Guten morgen meine kleine.
Good weekend? Shit weekend? Mediocre weekend? Do tell, unless of course you have nothing interesting or amusing to say, in which case by all means keep it to yourself, thanks.

I walked along the canal to Angel this morning. Normally I get a bus then a tube to get there, and was interested to see that it's only five mins slower on foot. Now my buttocks and thighs ache. Nice mental image for you all.

Alt: Anything exciting happening this (short) week?

Alt alt: I read this morning that in Austria they are bringing in ‘alco-locks’ for the cars of convicted drink-drivers: a kind of breathalyser-activcated entry system. Despite the rubbish name that seems to me like something that should be on all cars. What do you think? EDIT I feel this way about speed limiters like they have on lorries - why on earth isn't the fitting of limiters to prevent speeding a standard practice in all vehicles? Why is it even possible to speed? The cynic in me wonders if the revenue from tickets is the answer.

Alt alt alt: Reply 'Yes. You are a cunt' if you are an active homosexual riddled with communicable diseases.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:37, 172 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Any body parts floating in the canal?

Alt: leaving daughter with a babysitter for the first time to take my wife out for dinner.

AltAlt: Yes. Good idea. Not something that you'll have to worry about seeing as you're too much of a Mary to learn to drive
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:49, Reply)

Alt: I would imagine this will be a fairly nervous occasion.

No body parts, but a dead coot and some fairly extensive littering. Tsk.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:52, Reply)

I really hate littering, fucks me right off it does

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:56, Reply)

There are bins every fifty yards or so along the canal, too.
No fucking excuse.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:07, Reply)

Is Mrs Battered a bit of an unknown quantity in restaurants then?
Is she likely to kick off and start throwing food? Or effect some kind of dirty protest if she is unhappy with the service?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:27, Reply)

I'm more likely to do that, or fire people if eating in one of the restaurants I am responsible for.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:32, Reply)

Do you endorse your own restaurants then?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:33, Reply)

One of the chains yes. If you want a decent fillet steak they're pretty good.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:42, Reply)

Morgen Monty.
Yes a good weekend, I attended a thoroughly lovely wedding on Saturday and spent yesterday chilling and eating the best Thai food I have eve had.

Sounds like a nice walk, I wish I had that option.

Alt: not much, catching up with friends, packing for going away at the weekend.

AltAlt: can't see why not, although I'm sure someone will tell me.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:50, Reply)

I saw someone on the tube last week who looked a lot like you, same look anyway.
His facial hair was pretty cool, not saying it's better than yours, not sure if thats possible, but it wasn't worst. He basicly had a thin line following his upper jaw line, is the best way I can describe it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:06, Reply)

what the hell is an upper jawline?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:07, Reply)

Imagine a skull with skin on, the line followed along where his teeth are, then up a bit to the mistarsh, then back down to the teeth and and back up along the other side to side sideburn.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:09, Reply)

Ok, i get it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:12, Reply)

As opposed to the lower or middle jawline, obviously.
Although he doesn't make clear whether it is the anterior lower jawline or the posterior lower jawline.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:10, Reply)

Hold up, let me get a picture nocked up.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:12, Reply)

It looked better on this guy than it does on barac.
imgb.in/iR
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:15, Reply)

A Friendly Mutton Chops with a Petit Goatee
scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2010/05/weekend_diversion_hey_beardo/beardtypes1.jpg
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:20, Reply)

he means sideburns that run into a moustache

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:13, Reply)

I am eating for the first time in 36 hours
thanks to some hideous stomach bug that ruined my weekend.

alt: Wife is pissing off skiing leaving me to move house alone

altalt: infrigement of my civil liberties innit

altaltalt: Al- 4EVA IN R HARTZ www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-17580252
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:56, Reply)

who would have thought that spending six or so hours outside in brilliant sunshine would have left me with a scarlet bonce?
went for a walk around Glastonbury, and up the Tor. Then for a slog along Burnham on Sea's esplanade.

I'm completly fagged, and could do with four days off. What are the chances of that happening soon, eh?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:58, Reply)

meine kleine was?
du hat nicht gut deutsche
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 8:59, Reply)

It's nonexistent.
The only German I know I got from Commando and Warlord comics.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:09, Reply)

ach, nein

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:10, Reply)

Raus, raus.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:10, Reply)

Kammerad
Alles Kaput
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:12, Reply)

Hande hoch

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:14, Reply)

It really is all the geman you need to get by in business.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:15, Reply)

This is correct.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:15, Reply)

Achtung! Spitfeuer!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:15, Reply)

I've never worked out, in the UK, why they can have cars that can go 120mph when the speedlimit is 80 (or whatever it is).
10 over, 20 over even 30 over I can understand, sometimes you need to GRRRR ZOOOOOOOM past someone or out the way. The only exception to this should be registered vichales like MI5 people. It seems like common sense to me.

