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Mr_D_and_HotTart
Over 90 days ago
Bisexual Male, 56
Bisexual Female, 61
0 miles · Hereford and Worcester
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1) Go to one first! You will need to know what to expect, especially about dress, numbers, behaviour, badges etc.
2) A right-sized private room at a sensible price
3) Proximity to at least one sensibly priced hotel
4) A findable location - the simpler the directions the better!
5) Adequate car parking
2) A right-sized private room at a sensible price
3) Proximity to at least one sensibly priced hotel
4) A findable location - the simpler the directions the better!
5) Adequate car parking
if 438640 members each waste 30 seconds on this, that's 152 days of our time wasted.
If you keep on sending these weekly for the next 240 weeks, they you'll have wasted an entire human lifetime, you murderer!
Seriously though, would it not be better if the system automatically took the hint that some of us don't want to be too specific in our profiles?
If you keep on sending these weekly for the next 240 weeks, they you'll have wasted an entire human lifetime, you murderer!
Seriously though, would it not be better if the system automatically took the hint that some of us don't want to be too specific in our profiles?
Quote by Mal
during the process, all my music files moved themselves into a folder in Itunes called 'Mals' Music' and there is nothing in my Library. This has now wiped my Ipod of all music, although all the tracks, all 5,000 of them, are in the Mal's Music folder. How can I move/copy these files back into the 'library' where they will update my Ipod?
Here's how I did this when I last changed Macs. However If you have bought any of your music from the iTunes store, you must do the 'deauthorisation' process linked above. If it's alll your own rips from CD, this isn't necessary.
1) Make a backup. Burn everything to DVD, CD-R, whatever you can.
2) Open iTunes and use the 'add to library' feature to select the "mals music' folder. (this should be somewhere obvious in the menus, on my Mac it's near the top of the 'file' menu, but the PC version is little different)
3) That's all!
Here's a foolproof betting system for you...
1) Put £1 on anything at odds of 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up.
2) You are £1 down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up.
3) You are down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up.
4) You are down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are up.
5) You are down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1. up
6) You are down, Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up
...and so on. Each time you bet enough to end up £1 in profit. Of course, you do need an infinite amount of money to sta5ke...
1) Put £1 on anything at odds of 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up.
2) You are £1 down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up.
3) You are down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up.
4) You are down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are up.
5) You are down. Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1. up
6) You are down, Put on anything at odds 2:1. If you win, quit, you are £1 up
...and so on. Each time you bet enough to end up £1 in profit. Of course, you do need an infinite amount of money to sta5ke...
Quote by Elliot
As the mail is a site mail and not sent via email, it cannot be disabled by the the opt-out settings.
Its simply a message you recieve once a week, if you don't like it, delete it, its not too much of a hardship just to hit the delete is it?
If, like me, your have the "Receive email notification when you get new site e-mail?" set to "Forward the message to my email." then it IS sent by e-mail!
It's not a great hardship to delete, but it is annoying to be spammed once a week, and it would save SH's backlogged servers some bandwidth and sever load (as well as a small regular dose of bad feeling) if you let us turn it off!
Quote by Jas-Tim
It wasn't about more pay, it was about a contractual agreement regarding pensions being broken by the government.
Jas
XXX
In this case, yes, but I was making a more generalised point about strikes, and covering all bases would have made for a rather unwieldy sentence - something I'm guilty of at the best of times!
I've got no problem with the motivation for this action, the government is clearly in the wrong, it's the way that the unoins are taking it out on everyody else that I take issue with.
Quote by couple_ne2000
You really want everyone who works in the Public Sector to go and work elsewhere?
I'm not complaining about the working, it's the suddenly stopping working for a day that I'm annoyed about.
It saddens me that in this day and age people still think that stopping work is a good way to get more pay. Even the Labour party doesn't believe socialism works anymore, but in the public sector (and privatised public sector) there is still this 1970s 'them and us' attitude to management relations and a rather pathetic belief that if we hold our breath and wish hard then market forces will somehow disappear.
hmm, not too much of a top-heavy 4x4 then, it's got a fairly wannabe rally car look to it, which I don't object to anywhere near as much as the 'let's see how tall we can make it' brigade.
Kerb Weight. 1793 kg. Towing Limit. 1870 kg. Safety Rating 4 stars. Fuel consumption 39.8 mpg (see what I mean about govt figures not bearing much relation to the real world?)
