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- 1 May 2012, 11:06pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Coppers - getting rid of them.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9204
Re: Coppers - getting rid of them.
Yes! scrap them! I've thought this for a while now. The biggest reason is cost. I can't find anything on the cost of making a penny coin, but if it's a similar situation to the states, we could save ourselves... alot. each 1 cent coin costs about 1.5 cents to make. Thus, they actually lose money in ...
- 30 Apr 2012, 9:06pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Cycle adviser job in Lake District
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4397
Cycle adviser job in Lake District
Found this while playing around on the website and wondered if anyone here might be interested.
http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/aboutus/vacancies/job-cycling-adviser
http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/aboutus/vacancies/job-cycling-adviser
- 19 Apr 2012, 10:45pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Student Finance
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17023
Re: Student Finance
I'd phone them up and ask what the heck they're playing at. It seems they need to give you an important bit of information in order for you to fill it out "properly" and "completely". I have no dealings with the particular organisation you refer to, but I believe SAAS and the Nor...
- 22 Feb 2012, 12:28pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: got gritted!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 867
got gritted!
my fiance and I were out on Sunday, cycling beside eachother on an A road. And then a gritter overtakes with not much space between me and it, and then pulled back in with so little space that we got the full blast of the gritter! We tried very hard for the next thirty mins or so to laugh, but we ju...
- 2 Feb 2012, 10:51pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Cause and cure for the common cold
- Replies: 101
- Views: 14604
Re: Cause and cure for the common cold
Alas very little evidence that any of these have much effect. Will anecdotal do? :p I've been getting a cold for the last few days... Last few times I felt a cold coming along, I had some nettle tea with some honey; symptoms vanished the next day. AFIR, I probably had my normal sleep (either >6 hou...
- 2 Feb 2012, 10:38pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Cause and cure for the common cold
- Replies: 101
- Views: 14604
Re: Cause and cure for the common cold
Echinacea, Zinc and Vit C to boost the immune system. Alas very little evidence that any of these have much effect. Will anecdotal do? :p I've been getting a cold for the last few days... Last few times I felt a cold coming along, I had some nettle tea with some honey; symptoms vanished the next da...
- 21 Jan 2012, 1:35pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: FACEBOOKERS PLEASE READ
- Replies: 12
- Views: 930
Re: FACEBOOKERS PLEASE READ
a virus that burns your whole hard disc? that sounded incredibly unlikely to me... Thanks for the link, lollykat 

- 16 Jan 2012, 11:13am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Black Ice, nasty stuff
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1940
Re: Black Ice, nasty stuff
Sorry to hear that. that's rubbish. Glad that you're ok though - and will be back on the bike asap. I tend to avoid the back roads on mornings like this one: i always figure the main ones are safer as the traffic will have got rid of the worst of the ice. Traffic I can deal with; ice, not so much. T...
- 16 Jan 2012, 11:13am
- Forum: Helmets sub-forum
- Topic: Black Ice, nasty stuff
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2212
Re: Black Ice, nasty stuff
Sorry to hear that. that's rubbish. Glad that you're ok though - and will be back on the bike asap. I tend to avoid the back roads on mornings like this one: i always figure the main ones are safer as the traffic will have got rid of the worst of the ice. Traffic I can deal with; ice, not so much. T...
- 14 Jan 2012, 4:09pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: New cyclist looking for some advice
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4157
Re: New cyclist looking for some advice
There are bike stands at Central Station but maybe not enough. I remember being pleasantly surprised at how many there are - a few years ago, there were the same sort of number as in Waverley. I'm not sure what it's like now; but I don't imagine the security has got worse: I've left my nice bike th...
- 9 Jan 2012, 10:56pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Personalities!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1813
Re: Personalities!
tourer is named Raju, after the camel I spent two days on in India. The name therefore conjours up reliability and comfort (but not necessarily speed). I spent about three years settling on a name - i tried Erin for a good while but it didn't really fit. My road bike was quickly named Hilda, because...
- 8 Jan 2012, 5:27pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Bells!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2081
Re: Bells!
Or perhaps include the Dutch exclamation "Oi - Oi!" as & when appropriate? Found it quite effective & well received in last minute emergencies. Although there's always the risk of being mistaken for a radical skinhead themed genre of music I suppose :D or Oi,Oi,Oi,or is that an ol...
- 6 Jan 2012, 3:33pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Overpriced trains
- Replies: 9
- Views: 480
Re: Overpriced trains
I agree that trains can be ridiculous. For instance, with my railcard, I recently very nearly bough some train tickets (leaving throughout the day) from Edinburgh to Leeds at £7*. On the other (serious, empathetic) hand, my friend paid once paid £60 to get from Aberdeen to Oxford; I was travelling f...
- 5 Jan 2012, 2:00pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: missing cyclist in N.I
- Replies: 3
- Views: 864
Re: missing cyclist in N.I
Pretty worrying - thanks for the link. According to the beeb "On Tuesday night, his bicycle was spotted propped against a wall, a mile outside the village" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16419493) It's always weird when people go missing for no apparent reason... hoping for...
- 4 Jan 2012, 10:10am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: missing cyclist in N.I
- Replies: 3
- Views: 864
missing cyclist in N.I
This is slightly old news now, but it's not been posted here - maybe there's a very small Northern Irish contingent; but there's fears for the safety of an experienced cyclist who went out on Sunday and hasn't been seen since... thoughts?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16385946
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16385946