New Game of Thones is out ! OH BOY ! It's downloading now.

I saw the most awesome dog this weekend, got some really nice clothes, found a crepe place that is really good, did a bit of cooking, hooked up with Ma', worked more on my Srs Bzns Plnz, went to the park for a bit... generally I had a nice day. I like doing things on weekends, I'm going to stop wasting them.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:04, Reply)

auch, nachdem er gerade über das Wochenende den Antworten durchsucht
kann ich sicher sagen, du bist alle "fucking scheiBe" sind, und ich bin für immer verlassen
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:05, Reply)

Errr, TWO BEERS PLEASE. Mit CHIPS.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:10, Reply)

I wouldn't be too impressed by his linguistic ability.
I can confirm his German is quite shocking.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:13, Reply)

Ach, gut.
Danke.

(I am really stretching the limits of my German here)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:15, Reply)

gott in himmel!

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:19, Reply)

Google translate only translates words
It doesn't give you the appropriate sentence structure.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:19, Reply)

What a dirty little cheater.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:21, Reply)

I know some german words, not alot but i didn't google
its probably better than my english, you bloody great bully :(
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:22, Reply)

He's not that great.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:23, Reply)

i meant as in extremely large

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:23, Reply)

I'm sure I'm not the tallest offtopicer

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:25, Reply)

My guess is that Battered is.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:26, Reply)

I believe this honour to be held by Stunned poster.
The great lumbering beast.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:26, Reply)

Isn't he also as wide as he is tall?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:27, Reply)

He doesn't look it, actually.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:27, Reply)

Still, I wouldn't let him sit on my sofa.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:28, Reply)

Neither would I.
Twice bitten and all that.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:32, Reply)

A fair cop
I'll hand myself in by gazzing the mods with my details and a full confession of my crimes.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:24, Reply)

too late, i gazzed MODOLITH
you're fucked now
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:25, Reply)

Doesn't that just mean I'll be all over the popular page?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:28, Reply)

uber alles

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:36, Reply)

zwei bier y pommes frites?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:19, Reply)

An average weekend of no online anecdote value
Alt: All the excitement lies within the brevity of this working week.

Altalt: It would be simpler if all other drivers were banned altogether, giving me free reign over the roads. I guarantee to reduce the number of road traffic deaths (a bit).

Alt alt alt: The only active sexual behaviour I partake in involves just the one person, so technically is neither homo- nor heterosexual. Autosexual, perhaps?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:16, Reply)

I had an average weekend
work, a gig and some aimless wandering. I have the day off today secure and smug in the knowledge that it's really fucking busy at work.
(berk, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:22, Reply)

I surrender!
Sorry, spent a good portion of the weekend with a Frenchman. I hear German, I panic.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:36, Reply)

Was alright, went to football, saw people I hadn't seen in a while.
There were high and low points, certainly.
This weekend I dunno what I'm doing besides going to the Horse and Groom on Sunday, which is fast becoming my regular night out haunt.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:36, Reply)

That's in my 'hood'.
Were I not going to Winchester on Sunday morning I would propose a pint.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:38, Reply)

Argh, bad timing.
You need to get your priorities sorted playa. I'm down for the next three weeks and will be over that way more than regularly though.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:40, Reply)

Then let's make it happen, dog.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:44, Reply)

don't leave your coat on the back of your chair when you go to the bar

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:49, Reply)

I do have a v expensive jacket actually.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:53, Reply)

You are Bridget Jones AICMFP

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:58, Reply)

Rumbled AGAIN. Dammit.
*drinks Chardonnay*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:06, Reply)

be sure to check for black flies first

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:16, Reply)

Why allow anybody to have any sort of control of their cars?
Just have them driven by computer and navigated via GPS. Why allow anybody to do anything at all? There are laws, people accept them because they're responsible adults, or they don't and are forced to live with the consequences.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:38, Reply)

Right on, brother.
Firearms should be able to be legally sold to any and everyone, by the same ticket. Making them illegal is just 'The Man' trying to control us.

Shut up, Clarkson.

*belms*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:39, Reply)

There is a rather large difference
between treating people as responsible adults, that are capable of controlling a vehicle that may accidentally inflict injury and allowing people access to equipment that is specifically designed to kill people.

