a strong economy, just look at Greece.

Furthermore, having lived through the referendum debacle last year, I am not sure how a political party that tried its best to break up the United Kingdom can now state that it will be good for the UK to have an increased presence at Westminster and still keep a straight face. But them (almost but never quite made it)King Alex never did have a straight face.
by The Mechanic
27 Apr 2015, 2:50pm
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: It's about time we had more fun
Replies: 7330
Views: 429194

Re: It's about time we had more fun

Finance Director
by The Mechanic
24 Apr 2015, 1:36pm
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: It's about time we had more fun
Replies: 7330
Views: 429194

Re: It's about time we had more fun

Dance hall
by The Mechanic
22 Apr 2015, 5:07pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Sir Jim...again!
Replies: 113
Views: 6532

Re: Sir Jim...again!

It seems to me that, when the going gets tough, the tough form a linch mob. I thought we stopped all that a number of years ago.
by The Mechanic
21 Apr 2015, 11:59am
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: It's about time we had more fun
Replies: 7330
Views: 429194

Re: It's about time we had more fun

Caribean Island
by The Mechanic
21 Apr 2015, 11:32am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Pesion Rules
Replies: 23
Views: 3029

Re: Pesion Rules

al_yrpal wrote:I have a number of small annuities, the best one pays £120 a month. They are on my life only so if I snuff it before my wife its gone swallowed up by Prudential. I would like to have control of that pension cash myself and next year it looks like I will be able to if the Tories get in. If I can get the cash I can buy some more high yeilding shares, I already hold a lot some shares and get an annual income from them in the form of dividends of 4.6% tax free which is much better than any fund or paying parasite so called financial advisor fees. In addition I will be able to leave the shares to my wife and she can leave them to our kids. Its absolutely great that the government is doing this. Some idiots may go for the Lambos but it puts you in charge of your own hard earned cash. If I cash in a small annuity every year I can avoid swingeing tax charges.

Bring it on

Al


Interested to know how you get your dividends "tax free"
by The Mechanic
16 Apr 2015, 4:18pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Tony Blair: return of the man?
Replies: 54
Views: 6253

Re: Tony Blair: return of the man?

Is this the same Tony Blair that started two wars in the Middle East and then got a lucrative job as Middle East Peace Envoy - priceless!
by The Mechanic
16 Apr 2015, 4:16pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Shimano BR-R650 cable pull compatibility question
Replies: 13
Views: 4297

Re: Shimano BR-R650 cable pull compatibility question

I have BR-650 brakes on my audax bike. They are operated by Ultegra 6700 STI levers. I have not noticed any change in the brakes since changing from 6500 STIs
by The Mechanic
16 Apr 2015, 11:58am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: National_Lottery Loophole?
Replies: 37
Views: 4936

Re: National_Lottery Loophole?

Does the system not have a option to change the date of the draw when you put in the same numbers?
by The Mechanic
26 Mar 2015, 10:09am
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: It's about time we had more fun
Replies: 7330
Views: 429194

Re: It's about time we had more fun

slaughter house