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The thing about Daddy Long Legs is that they've got a really toxic venom but they have no way of administering it. But apparently that's not true anyway. Oh, a Daddy Long Legs isn't a spider, it's an insect* Unless you're not English.

Or a couple of DVDs, or half of a Bluray disk... That's a very outdated fact

Rowan is telling the truth: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=155

My thoughts on the matter - Rowly pretty much said them up there. State-sponsored care for anyone is REALLY expensive. If it's full time, it costs something like £50k/year, and if it's children with other conditions (learning difficulties, epilepsy etc) it can go up to £80k/yr. So having a parent do all of that is clearly in the interests of everyone. I obviously don't know exactly what's wrong with your neighbour, but don't underestimate how difficult it could be to care for this kid. Considering 9/10 people on here have never paid real tax because they're in school/uni, I don't think anyone really has the right to moan too much. Are you the Lord of a Medieval castle? Why do you have a courtyard?! For disability living allowance, or incapacity benefit - It does. Not for normal dole though, for obvious reasons. That doesn't mean you can't con the doc' though.

Yeah, I was hoping someone would realise that I was quoting Alan, otherwise it's just an incredibly inane fact, haha.

Vaguely humorous stuff along the same lines: The are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who understand Gray code. Why do mathematicians like national parks? Apparently Playing Stairway to Heaven backwards says some satanic crap. It really doesn't though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgxqgGUDno Although playing a Windows XP CD backwards plays satanic messages. That's nothing, play it forwards and it installs windows. I'm sorry :$

Crab sticks no longer contain crab and from 1993, manufacturers have been legally obliged to call them crab-flavoured sticks.

Yeah, you buy a 26" frame with a 1080 wheelbase. It makes no sense! Haha, that's pretty funny.

Look in the wiki, there's loads of guides for stuff http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/wiki/Wheelswap

That was sweet. Your videos always have great riding, but the filming was good in this one too. Maybe there was too much filler and not enough riding though? Looking forward to part II

Lets see it then?

And that is why the Lord invented centimetres. Praise the Lord! EDIT: Aw, too slow.

I wouldn't assume that unless you know for certain. I have no idea but I wouldn't be surprised if they were completely different.

I thought that's all students did these days, share beds? Seriously, don't worry about it.

Is that in Man Met union rather than the Manchester uni one? A lot of places are just generic. 5th Ave is pretty bad for that stuff - I used to go every week and seriously they never changed the playlist. It was basically what was the current flavour of the week, then a classic indie/rock song (RATM or Nirvana or something), then repeat. So predictable. If you didn't hear 'Killing in the Name Of' at least once per night, you'd be disappointed (it never happened, though). One place I quite want to go to is South on a Saturday. Clint Boon runs it and it's all Manchester indie stuff. Never been though.

Scu Bar does the goldfish bowls. 42s is OK but the bouncers can get dead arsey and only let the scene kids in cos it's only a small place. The last time I went, the queue was huge and when we got to the front, the bouncer nearly sent us away because we weren't regulars Music is good though. You ever been to 5th Ave? Basically a cheaper, dirtier version of 42s filled with student idiots.

Manchester has a lot of fashionable bars and stuff. In terms of proper club nights there's Sankey's which is pretty well known and the Warehouse Project who do some pretty cool events but it's not a permanent thing I don't think. And the Paradise Factory which has only been around a few months but it's from the guys behind factory records and the Haçienda (you ever seen 24 hour party people?).

I've never seen that video either. Cheers Phil. I was quite surprised to see Giacomo in the same video as Edd Tongue. But he can go a lot bigger and smoother now!

We don't really live in the metric system. We buy food in kgs because we have to (Even though everyone would prefer lbs), we buy 25ml shots of vodka but if you buy beer it comes in pints. We measure distances in metres, unless it's a long way when we use miles (certainly not kilometres). Cars have engine sizes measured in litres, but the speedo is in miles. I could carry on. It makes no sense! But it's England, it doesn't have to make sense

Yeah, I'm not saying you're wrong. Just that arguing the point isn't going to help him improve much.

Yeah it's much easier if you can line them up but then you need loooooads of cups. Yeah, I went to Jilly's once. I'd say it was OK, "if you like that sort of thing". When I went (A couple of years ago now) there was one main room (full of goths and cyber punks), one 'classic rock' room (full of long haired moshers) and a punk room. I've never really been into the goth/heavy metal side of it so it was a bit much for me, haha. Give me Morrissey anyday

Quite obviously a scam

You'd be surprised, I promise you. It's just relentless - by the time you've drunk your shot and poured the next one, the minute is almost up and you've got to start again. Going for a piss can be very tricky.

I don't think it's something that you need to go out and practise. It'll come just by getting your backhopping sorted. It's a really weird technique though, I wouldn't really know how to explain it. But if you must try - Kind of bounce your back wheel forwards under you. I can only do small hops (maybe 6" forward max) but I'm sure there's a video of Phil (totaltrials) doing a 3ft gap without a chain Oh, and it helps if you've got flat tyres (10psi makes it super easy) and you're on a sharp edge. With regards to the original topic - for a hop on the spot you shouldn't be pulling your pedals back. If you're going to do a pedal-hop, then yeah, cock the pedals back a bit. But for just hopping on the spot (or backwards, I suppose), your pedals should stay put.

I suppose. I never had an en suite shower/toilet. In fact my room in halls was literally a box and there was no way you could f**k it up really.