Stumpy

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  1. Stumpy

    Mountian Bikes

    He he this is funny - V-Brakes were fine in the mud for years before disks came along, sure - disks are better but v-brakes are still good. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  2. Stumpy

    Mountian Bikes

    Go for the frame every time - the nature of mountain biking means that you will trash parts whether they are high end or not, so if you make sure you get the best frame you can afford, then upgrade components when stuff starts breaking. As for V's vs disks, a well set up set of V's is still an awesome brake setup and willl pitch you over the front if you are heavy handed. They can be lighter too. Having said that, my new avid hydraulic discs are awesome Never try to eat more than you can lift
  3. seen loads of them around here - they seem pretty nice for a 250 tho. (although i've got my eye out for something 500 cc bigger ) Never try to eat more than you can lift
  4. I've gone cold turkey and its hurting Never try to eat more than you can lift
  5. Oh come off it. 1.5 million guns - there are somewhere in the region of 80 million people in the uk i think? WHats that - 2 percent of people assuming 1 gun to one person, which i highly doubt was the case? If 2 per cent of people cared, that is not really significant in our culture. As for "ruining my credibility" - maybe you should actually come here and speak to a load of people and see how few actually give a shit. I'd buy you a beer just for the hell of it!! For the record, no i don't like the nanny state and ban everything culture we seem to have going on here which is why i am voting with my feet. But the gun argument for the reasons above is really a non starter and the only person here who seems to worrry about it is someone who doesn't even live here! Never try to eat more than you can lift
  6. I wish they would do that more often - its these c***s who put our premiums up... Never try to eat more than you can lift
  7. You know this better than anyone - all that stuff is complete crap - mainly from people who want to perpetuate their own agenda. There are real problems, but they are with things like - cost of living, taxation, overcrowding, public services, the NHS.... Actually forget te NHS - that apparently is much better. Tony said so Edited to add: The gun arguments are particular unfounded bullshit because no-one had them before the ban. They purely don't figure in our culture and never really have. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  8. I think he is trolling Never try to eat more than you can lift
  9. Just selling my Seat Leon Cupra. Going to miss it! Never try to eat more than you can lift
  10. Why did you go for the zeus? Never try to eat more than you can lift
  11. yup ditto. the family should be humiliated if they can't control their kid. I reckon the airline will gain more passengers than they lose because of this. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  12. 1. Antony Flew's conversion was not to theism, but to a weak deism, a belief that a creator set the universe in motion but has not participated in any way since (Carrier 2004). 2. Flew's one and only piece of relevant evidence for accepting a deistic god was the apparent improbability of a naturalistic origin for life (Carrier 2004). Flew, by his own admission, had not kept up with the relevant science and was mistaught by Gerald Schroeder, a physicist and Jewish theologian (e.g., Schroeder 2001). He later conceded, "I now realize that I have made a fool of myself by believing that there were no presentable theories of the development of inanimate matter up to the first living creature capable of reproduction" (Carrier 2005). Thus Flew's conversion is, by Flew's own admission, baseless. Flew remains a deist but calls his belief a "very modest defection from my previous unbelief" (Carrier 2005). 3. The argument from authority is weak to begin with, and Flew has never been a spokesperson for atheism, much less for the unrelated subject of evolution. Nobody's unsupported beliefs, including Flew's, constitute an argument for or against evolution (nor for or against atheism). Only evidence and logical argument are legitimate reasons to accept or reject any objective position Taken from here: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA115_1.html From my own understanding of him, he is not an evolutionary scientist and does not actually debate that evolution happens. His only issue is with the initial creation of life, and as such i can accept that if you are religious then this is a good way of reconciling faith and evolution. Having said that, a super-intelligence being the only good explanation? I don't think so. The fact that we don't have a perfect description yet doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  13. Ah but this guy is already flying camera as well so he obviously has "Mad Skillz".... Never try to eat more than you can lift
  14. search for "hang dive" in theses forums... Never try to eat more than you can lift
  15. Fabian is at Bodyflight bedford until Monday. you could email them and ask them to pass a message on Never try to eat more than you can lift
  16. See now you've gone and read the articles and applied reason and logic - that's just not fair!!! Never try to eat more than you can lift
  17. Gerald Ratner's "all my jewellery is Crap" moment was a pretty good one. Or the Enron school of creative accounting Never try to eat more than you can lift
  18. Having said that, i am reasonably certain the hippo might have a slight advantage on land Never try to eat more than you can lift
  19. Seeing where you are going i would suggest empuriabrava. Its near Barcelona - they have good planes, instructors, coaches and people. Otherwise if you are going south, head to skydive spain near seville. Never try to eat more than you can lift
  20. There are a lot of tunnel staff like that. skydiving is not a prerequisite. A lot of them outfly most skydivers as well. You think you didn't learn anything because the guy didn't jump?? Never try to eat more than you can lift
  21. Stumpy

    Your Ideal Job

    Not sure i like this game! Never try to eat more than you can lift
  22. Google earth if you haven't already got it. Neo office if you don't wanna buy and don't need the microsoft version. skype Those are the main three i have put on my new one in the last week plus a bunch of widgets I like mine too Never try to eat more than you can lift
  23. He he - i thought thats what might have happened because i had exactly the same misunderstanding a few weeks back. Never try to eat more than you can lift