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Think he shouldn’t be allowed to play unless he fits in with the rules of the country he wants to play in. If it turns out he doesn’t qualify for the exemption then - Byeeeeeeee. Separate discussion as to whether those rules are the right rules.

Yeah I thought £1400 seemed pretty decent for all the stuff that comes on it! Only downside is it might not fit in the bike shed as it’s longer than a bus.

Is life insurance required by lenders now? I assumed it was just an add on that brokers tried to sell you? I didn’t take out any when I bought our house but since we got G, we did get some. Did the moneysavingexpert thing and it was good ish value.

I went rogue and got a hello Dave. I figure it’s been over 10 years since I rode a mountain bike and if I buy a small light one I’ll just try and ride it like a trials bike. Also it was cheap.

Im so old... I looked at that and thought - what the hell are you going to hang on that? Maybe like 2 shirts on hangars, seems a poor use of space!

Planetx are not going to be delivering my bike on time. Advertised as within 14 days, and Im already paying finance. might not even get here before my birthday in march.

Ok - Im just interested, Ali, Adam etc. What do you think about Paxlovid?

The commercial ramones 14 that griff had is about the lowest standover/seat height i could find. He was a shortarse but got on and could ride at 3 at around 92-94cm tall (can't quite remember but know it was less than recommended). If he wasn't still so short it would be for sale but he still needs the seat on his new bike.

Well, in true royal mail style, I found out that there is asbestos in the office and its location 15 years after I started working there...

Extraordinary. There were a few clips i'd never seen in there that were incredible. So good!

daily test on days 6/7 gets you out?

That is odd about the 70-80s. Maybe there are still lots of unhealthy 70s who haven’t died yet but are about to, and above 80 you’re looking at only relatively healthy people surviving? They would mostly be above average age at that point?

Rhetorical (mostly) questions. in the uk without a prescription, where are you getting ivermectin? There are people starting up buyers clubs etc to make it available - pretty open to abuse. what dose are you going to take? Large doses are dangerous, as far as I can tell, more dangerous than a large dose of paracetamol. The main reason I keep banging on about it is that taking unprescribed drugs against medical advice can be pretty dangerous and I don’t like it being endorsed on the forum as if it’s totally safe, or even ‘Ok if you do it right’. In the uk you need a prescription to take it. (I’m providing balance to the force here ) It’s a completely separate thing that it probably doesn’t do much, has just as many side effects as the vaccine and might have actually been taken less times than the ‘unproven’ or ‘experimental vaccines 8.5billion doses. If I google ivermectin I get some pretty dubious results from buyers clubs to animal versions to fda warnings about it. My guess would be, statistically, taking it without being part of a trial or a prescription (if that ever happens for covid treatment) is going to make you worse off not better.

Absolutely… I know I keep banging on about this, but taking ivermectin without a prescription, and against all medical advice is not really a good idea - it can do you more harm than good for all sorts of reasons. However if people are interested in it as an alternative treatment they should sign up for a study and make it ‘scientific’ safely and under controlled medical conditions. Principle trial.

It absolutely is not an experimental vaccine. I don’t think it’s helpful to describe it as such. At a push “new vaccine” but even that is implying something that it isn’t.

If all concerned were sensible, Mercedes’ would have said - we are right - all we want is lewis is world champion. That is correct. The rules have been broken by the fia and it’s pretty clear cut. Redbull says max is also world champion - he did it fair and square on track and the fia’s decision has robbed max a chance of doing it in the rules. If it had been red flagged it was a straight shoot out for 4/5 laps whatever. If they had kept the cars in between them there is a decent chance they all get out of the way at the first corner and max has a good chance of getting a chance at a pass - he is like 4 seconds a lap faster. fia apologises says they made a mistake, award lewis the race but award no points and they are joint world champs. as it stands it’s going to court and the whole sport is irreparably damaged. Which is pretty crap. Either way Massi is done.

Quite funny that it was latiffi in a Williams that caused it

Lol. fia credibility is in tatters, but fair play for an overtake on the last lap.

meh - only 22 years to go I suspect we may just move somewhere cheaper and go mortgage free that way at some point.

Are those them ti cranks that you are running? The bike looks genuinely stunning Adam.

I wondered if at those angles and tensions that the friction would be enough. Might cause an issue with the cross pattern unless you go - in flange over flange and back through. That would probably stop any kind of slippage but the flange might not enjoy it.

Looks fantastic! anything stopping you using it as ‘pairs’ of spokes and halving your hub end splice time? Might create an odd load on the flange but should be ok?

Verstappen is a joke. Some of the worst and most blatant cheating I’ve seen. He had one great move at a restart to get ocon and Hamilton but Christ the rest was so shitty. Makes schuey look like a f**kin saint edit: I’m not really referring to the ‘brake test’ as although that was pretty dim, Hamilton was also playing at that point a bit, it’s the divebombs with no intention of making the corner and just saying move or be taken out.

got a google doorbell for being able to answer the door whilst I'm in the shed. That all works fine and dandy, problem is when I'm out the notification for a doorbell push is a tiny short ping or buzz (I run silent all the time) which i can't even feel when my phone is in my pocket. Can't change the notification type at all and it doesn't just 'ring' like a video call which would be so much better. Stoopid google are idiots.