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The interface is clunky as hell, like they haven't updated it since 1995, but they're waterproof and AAs are brilliant as you can just buy them in a petrol station or wherever and never get lost. There is a bar mount, which is like a few quid on eBay.

But you have to take them home at some point unless you never wash them.

I bought some packable towels on my way home last night. Now just need a big fat office D lock/chain and a pair of office shoes I'll be a lot better off

As if I would work on Windows

Looks good, thanks. I almost got the ThinkVision M14 because it has this nice adjustable base, and I knew the cover on the MSI would be crap in comparison, but the MSI had HDMI and speakers which won me over. The speakers are of course shit, but still, it's a lot more handy for a Raspberry Pi, old desktop, console etc.

All 4 are frustratingly mismatched sizes.

Bottom left is the new one - an MSI portable screen for working away from home or when my partner visits without needing storage space for a whole normal screen. Seems pretty great!

I am the king

Maybe I should put "Irish passport" on my CV

I can't remember how you actually commute. How did I use to fit all this crap in without a rucksack?

• tools
  
• tube and pump
  
• jacket
  
• D lock
  
• work clothes
  
• shoes
  
• towel
  
• lunch
  
• laptop
  
  

Will have to invest in some microfibre towels, a D lock and a pair of shoes that I leave in the office permanently I guess

Ambrosio P20 used to be £15 on Spa Cycles

Do you know the A2C? Suspect it's probably too short unfortunately, I need 500mm

My fork's 130mm so I think a 500mm rigid would be just about okay if I also swapped the dropper out for a fork with layback. I'm imagining that I end up with something like a Nordest Sardinha/Karate Monkey/Stooge or whatever but a little bit more LLS.

@TvH good point about the service interval... But touring on a Yari? It just feels wrong!

Maybe rigid is a bad idea

This would be less gnarly stuff bordering on gravel I suppose where you don't need the suspension. Main thing is the amount of luggage you can take on a rigid fork, but also the efficiency, and you need to take more care of a suspension fork

Anyway the proper way is a pea roast

If your peas are still crunchy you haven't defrosted them yet

Does anyone go/has anyone gone off-road touring on a modern long/low/slack hardtail with a rigid fork? Wondering whether I can have a bike that does trail centres and touring at the same time just by swapping the fork over (and maybe switching to Jones bars and more practical tyres, etc.). But I feel like a bike with a 65° head angle will ride like an absolute pig once you put some weight on the fork and I can't un-slacken it because the seat angle is already 75°.

It raked in £1bn in non-profit last year

they are businesses trying to make profit in a competitive market

Bit naive to think sports bodies and companies are any different in that regard. Have you heard of FIFA?

The golf thing is self evident. The only reason you'd ever voluntarily endure playing it is because you're being paid millions. And maybe driving the cart is slightly fun the first time I guess

Well, you'd have to count the dots! Or I could dig out the script and data later on. But it's something like 80-90% chance of positive return and most of the time if you have a negative return it will be small magnitude

I did exactly that here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16283312/

I would probably be happy if I was confident I wouldn't need the cash for 5 years. If everything tanks in the first 3 years or so you know you'll have to tighten your belt a little bit to make up the shortfall. If it tanks in the last year or two before you need it at least you've had a few years of growth and you can always gradually pull some out over the last year to limit possible losses. (Just like you should with a pension.)

If you might need the money within 5 years then I probably wouldn't bother

10 years is pretty conservative, most people say 5 (as long as you're picking a sensible fund that is)

He's done for I reckon

They've been floating May/June 2023 for the next election - if he wins the vote the Tories have lost their ability to get someone new in before the GE

Ah yeah, true. But you need to be earning £1000 in interest before you pay tax IIRC, i.e. £66k in cash at today's rates