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hmm, this is all good fun, but i cant help thinking there must be more effective ways to compensate for all that menopausal infecundity up in Cheshire?

Used to have apple as well,when younger,a 911 back then too,that really is like impulse 2, crap in reality,I think it(having cheap functional expendable stuff) is about not getting hung up on form,instead focussing on function/experience

one could argue that its a refreshing case of not being programmed by brand advertising, I have a 40 euro bottom of the range LG that does everything an Apple does, except make me look a twat

yes, r5ecent attack on red crescent convoy in Syria comes to mind - the next logical step (as with "safe areas") is to provide military cover, but that is one more perilous step closer to direct contact between NATO and Russian/Syrian military and the prospect of a much more serious war.

too true, reminds me of my time in the nhs, two experiences - bullying, mindless change imposed by cost cutting management - and the goodwill of clinicians doing responsible work despite this. but before I left the goodwill was either running out or gone. there is something to be said for what...

I'm not singling out the inhabitants of this group of islands (though I have a hunch living on islands can promote insular views). I'm sure the greed and selfishness her isn't different form anywhere else. I agree with the control of the attitude by the psychopaths in charge being a big part of...

I agree with this. where we disagree is I think the degree to which the public is controlled through misinformation versus knowing participants in what happens. what comes to mind is the house price bubble, low interest rates and Gordon browns raid on pensions. everybody knows property is a...

I'm sure they're not different from eu citizens or, probably, trump supporters in the nature stakes. but I think there may be more to it than the ethical environment corrupting their attitudes, in the nurture sense. I think there may be a degree of "consensual crime" involved. if one thinks...

I largely agree. however, that's taking a very benevolent view of our fellow citizens nature/character. they may be more than abused - they may also be overentitled, selfish, quite corrupt - wanting to use a points based system to lure medics from third world hospitals, but blatantly, abusively...

I agree, specially in terms of zero hour contracts and a uk society increasingly conned by Tories into a ever greater divide between many working poor and a corporate/political cabal feeding them horse manure about being in it together while screwing the daylights out of them. however, while...

for me it would depend where I'm touring, if anywhere civilised id take the rohloff, knowing I can replace or have it repaired, if third world id take derailleurs. where a rohloff scores for me is commuting, its so reliable and trouble free, I've done about 25000km on one of mine, and its been...

I agree with the sentiment of this post. I had a similar feeling last week, but I'm afraid most of the brexiters on this forum will heartily disagree with it. The immigration issue is about alleged benefit seeking immigrants coming to the UK to not work, right (as if the natives of the UK are...

I've been noticing it for years (the postier's pedelec), at least sicne five years ago if memory serves, I usually tell my OH that this is the easiest cameo for understanding the difference between the Anglo Saxon and Latin world (contrasting the generally happy go lucky postier with his unhappy...

the only 2 cents I would add is that (and I've had two rohloffs for five years or more, one on a Brompton, one on an old Kona fire mountain hybrid with raised stem I use for commuting) a rohloff is so good in its own right it may put you off pedelecing, always having exactly the right gear ratio...

lovely rhetoric, still think Nige would love you on board as a "script writer". however, its the economy stupid. brexit is bad, in practice. as it unravels the part of the electorate without the unsavoury BNP/Nige sentiments will have a change of heart. To paraphrase, you cannot polish a...

This is a tangent,but anything from Reynolds 531 or above with good geometry does me. The more battered and frankenbiky the better

i used to live in London/bucks, more or less where are you located? its going back a bit, but I found it a good area for pedelecing, not least because anything else (car, bus, train) is slow, congested and impractical. I recall it also being quite pretty for cycling, and have friends who say...

bet you say that often. yes, life is a puzzle. yes, ideally one needs to be rhythmically smacking a lectern, spluttering and waving at the horizon to do justice to that kind of material.

You know what, I think Nige may just have found his new speech writer for that inaugural for his third (or is it fourth?) return to mainstream politics! Sewers, effluent, trying to take away others right to free speech. It's all there. Could we be in the presence of the er embryo of the next...

yes, well if nothing else the referendum has provided a decision about the compos mentis of the electorate (and not a favourable one)