Shut up yourself, Monty "Straw Man" Boyce. You smell.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:47, Reply)

RIGHT, THAT'S IT.
*tears off shirt outside city centre pub*

*gets cold, regrets shirt removal*

*cries*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:49, Reply)

I'd love a car that I could crawl into, and just say "take me to work."
I could get an extra hours kip.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:40, Reply)

I don't see why you should have to do the crawling yourself
How about a bed which sprouts wheels and smoothly transports you to work?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:43, Reply)

Sprouts would make terrible wheels.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:43, Reply)

It's all about craftsmanship old boy
If we get into sprout-carving as a profession now we'll be ahead of the curve when the bed/car revolution comes.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:45, Reply)

Good luck on Dragons' Den.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:52, Reply)

I actually have a brilliant idea for making money on Dragons' Den, no idea why it hasn't already been done
You know they all have those big piles of money to demonstrate how ludicrously wealthy they are? I show them this thing called a "gun" and I get them to put that money in a "bag". And then I show them a "clean pair of heels".
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:55, Reply)

heels buttocks
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:02, Reply)

What, mine? Really?
Spalshback...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:03, Reply)

Darth, I reckon yours are spotless and gleaming.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:07, Reply)

Sprout wheels would wear out too quickly
mindpiss
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:44, Reply)

Technical answer:
A potential answer, what I've just thought of, is due to gearing. You need to have access to power in your top gear for overtaking on motorways etc. In order to have access to this power, your gear ratio needs to be relatively long in order to generate the torque necessary to accelerate. This will mean that there's still a relatively large amount of gear left and so your top speed is significantly higher than your cruising speed.

This is why a car's built with a much higher top speed than the maximum speed limit in your country, not why you don't have a limiter installed.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:45, Reply)

the voice of reason as ever

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 9:48, Reply)

Gut moaning
Had a pleasant weekend with much sitting in the sun drinking beer. I've been looking at flats near Angel, we could be tube buddies.

Alt: this week I have an exit interview and will be steadily increasing the desperation of my flat hunt.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:01, Reply)

You'll pay a lot less if you go a little further east.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:05, Reply)

Latvia?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:06, Reply)

Hong Kong.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:07, Reply)

Nah, that's well expensive.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:08, Reply)

On plus side, it's a very long way away, though.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:09, Reply)

Not remote enough, he should be somewhere with no internet access. Inner Mongolia perhaps.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:11, Reply)

I hear Bhutan is nice, this time of year.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:12, Reply)

I would love to go to Bhutan. Supposed to a beautiful place.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:17, Reply)

Chock full of Bhutanese though.
That's what I heard, anyway.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:18, Reply)

Fuck's sake. Anyone would think they had the right to live there.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:21, Reply)

Bloody Bhutanese - staying over there, taking all the jobs and women.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:24, Reply)

Bloody foreigners. Treating the place like they own it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:26, Reply)

yeah but can I do that and still have a reasonable commute into Moorgate?
It's all about the transport links.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:15, Reply)

If you moved to Clapton you could get the 55 to Old St and walk down
Rent is a good third cheaper than Islington. It's also a bit shit but it's improving.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:17, Reply)

It's full of orthodox jews

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:43, Reply)

im out at the mo, but ill get a highlighter onto an overground map of areas that are worth looking.
Think overground rather than tube, its so much better bang fir your buck.

Is there anything you wanna live near? Such as resturants, shops, pubs, pictures (etc), and what money ballpark?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:33, Reply)

less than £ 340 a week
I'd like shops and a pub and some where to eat within walking distance too. I've been thinking Northern line because then I also can get to Euston fairly easily for trips back up to Birmingham.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)

I'm going to bring this up:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1576090

Now, interestingly, if you look at the stats, it shows you an activity graph which shows that basically nobody voted on Sunday, and of the voting that happened on saturday, it occured at a rate of pretty much one vote an hour. Now, given that the poll only allows you to vote once an hour, that means some sad bastard has been logging back in every hour just to post a vote.

For a period of about four hours of saturday morning, that sad bastard was me, voting for options 3 and 1. So, who else was doing it?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:17, Reply)

Well, you say 'interestingly'.....