I'm having a hard time finding a heavy enough luxury saloon to comapre it to, but as an example...
Mercedes Benz E-Class 220 CDI Classic
Kerb Weight. 1610 kg. Towing Limit. 1900 kg. Safety Rating 5 stars. Fuel consumption 42.8 mpg
(all figures from the same site)
Kerb Weight. 1793 kg. Towing Limit. 1870 kg. Safety Rating 4 stars. Fuel consumption 39.8 mpg (see what I mean about govt figures not bearing much relation to the real world?)
I'm having a hard time finding a heavy enough luxury saloon to comapre it to, but as an example...
Mercedes Benz E-Class 220 CDI Classic
Kerb Weight. 1610 kg. Towing Limit. 1900 kg. Safety Rating 5 stars. Fuel consumption 42.8 mpg
(all figures from the same site)
Are we back to the 1970s?
Do we really still have industries where taking a day off and leaving your customers in the lurch is considered a sensible way of resolving disputes with management?
Sorry, but I'm on the side of the children who are being deprived their education for a day, and the families who have suddently had to arrange to look after them at their expense.
If you have a beef with your employer, go to court, go to dispute resolution, or simply go work somewhere else, don't take it out on everyone else.
Do we really still have industries where taking a day off and leaving your customers in the lurch is considered a sensible way of resolving disputes with management?
Sorry, but I'm on the side of the children who are being deprived their education for a day, and the families who have suddently had to arrange to look after them at their expense.
If you have a beef with your employer, go to court, go to dispute resolution, or simply go work somewhere else, don't take it out on everyone else.
Owner's fuel consumption figures will vary wildly, depending on use, and are almost always better than the government standardaised tests. I've seen everything from under 30mpg to over 65 from my current car, which has an official figure in the high 50s.
Without knowing a make and model and looking at the official figures you can't make a reliable comparison.
I'm not going to spress Steve_mids for his specific make/model/engine size becasue that's prying, but it's a simple fact of physics that aerodynamic cars are more economical than tall boxy ones, and no amount of pride of ownership is going to alter that!
Without knowing a make and model and looking at the official figures you can't make a reliable comparison.
I'm not going to spress Steve_mids for his specific make/model/engine size becasue that's prying, but it's a simple fact of physics that aerodynamic cars are more economical than tall boxy ones, and no amount of pride of ownership is going to alter that!
Can't find any CO2 data online, but the MPGs probably give a good indication...
Ford Scorpio 2.9 24v Ultima
Weight: 1781kg (owners manual says it's suitable for towing up to 2000kg)
Urban MPG: 19.5
MPG at steady 56mph: 34.4
Driver Saftey Rating: 4 stars
Pedestrian Safety rating: 3 stars
Vauxhall Frontera 2.2 DTL 16v
Weight: 1820kg
Urban MPG: 18
MPG at steady 56mph: 21
Driver Saftey Rating: 3 stars
Pedestrian Safety rating: 1 star
Ford Scorpio 2.9 24v Ultima
Weight: 1781kg (owners manual says it's suitable for towing up to 2000kg)
Urban MPG: 19.5
MPG at steady 56mph: 34.4
Driver Saftey Rating: 4 stars
Pedestrian Safety rating: 3 stars
Vauxhall Frontera 2.2 DTL 16v
Weight: 1820kg
Urban MPG: 18
MPG at steady 56mph: 21
Driver Saftey Rating: 3 stars
Pedestrian Safety rating: 1 star
Quote by Steve_Mids
Would you like to toddle off and check what the emissions are on those particular vehicles and then think again.....
And what the fuel economy round town is like...
Ok, I will... but common sense dictates that the aerodynamic saloons are going to be more economical and fuel-efficient than brick-shaped 4x4s of the same weight!
Quote by little gem
Ok, we've established that your particular caravan needs a 4 by 4 to tow it
Have we? I think all we have established is that you need something heavy to tow a caravan. Having 4-wheel drive and the aerodynamic efficiency of a brick isn't necesary. The second-hand car market is flooded with dirt-cheap big luxury saloons (Ford Scorpio / Vauxhall Omega etc.) that would suit the bill perfectly.
This topic is mixing up several different concepts, and I think it's in danger of becoming a slaging match rather than a discussion.
