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Yeah, that was written on the 6th of August...

First off, sorry for your loss. Can't imagine how hard that mut've been for you. On the religion side, of course if someone take comfort in some crazy story that makes them feel they're not just going to become worm food then great but I can't help feeling a bit sorry for their delusion. Secondly, the main point of this thread was supposed to be Creationism which in my mind is the massive joke at the beginning of the bible which some simple folks don't seem to question. On that point I find the bible laughable and as such know that whoever wrote it didn't have a single clue what they were writing about (understandable, of course, at the time) and so all that follows is also nothing more than Harry Potter Episode 1: The Phantom Jesus. Yeah, Christian missionaries have a lot to answer for... And in the absence of that all that remains is that the eneducated human has an innate need to try and 'understand' the world in which they live and consider what awaits in the afterlife. I don't know what you're specifically describing but I imagine it's similar to what most cultures seem to decide... Something you don't understand? Ah that's the invisible dude. Sick, ill, dying? Yeah that's the invisible dude's plan I'm afraid. What happens when you die? Ah, don't worry, the invisible dude will sort you out. Sounds like 'god' to me.

He didn't even have a computer until last year (?) did he? I don't imagine updating websites is hgh on his list of things to do! Think he may have to resort to getting Dave Cleaver or someone from The Clan to do it for him.

Is there a chance that the entire bible could be in fact metaphorical (fiction) and that maybe there was no Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Kings, wise men, star, sheep, donkeys, octopii, burning bush, Noah, ark, flood, burning bush,..., snake, tree, apple, Adam, Eve, rib, 7 day creation, god?

I always thought it was kinda like skate/snowboarding where right foot forward (like me) is less common and therefore 'goofy' and left foot is more common and so 'regular'. Maybe not though.

More mutation, forced or otherwise, rather than evolution I'd say. Seemed to come oout of nowhere is all.

I assume you've got everything that's on his Bebo and Facebook.

That's the Southend on Sea post office apparently. Is that anywhere near you? If I were you I'd give it a couple of days (the tracking on Royal Mail is often delayed (except on Special Delivery stuff I think)) and if nothing happens give that post office a ring and see what the score is. If all else fails, shout at Rowan.

It doesn't need to be massively tight in the vice as it just needs to stop the sprocket rotating so shouldn't damage the hub at all .

Standard mod gearing is 18:12 so I'm not surprised you're finding the 16 too easy! Get the 12 on there and you'll be amazed at the difference it makes. Might take some getting used to but stick with it and it'll help your riding no end.

You must be doing something wrong then!! I run about 25-30psi probably with Tesco innertubes and don't puncture even doing 9' rolling gaps...

at the moto stuff at the end... Damn he's good. Still think Bou's better though!

Meh. I run reasonable pressures in them and only tend to get one pinch a month, if that... And that's with Tesco innertubes too!

Only way I get them off is to put the sprocket in a vice (if it's being chucked anyway you don't need to bother with the chain bit) and then just grab the outside of the tyre (much easier if you leave the tyre on for grip and some extra torque) and unscrew the wheel from the sprocket. It will probably be pretty well on there but it should go.

I run on the back when I do trials and they're really soft and grippy, never get punctures but weigh about the same as a small car. I've chopped every second side knob off it to reduce to the mass a bit. High Rollers can be bought in 2.7" width but I'd say they're a bit overkill. What sort of riding do you do? When not in 'comp-spec' I just run DMR Moto RT's- 2.4" rear and 2.2" front and really like them. Not the best puncture resistance but good for everything else.

I have to say that the creation story, i.e. the beginning of the bible, is one of the main reasons I could never take christianity seriously even from a young age. If it starts off with such a stupid blatantly false 'tall tale' I've never had even the slightest inkling to read any further because I know everything else from that point on is also just a work of fiction. I do agree with you that it's a comfort zone for anyone who doesn't want to think for themselves and is hence why I tend to consider religious people, probably wrongly, as rather naive and displaying a lack of intelligence. Rich always has had a way with words!!

Mmkay...

Haha, if you put it like that... However, I know that the chance of that happening is equal to me waking up tomorrow morning and finding that I can fly like Superman. I can't really take the concept seriously!

Considering that possibility is just impossible(!), not unlikely or improbable, just impossible, then the scientist would do more good by banging his head against a brick wall... I'd be loathed to investigate that. I'm confident that ain't gonna happen... ever. Believe in what you want if it makes you happy but pleeeeease don't even consider creationism to be anything other than a fairy tale!

Good for you . I'm glad not all Christian brain washing is successful and some people in your position are able to think about things for themselves rather than blindly following whatever they've been taught to believe. And as for the edit?

Sorry, not getting at you, just saw that as a challenge .

Yeah- bloody posties going on strike! Who do you think you are, eh? 'We're not doing it for the money'. Whatever! Just deliver the damn mail! ()

Edit to try to put an end to the dinosaurs and human footprints drivel: Love that final sentence .

Aweful news. Thoughts are with his friends and family. "Friends also paid tribute to Danny by posting internet videos of him doing stunts on a BMX bike in Inverness. In the videos, the teenager jumps on to and off walls and railings." Good ol' P&J...