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Perhaps Humpty Dumpty's answer fits? "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." Lewis Carroll .

Agreed. We can stay in the EU with all the benefits that come from that, and trade on a large scale with all the rest of the world. The Germans have been doing it for decades with huge success, showing that trade agreements aren't needed, just desirable products that others want to buy...

No problem Jimbo, I've placed you on Mill Road now. We use the first half of the post code for privacy reasons, but that lands in the centre of a post code area. Here's your new Map Link .

He only speaks like that because no-one else does. If everyone else spoke like that, he wouldn't. It's his way of showing off. .

You're in Jimbo, riding on School Road, Langham: Map Link .

Flying at less than 500' from persons and objects is an offence. It's not a minimum height rule, over unoccupied land they can go as low as they like. I couldn't say for certain but he appeared to be at less than 500' at times. If so, he could lose his licence and be fined. .

Unfortunately not in government at cabinet level though. The Americans have become so accustomed to behavioural criticism from around the world they've become too thick skinned to take any notice, treating it as background noise. It's likely that it will only have any effect when it's face to...

Utterly unfit in any civilised society. His obsessively self-centred nature amounts to contempt for all others, leaving him with no idea how to behave in any company at any time. If only we had politicians with the courage to say to the Americans, "If that's who you think fit for the highest...

They say no plans to bring it to market, I'm not surprised. I can see it could prove rather fragile. .

Working OK on PC as BillyBoy says. .

This has really stirred up a reaction in The Netherlands: Information Link .

And as so often happens, nature got there first. I'm thinking of the kangaroo and its rear leg tendons that stretch with landing force and then propel the animal back into the next leap. That's what enables their amazing endurance at speed with minimal muscle effort. If we managed to match...

But the timing is critical. The power return would have to be at the right point in respect of crank arm positions to become driving force. If out of synch with cadence it could be wasted, or even disruptive of rider rhythm and be a power deduction. It could be that each frame might have an...

You need Circlip Pliers, universal low cost ones on this link Or even cheaper here, looks the same but I've never used these That's how circlips should be removed too. .

A complex way of summing up Britain's failure. Most of these businesses are internal, moving our own money around in circles while, like all of us, consuming from abroad. Financed by borrowing our way towards bankruptcy. Only much bigger businesses exporting the desirable on a large scale can...

Really?! They're almost all on the Pacific seaboard or have far easier access to it than us. What would we sell to them, a UK made Japanese car when they already have them locally? And that far outside the EU means we have no aircraft industry. Bromptons, Harris Tweed and the Duke of...

But they are mistaken. As I've pointed out so many times, post WW2 we went into continuous decline in manufacturing and commerce, ending up on the verge of bankruptcy and being managed by the IMF as a failed economy. And that was against no competition compared to today. The Japanese...

Agreed. What I don't want to see is the occasional S class speed freak mixing it at 28 mph with the more sedentary 12 mph utility cyclists on urban cyclepaths. Of course it's all a bit academic here where cycling facilities are often sharing a pavement with walkers or riding inside a painted...

In an ideal world yes, but it doesn't always work out. When The Netherlands introduced the S class they did similar, but it introduced all sorts of problems so they had to do some back tracking. Basically solving the mixed speed problem of S class bikes and motor traffic by having a new mixed...

There is no problem with having more power, it only exists in the minds of the rule benders who want to have their cake and eat it. To have more power, step up the the L1e-A assisted bicycle class, a 15.5 mph pedelec with a 1000 watt rating, four times the power of the usual pedelec. Ideal...