2 wheel drive vs 4x4: Lumping all 'chelsea tractors' together is missing the point, which is that almost nobody needs a 4x4 instead of a 2wd version of the same vehicle. In the late 80s, Audi won some rallys with the 4x4 Quattro, and from then on it's become something of a status symbol. 4 wheel drive is bolted onto lots of cars where it's totally inappropriate - Ford even made a 4x4 Granada!
The fact is that if you don't go seriously off road, then you are paying for and carrying around a lot of mechanicals that you really don't need, which soak up petrol and therefore pump out emissions unnesessarily.
The next topic is safety. I'm fed up with the chant of "I need a 4x4 to be safe" - I'm sorry, but the heavier your verhicle, the more likely you are to kill whoever you hit in an accident. The truth is that tall 4x4s are far more likely to roll over than normal cars, and 4x4 pick-up trucks (the worst of the breed) are counted as commerical vehicles and are exempt from lots of safety laws. Even if it was true that 4x4s are safer, we are in danger of starting an arms race, with everyone wanting to be bigger, taller and heavier than everyone else on the road - which is already happening in America.
As for towing a caravan... why isn't the government encouraging you to buy a second, more economical car to use when you are not towing? Tax discs actively discourage this. Where's the tax encouragement to build lighter caravans? The government is dressing up a cynical tax grab by pretending it's 'for the environment', which really annoys me.
2 wheel drive vs 4x4: Lumping all 'chelsea tractors' together is missing the point, which is that almost nobody needs a 4x4 instead of a 2wd version of the same vehicle. In the late 80s, Audi won some rallys with the 4x4 Quattro, and from then on it's become something of a status symbol. 4 wheel drive is bolted onto lots of cars where it's totally inappropriate - Ford even made a 4x4 Granada!
The fact is that if you don't go seriously off road, then you are paying for and carrying around a lot of mechanicals that you really don't need, which soak up petrol and therefore pump out emissions unnesessarily.
The next topic is safety. I'm fed up with the chant of "I need a 4x4 to be safe" - I'm sorry, but the heavier your verhicle, the more likely you are to kill whoever you hit in an accident. The truth is that tall 4x4s are far more likely to roll over than normal cars, and 4x4 pick-up trucks (the worst of the breed) are counted as commerical vehicles and are exempt from lots of safety laws. Even if it was true that 4x4s are safer, we are in danger of starting an arms race, with everyone wanting to be bigger, taller and heavier than everyone else on the road - which is already happening in America.
As for towing a caravan... why isn't the government encouraging you to buy a second, more economical car to use when you are not towing? Tax discs actively discourage this. Where's the tax encouragement to build lighter caravans? The government is dressing up a cynical tax grab by pretending it's 'for the environment', which really annoys me.
Quote by easyease
is it "empire down"? that whole album rocks. "i hear the roar of a big machine, two worlds and inbetween"
er, "Driven like the Snow" if memory serves me
have some more Sisters lyrics....
"And the devil in a black dress watches over
My guardian angel walks away
Life is short and love is always over in the morning
Black wind come carry me far away "
From "So Hard" by the Pet Shop Boys, a bouncy little number about a couple who have come to terms with the way they both shag around...
I double-cross you
And you
Get mysterious mail
I've tried hard not to shock you
It's hard not to
With the things I could say
You lock your letters
In a box
And you've hidden the key
I go one better
I'm indebted
To a contact magazine
I'm always hoping
You'll be faithful
But you're not, I suppose
We've both given up smoking
'Cause it's fatal
So whose matches are those?
I double-cross you
And you
Get mysterious mail
I've tried hard not to shock you
It's hard not to
With the things I could say
You lock your letters
In a box
And you've hidden the key
I go one better
I'm indebted
To a contact magazine
I'm always hoping
You'll be faithful
But you're not, I suppose
We've both given up smoking
'Cause it's fatal
So whose matches are those?
Quote by winchwench
I put you on a pedestal you put me on the pill.
The late great Kirsty Mcoll. New England
Actually that was a cover version, the original was by Dagenham's communist crooner Billy Bragg, being a bloke, he sang "I put you on a pedestal / they put you on the pill" which scans better.
Another nice lyric from him...
"I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them
but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you cared"
but the king of lyrics has to be Andrew Eldritch of the Sisters of Mercy, here are some gems...
"You can stand all night
At a red light anywhere in town
Hailing Marys left and right
None of them slow down"
"All the things you share are better left unsaid
When you can give me hair and run your fingers through my head"
"I caught something weird in Encenada
I’ve a brother of sorts in Torquemada"