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:19, Reply)

I choose my words carefully.
Apart from that one, obviously.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:19, Reply)

Pfft. You actually took the time every hour on a Saturday morning to vote? Fucking hell. You accuse me of taking the internet too seriously.
I also doubt you did so to click options 3 and 1.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:19, Reply)

Well, as the person who set up the poll in the first place, yes I do accuse you of taking the internet too seriously.
Especially since your attacks on me appear to have stemmed from nothing at all on my part.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:25, Reply)

ahh-hhh, you cunt

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:20, Reply)

nah, i did one vote and it went from 70 to 61.
So there must have been around 12 votes, the truth is nobody gives a shit about this beyond pathetic little attempt for belittling. I geuss you could show how many offline b4sh outtings you get invited to compared to him despite you both living in north London.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:26, Reply)

I care Gonz. I care a lot. Internet validation is extremely important to me.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:31, Reply)

internet validation is different depending on who its from.
I'm HP Printer Ink circa 2006, and I think you're alright. You don't need no tinned tuna quality validation.

hp printer ink, per mil, was considered one of the most expensive consumable material around that time... Or one of them anyway.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:37, Reply)

I'm also pretty sure you wouldn't launch an internet hate campaign against me
just because I didn't say thank you for a theatre recommendation or join your linkdin network.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:40, Reply)

maybe he was fishing for an invite?
The only people on her in my linked in are those who relate to me on a professional level. Fuck letting you lot gain access to my work, no offence.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:12, Reply)

None taken, those were exactly my thoughts.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:15, Reply)

So are you a prick then?
This poll doesn't seem to have proved anything either way.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:30, Reply)

I've been called a terrible cunt in the past.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:32, Reply)

Perhaps whoever called you that meant that you were unsuitable as a substitute for female genitalia?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:36, Reply)

BEST STAURDAY EVER

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:36, Reply)

I had a great weekend.
Posh dinner thursday, party friday, drinks saturday, pub roast sunday.
I also made homebrew and it seems to be working, if slowly.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:24, Reply)

It does take a while.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:25, Reply)

It's not really hot enough where I've got it,
it's meant to be about 18 degrees, and it goes down to 16 at night. Still the yeast is still alive so it's not that bad.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:29, Reply)

As long as it doesn't get too cold it will still work
but more slowly. But don't leave it too long or it will go mouldy.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:32, Reply)

the yeast won't die
even at about 3 or 4 degrees. the process will just take longer.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:33, Reply)

This is why eskimos can still get thrush

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:34, Reply)

HAHAHA

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:35, Reply)

Am i sensing a wee bit of sarcasm here?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:38, Reply)

No, not at all, I thought that was a really funny joke.
See, now that reads sarcastically too, but it wasn't meant to be. I really did do a proper laugh.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:39, Reply)

This is a strangley contrite comment
How's the training going? I almost sign up for a 1/2 marathon the other day, but then i got scared
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:48, Reply)

I didn't do any running this weekend as I had to move offices on saturday
and then I had a cheese and wine party on saturday night so I didn't want to do anything at all on sunday. It's starting to piss me off just what a time commitment it is, and that's even with me dropping back to a half marathon instead of a full one.

EDIT - I'm being contrite because I would hate for you to get very upset with me for being sarcastic on the internet or not thanking you profusely enough.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:51, Reply)

That's my issue I guess the time
What's the longest run you've done so far?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:52, Reply)

8 miles last weekend. I was meant to do 8 this weekend but didn't
next weekend is 10, then 10 the following weekend, then I'm gonna try twelve. Then I'm only gonna try 7 the weekend after that as it's the last big run before the half marathon.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:54, Reply)

that's from blowing seals.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:36, Reply)

How long til you can drink it?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:27, Reply)

3 and a half weeks
but probably at its best in 10 weeks.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:28, Reply)

10 weeks the bin
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:33, Reply)

It will be lovely!

(PsychoChomp, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:40, Reply)

Alt Alt
They fit them in California to the ignition if you have "three strike" DUIs.

Answer about limiters? becuase I can legally take my car to Germany if I want and drive it at 150, and a limiter would prevent that. There's also a common sense issue regarding overtaking but it's tricky to justify if people are going to be Nazi about speeding.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:32, Reply)

speeding is fun and gets you places more quickly

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:33, Reply)

I'm safer driving at 100 than 75% of the people on the road in this country are driving at 50
Turns out that's a fucking useless defence in court, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:35, Reply)

It also transpires that something like 80%* of the public believe theey are better than average at driving
the mathematically possibility of this is lost on people

*totally made up number but it is certainly something over 50%
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Everyone thinks they are a great driver
but hardly anyone actually bothers to go and get training and any sort of advanced driver qualification.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:38, Reply)

I did pass plus, mainly to try and reduce my insuarnce premium

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:39, Reply)

Did it work?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:41, Reply)

yes, but the cost of the course was about the same as the saving on my first year of insuarnce
also the course is only 2 sessions maybe to practice some motorway driving etc that you can't do as a learner. this 12 years ago so i doubt it makes a jot of difference now
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)

I've done various car control courses
and rally and track stuff, but I won't touch IAM qualifications because at least two of things they teach you are arguably bad practice at best and extremely dangerous at worst.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:41, Reply)

What are they then?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:41, Reply)

they teach you to drive in silence
no radio, no conversation - because distractions are bad. Horseshit. You need to be able to focus on different levels, certain parts of driving should be backround instinct. Excessive distraction is bad, of course, but if you need to focus that hard to drive and avoid accidents you shouldn't drive at all.

