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- 1 Jul 2012, 9:42pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Deep discussion of the word Thwarted
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4997
Re: Deep discussion of the word Thwarted
I thought you were referring to a chav with a speech impediment. Innit?
- 30 Jun 2012, 11:26am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: HELP ! ! Bindweed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5177
Re: HELP ! ! Bindweed
I've used the gel (and thick gloves to apply it - it took me 2 summers but my garden's now bindweed free
Nettles are currently my biggest problem, but apparently they're a sign of healthy soil and I'm cooking with them (nettle tea is actually quite nice) so it's nice to be drinking a refreshing brew thinking 'Gottcha ya [rude word removed]!'
Nettles are currently my biggest problem, but apparently they're a sign of healthy soil and I'm cooking with them (nettle tea is actually quite nice) so it's nice to be drinking a refreshing brew thinking 'Gottcha ya [rude word removed]!'
- 29 Jun 2012, 2:21pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Naughty tights? MAFIL alert?!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7179
Re: Naughty tights? MAFIL alert?!
Never did him any harm....
- 29 Jun 2012, 12:50pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Naughty tights? MAFIL alert?!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7179
Re: Naughty tights? MAFIL alert?!
Hey - don't pass up an opportunity! If your lycra clad botty's getting that much attention then why not rent out advertising space on it? And if it's as large as you say it is you'll be riding a carbon/ultegra clad bike before you know it!
- 28 Jun 2012, 6:16pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Quality Bike Shop/Service
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2632
Re: Quality Bike Shop/Service
Personally, if I was heading out on a trek where the maintainability of the bike was kinda paramount I'd learn to service the thing myself. All of it. I'd certainly ask around and I'm sure there's plenty of people in London who'd give up a few hours to teach fettling if you don't have the time.
Otherwise, and despite what some may say, I've always had great service from Condor Cycles on the Gray's Inn Road http://www.condorcycles.com/bike-maintenence
Otherwise, and despite what some may say, I've always had great service from Condor Cycles on the Gray's Inn Road http://www.condorcycles.com/bike-maintenence
- 28 Jun 2012, 4:47pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: £50,000 prize for anti bike theft device
- Replies: 65
- Views: 8159
Re: £50,000 prize for anti bike theft device
iviehoff wrote:Because a lot of stolen stuff is rapidly removed from the country and sold in remote places?
Errm - no more exotic than your local market stall or Gumtree. Everyone* loves a bargain without inquisitive questions. There's no need to have the expense of shipping stuff abroad if there's a ready market for your purloined goods right outside your front door...
Anyway, I think someone should invent a non-newtonian fluid bike stand(sink???) with a secure 'release' mechanism. Kind of vibrate it at a certain, customizable rate to turn the solid into a liquid. So while your bike is submerged in the goo no-one can see it - and even if they could they couldn't get to it. Then once the fluid is now liquid enough you just reach in and pull your bike out. You could even make the fluid have some form of cleaning/de-greasing agent built in.
Genius!
That's me off to the Patent Office then!
* For a given value of 'Everyone'
- 27 Jun 2012, 6:25pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: East Coast franchise. New trains.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15444
Re: East Coast franchise. New trains.
This is the kind of thing the CTC should be lobbying hard for!
Come on management/directors/trustees - do some work
Come on management/directors/trustees - do some work
- 27 Jun 2012, 12:05pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Highway Code Book - I Am Confused
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8898
Re: Highway Code Book - I Am Confused
isn't it all on the web now?
A quick google reveals it is!
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/travelandtr ... /index.htm
A quick google reveals it is!
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/travelandtr ... /index.htm
- 26 Jun 2012, 11:23pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Any difference in gas cookers? + Recommendations please
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4340
Re: Any difference in gas cookers? + Recommendations please
andrew_s wrote:With the earlier versions of LWWF meals, there were problems with paper labels or running ink if you tried to use the water you'd boiled the bag in.
Have these now been fixed?
To be honest I've never noticed. If I'm eating that kind of stuff then I'm miles from anywhere, knackered and hungry. I'd eat toilet paper covered in squid ink if that's all there was....
- 26 Jun 2012, 2:00pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Any difference in gas cookers? + Recommendations please
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4340
Re: Any difference in gas cookers? + Recommendations please
Another +1 for Jetboil stoves and the frying pan. I did love my Trangia, but life's too short to be waiting for it to boil stuff and then there's the cleaning of the thing.
And as BeeKeeper said, you can make very tasty meals with a small amount of imagination very quickly. I know some don't like them but I'm a big fan of http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/landing Just rest the open foil bag in the pasta/rice to cook both at the same time. Win!!
And as BeeKeeper said, you can make very tasty meals with a small amount of imagination very quickly. I know some don't like them but I'm a big fan of http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/landing Just rest the open foil bag in the pasta/rice to cook both at the same time. Win!!
- 25 Jun 2012, 11:53pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Naughty tights? MAFIL alert?!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7179
Re: Naughty tights? MAFIL alert?!
Surely there's more hygenic places to store a banana and a couple of scotch eggs?
- 25 Jun 2012, 10:14pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Supermarket Packaging
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7229
Re: Supermarket Packaging
I buy all my fruit and veg at the market and take my own bags. It's actually nice getting to know market stall traders - and if you 'book ahead' they can get all kinds of stuff like those things those lying TV chefs say are 'available in all good supermarkets'
- 22 Jun 2012, 11:16am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: TLAs
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6824
Re: TLAs
wrangler_rover wrote:...
Am I the only one who thinks that TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) should have their full form bracketed the first time they are used in order to avoid confusion, otherwise they are in danger of becoming jargon with their meaning only known to a select few.
...
I think you're on your own there as everyone else uses google...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=acronym+finder&l=1
- 21 Jun 2012, 10:06pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: First post: GPS for long lone bike trips? Garmin Etrex-30?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9014
Re: First post: GPS for long lone bike trips? Garmin Etrex-3
fit one of those phone charger dynamo things? Turn it on for the downhill bits - extend battery life to a whole day?
- 21 Jun 2012, 8:09pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Help me be less mediocre!!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5406
Re: Help me be less mediocre!!
[quote="Claireysmurf"... I think you're just trying to wind me up now[/quote]
Hey - Fish and Chips is serious business!
And I'm looking at that Critical Power stuff and cycling computers! Now they're serious prices!
Hey - Fish and Chips is serious business!
And I'm looking at that Critical Power stuff and cycling computers! Now they're serious prices!