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• In the news

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 2 hours

  

  despite the fact that the Gieves and Hawkes guy is almost certainly constantly firing Plaster of Paris nose missiles.

  Cocaine is a drug taken by the younger demographic.

  In the UK in 2017-2018, 2.6% of people aged 16-59 took powdered cocaine (as opposed to crack cocaine, the more potent variant of the drug, which was taken by 0.1% of the population in the same period), up from 2.4% in 2013-2014, according to Home Office figures.

  More young people are taking cocaine than ever before: 6% of 16- to 24-year-olds have tried it, despite the fact that, overall, fewer young people take drugs in general. It is also likely that Home Office figures, which often exclude students, prisoners and homeless people, underestimate cocaine use because those groups typically have above-average illegal drug use.

• Stars / Astronomy

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 7 hours

  

  There's another comet that's appeared, the snappily titled Comet Neowise C/2020 F3. It's not the one earlier in the year that fizzled out, but it looks like it's going to be too close to the Sun to be observed from London. Hopefully I'm wrong.

• The RIP thread...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 8 hours

  

  RIP Ennio. One of the all-time musical greats.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upjlKlV9­uIA
  
  

• Bicycle Tag of bike

  in General • 2 days, 6 hours

  

  New: visions of Jack Kerouac.

• Bicycle Tag of bike

  in General • 2 days, 6 hours

  

  Old: Cart and Horses, Stratford. Has a connection with a bad heavy metal band.

• Surly Steamroller owners...

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 21 hours

  

  I haven't got a braking surface either, it doesn't work very well, but helps if you're going down a steep drop off-road or something.

• Surly Steamroller owners...

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 22 hours

  

  Not a steamroller, but I use a long drop bmx brake on a 700c frame with 650b wheels.

• WANTED: Bontrager VR-C 26mm bars/any 26mm compact bars

  in Wanted Adverts • 6 days, 5 hours

  

  I've some of the Bontrager 26.0 bars, but I don't have a box, unfortunately.

• E-scooters

  in General • 1 week

  

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53219331

  Hired, corporate E-scooters to be legalised for road use, but privately owned ones won't.

• In the news

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 1 day

  

  Times Radio: sounds a lot like the old Radio 5 before it turned into a barrage of endless drivel.