And they still teach passing the wheel, which is a lethal thing to do if you lose control of a car. Always one hand or the other locked at a fixed position, so that you can pull the wheel back to straight without thinking or looking.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)

That shuffl9ing hand thing is fucking ridiculous

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)

It's not shuffling so much, although that is retarded
IAM say your hands should be in a fixed position relative to the wheel - 10 to 2 or whatever. If you don't want to die on fire in a hedge, hold at least one of your hands fixed ON the wheel.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:48, Reply)

I used to drive with my kness whilst skinning up...does that count?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:51, Reply)

hell yeah.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:11, Reply)

I'm seriously considering taking an advanced driver's course.
I love everything about cars including driving them quickly. I want to get a rear wheel drive car, but the way they behave isn't at all intuitive compared to front wheel drive. I don't want to not be confident in my ability to control the thing.

I also want start rallying.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:44, Reply)

rear wheel drive cars are easier to drive than FWD by a mile
rear wheel drive cars ARE intuitive. It's front wheel drive that isn't.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:46, Reply)

What I mean is, if you start sliding, your instinct is to take your foot off the accelerator
in a FWD car, that'll counteract the understeer, in a RWD car, it'll aggravate the oversteer.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:52, Reply)

chances are
that in a modern RWD car there are enough gadgets on there to stop teh back end going all over the place... that said I did enjoy the icey conditions in mine... You do get used to it very quickly
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:03, Reply)

Gadgets can't change the fundamental physics of the car

( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:25, Reply)

They can if they are heavy enough

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:27, Reply)

very late reply
Actually that is exactly what they do...
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 13:45, Reply)

not necessarily
a lot of RWD cars have lift-off oversteer. Accelerating in a car throws the weight back, which often improves rear end grip in a RWD. Particularly true of things like 911s. Of course, if you hit the accelerator too hard you might make the rears spin, which does bugger up grip.

I guess it depends on how you got your instincts, though - I guess I was lucky in that my first car was RWD.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:11, Reply)

That's what I mean, if your back end goes in a RWD car
and you lift off on instinct, the weight shifts forward and the back end goes out further, usually resulting in a spin.
( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:24, Reply)

Or if you mash your foot onto the accelerator thaen the back wheels will spin and you'll spin
so should accelerate or ease off, it's so confusing
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:26, Reply)

sorry, I totally misread the second half of your post for some reason.
yes.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)

Having only driven a rear wheel car once I can't say I noticed a massive difference
I reckon most people would only notice the difference if you were trying to do something a bit more taxing that driving up and down the motorway.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:52, Reply)

Oh, totally.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:08, Reply)

mine is rear wheel drive
you notice a BIG difference in snow/ice. and once when it was slippery wet and i was being a twat on a roundabout (although in my defence it turned out the rear tyres were bald).
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:25, Reply)

Bald tyres are your fault really

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:29, Reply)

although getting the back end out in an SLK is a fair effort.
just sitting in the driver's seat is usually enough to turn your right foot gay.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

I wouldn't mind a 55 AMG

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:35, Reply)

yeah, but why bother with the SLK version?
I'm looking at an AMG CL65 for shits and giggles at the moment. Pity I can't afford the fuel.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:39, Reply)

i went to an end-of-season hockey bash on sat night
player of the season for the mens first - broken thumb, mens seconds - broken ankle, mens thirds - stitches in his face etc etc. the women were unscathed. so either hockey is dangerous or men are worse at it?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:40, Reply)

ball travels faster in men's hockey.
damages more and harder to get out of the way.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:40, Reply)

i have 2 X chromosomes
this makes me constitutionally incapable of either checking whether tyres are bald or changing them.

however, it means that men do it for me, which is great.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:38, Reply)

totally.
However I'm basing my statement on mathematically measurable things like reaction times, car control skills and me not being the kind of mouth-breathing slow-witted prick that watches big brother.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:39, Reply)

its a shame they cant make a law fpr one and not for anyone else.
Id get laid every day if that was the case
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:40, Reply)

there's no law preventing you get laid, man
well, there are some rape ones, granted.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:48, Reply)