manuel

Wtf

Is it wrong to want this ? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202107094821518?advertising-location=at_cars&year-from=2011&price-to=10000&postcode=Bs79pr&body-type=Estate&page=1&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&fuel-type=Petrol&include-delivery-option=on seems a c class is a similar price to a mondeo

Economy is not a huge concern as the number of miles we do is fairly inconsequential compared to the outlay of car/insurance/tax/servicing. I’ve looked at bimmers but am unsure about them, I guess I have a hangup in my head that parts/servicing cost might be high? Edit:something like this https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104221677060?advertising-location=at_cars&price-to=10000&postcode=Bs79pr&body-type=Estate&page=4&make=BMW&fuel-type=Petrol&include-delivery-option=on still 10 years old though im hoping the budget to be fairly grown up 5-10. I’ve come to realise something in my life has to give, and there are some things I will just have to spend on and remove effort. wish list… not super old reliable, can be run for a significant number of miles/years with minimal ball ache and cost estate, big ish. petrol cruise and 6th Not a slug. Can fit roof bars.

If you wanted an estate that size but couldn’t have diesel because of the Bristol caz, what would one buy? Mondeo? Pretty much everything I’ve seen in estate is diesel.

It is interesting how consistently badly we do at major tournaments compared to how often our domestic teams win in Europe. I enjoyed the tournament, was disappointed by a lot of the team selections, and pretty disappointed we lost on pens again. But it’s not like we were the better team. It’s nowhere near the hurt of ‘96

Phew, for a while there I thought we might need to find a new song to sing at football tournaments.

Quick question - floor finishes - I was going to use wax again but figured a varnish might be harder wearing (it’s outside after all and hopefully a workshop) anyone have any experience of the industrial type 2-part ones, and whether or not it’s worth doing, or whether something like the bona mega varnish might be good enough?

That blows. Bit of a swizz, if they take the money in advance - you may as well just take a smaller mortgage

As in they didn’t do what they said they did or it didn’t make any difference?

Yes and no. For a lot of people it’s the only way in to buy, so there is usually a big queue to get in on it, which generally means they are hideously overpriced. Cheap cheap rent on the bit you don’t own makes it sort of affordable to buy, but gotta be careful of the management fees / charges as some can be crazy money, and usually run by big companies who don’t always do the best job. nought wrong with flats/apartments though. Just the hassle/extra cost of management fees, but if done properly takes away the cost of building maintenance.

taking my time this time round, also turns out the blocks need slightly more prep.

I wonder if it’s possible to calculate the theoretical maximum speed in relation to wind speed? it’s a bit of a mind melt.

Front wheel was useful for more than just bashing into stuff.

Don’t they have to work pretty hard to take your deposit? I thought all the rule changes meant that they had to prove actual damage or a total lack of cleaning? edit: either way you should fight them to the end if they do try!

Not sure if I’ve read this wrong, but you pay mortgage at the end of the first full month, so you shouldn’t be in too bad a state? Also that sweet sweet deposit money coming back in helps!

Classic tradesmen…. my usual electrician didn’t do this job it was one of his guys though… Measure twice… I guess partly my fault as I thought the armoured cable could go rear entry, but still they cut that hole so close to the socket it wouldn’t have stayed in the wall. luckily that’s where they left it for the day so I changed the board. It would have been a complete pig to repair after they finished. It took 10 minutes…

Treated to myself to some of the new Sony in-ears and they are pretty good. The start talking to get ambient sound pumped in is pretty awesome.

fully clad and finished most of a coat of treatment (2 to go ), fitted the isolator for the ac, and finished the main boarding ready for the electrician. Might do the floor next as a break and to get rid of some of the big piles of parquet blocks.

I’m disappointed that you didn’t go straight in with a pussy joke.

Been working on the shed a bit this week. Progress is slow but I’ve nearly got the cables in and the boarding out is somewhat done. got the lights working too. I can now shout at the google lady to control them or have them trigger off motion or door sensors.

TMI dude

Haha, I guess I was happier with the media part of the riding I did! And technically I was videographer for the team as well as rider, so maybe the money was for that bit mostly if you slice it down, there were tons of people who could have done what I was doing, but didn’t. It did feel a bit embarrassing sometimes, like at the bike shows/demos. It’s interesting, today as a rider if you want a steady income you kinda need to be producing content very very regularly, which isn’t always great for quality. Maybe that’s part of the big gap problem, people without the backing have less opportunity to create the Uber banger that they are capable of, and the big boys get ever increasing budgets and can create mind melting stuff that puts them further out in front?

Christ! I’ve only just come across this thread, I’m genuinely shocked about the DH salaries. On the other hand, stuff that doesn’t count as wages can really stack up, transport, clothing other equipment and more bikes and spares than it would be possible to ride and break. I’m not sure if this is still the same but hope used to expect riders sell their team hope stuff on as they didn’t used to pay anyone, but were happy to give away boatloads of stuff. I guess it further confirms how ridiculously lucky I was when I joined Ashtonbikes. I got paid (not much but was able to do a full time job at the same time!), got loads of stuff and had lots of fun. And looking back had no right to it given my level

Gotta say I’m a bit gutted Ricciardo is getting stuffed. He dispatched Vettel at Redbull and has always been fast/fun to watch and can overtake. It’s a shame he is so far off it.