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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
It's stopped raining ! 
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
It's stopped raining !
Not here it hasn’t!
Gave me a chance to try out all my new wet weather gear and it passed with flying colours. Gore Tex trail shoes, Inov8 race pant waterproof trousers and a Ronhill/Mountain Warehouse gore Tex shake dry jacket. Not far off £400 quid’s worth but worth every penny if you like getting out no matter the weather.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Sadly no. Beef and vegetable. Just finished all the prep for chicken and chorizo stew, will get that cooking after the school run.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
We had one yesterday
Eaten or seen? Or both
The local Sainsbury's has mince pies and hot cross buns a few feet apart.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Just started raining here
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Better go out when I get home - parent's anniversary, so better get flowers and a card. Don't think flowers will survive 10 miles in a pannier ! That's my excuse for not getting flowers for MrsF !
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Two slices of wholemeal toast for luncheon - one with cooked chicken, the other with cheddar & chutney, along with a pear, a nectarine and two 
It is still raining here, although I can see a break in the clouds coming in from the south west when I look out of the window.
It is still raining here, although I can see a break in the clouds coming in from the south west when I look out of the window.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Well that was a quick rain burst , the rain and wind has stopped now
Eaten or seen? Or both
Eaten
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
That's cool.
This line here is a main one, but not terribly busy compared to some. We get maybe four passenger trains an hour or so (those two or three car diesel jobbies) but the majority of traffic is comprised of goods trains. It's nice to look out of the window and see what's on them.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Basically the bio version of the detergent contains enzymes that "eat" the dirt from the fibres - a layman's description from my vaguely remembered A-level chemistry. It's very effective, but alas, if like me you've sensitive skin, it's not so good. Bio detergents make me scratch like a baboon.
To answer your other question, the colour protect just has certain compounds in to enhance the colours. Like if you use a whitener, it contains a blue dye, as we perceive that as being brighter.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Dunno about the maths, but it sounds like spending a fiver to save a penny... A bit like a cat show friend looking to buy a heated clothes dryer rack thingy to use instead of her tumble drier.
If my oven went t*ts up I might buy one, but in the mean time it's not something I can justify buying.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Nope.
Running Vista on the laptop I'm currently using (Sony Vaio), and it can't be upgraded. It simply doesn't have enough slots for the RAM needed to run more recent versions of Windows. Might be different for a desktop as there's far more space inside one of those, but it's major surgery and probably not financially viable.
I'm no expert though, so you might find it worthwhile popping over to the Hobbies subforum and asking in the PC repairs thread. IIRC @DCBassman is a fount of knowledge when it comes to computery things.