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Platini is right. apostrophes are for missing letters. i also concur with his hyphenation. i used to be a professional grammar nazi (now i'm just an enthusiastic amateur who can't be fucked with the 'shift' key). bah humbug.
Though the apostrophe can replace more than one letter, so "ne'er", "n'er" and "ne'r" could all be correct, depending on pronunciation (and preference). Why am I posting this at 2:30am?
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the castle has good cake! hah!
+1! The brownies are particularly amazing.
The problem with the Westway is that it's (ultimately) run by sports centre peeps, not climbers, so they're a lot more uptight about liability issues, etc.
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Napalm Brick Lane.
Great band.
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arse with ears on.
Best description of anything, ever.
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spotted two guys who's names I cant remember who were just arriving in Brighton after riding fixed from London.
Hey, that was me (Nick) and my friend Ed. Terrible idea. Gears FTW. Nice to meet you though!
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I've taken the plunge and ignored 1 & 2, all my eggs are in this basket with you guys.
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Might have a Pepsi instead though...
You sure about that?
Sadly not a joke. You can read the whole document here (sorry, no idea how to stop it from embedding itself):
[ame="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12112331/Pepsi-Breathtaking-Design-Strategy"]Scribd[/ame]
What a pointless waste of time.
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Puts me in mind of that "Garfield without Garfield" strip where Jon is just talking to himself.
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Props to markrjohnson's commitment to empirical testing, by the way.
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Nah, it be useful for us because the theft would end up snapping their fingers instead of the lock if use improperly (very likely to).
Uh-uh, they'd have to accidentally immerse their hand - and you would (voluntarily) remove your fingers pretty fucking sharpish if you accidentally dipped them in. The issue is the billowing clouds of nitrogen vapour it produces, as mark says. Liquid nitrogen is pretty safe to transport and use.
The whole "people snapping their fingers off" is from watching too much Timecop / Goldeneye. You can pour the stuff over the back of your hand quite safely, it just tingles.
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That trick reminded me of some old school skate moves in the film "Surf Nazis Must Die".
Couldn't find the clip but thought if I posted the trailer here then people would be inclined to watch the whole film and see it for themselves.
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it should leave some nice dent on the back of cars!
"Lambo Rambo"?
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I'm thinking of suspending a gong in my front triangle, has anyone tried this yet? I imagine that pedestrians fall silent and stand transfixed as you pass.
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Gawker: The Dangers of Being a TV News Reporter
Some awe-inspiring fail on that video.
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I'd bet that NO bike thieves operate with nitric oxide.
Fixed.
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I once quietly said "beepbeep" in a ped's ear as she stepped out into TCR looking in the wrong direction. Hopefully that combined with the "whoooosh" of a steel bicycle passing at speed did the trick.
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Also :) at OP
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Just use a cable lock through the rails, and loop through D-Lock when locking up.
Maybe the most sensible suggestion if you don't want the saddle fixed into position yet... but it's worth noting that not all saddles have enough clearance to take a cable lock, so try before you buy.
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a mate of mine had a million deposited into his HSBC account. he shouldve gone shopping with it before they realised they gave it to the wrong Mr M Williamson. took them 2days to find out. he had time to print out his bank statement...might be useful for future loan applications.
Will he leave 10% in my account I send him two grand through Western Union?
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when i spent a couple hundred quid Christmas eve in Oxford St they froze it due to "suspicious behaviour"
I know, what's up with that? When I bought a mattress, they stopped the transaction and called me up as it apparently "wasn't part of my usual spending pattern".
"Yeah mate, I've become a mattress dealer now, panic over"
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Bought it in a shop - they then spoke to Halo and relayed the response. I'm not naming the outlet because they've been reasonable about sorting something else out for me since it's become clear that Halo aren't going to play ball.
Halo apparently claim that it isn't under warranty as 1] I installed the cog and lockring myself and 2] "they haven't had any other complaints yet" (though see geoffersmaher's post above). I told the shop that I wasn't really fussed about warranty, I was claiming under my statutory rights to a product "fit for purpose" (middle-class Watchdog viewer FTW). I'm now off to collect a wheel with a different hub and they can sort it out with Halo if they want to.
Long and the short of it is that the hub threading failed, fairly dramatically, after 3 months' of uneventful use and a recent check-over and lockring tightening (by me). Apparently this can happen to cheaper hubs made from softer alloy. For instance, it happened twice in a row to a friend of mine with the stock wheels on his Pista, which were eventually replaced for a Miche/Mavic wheelset by his LBS at no cost.
Still glad that you've not had any problems yet and hope that they continue working. Despite my experience it's possible that I just had bad luck. :)
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Who owns the nice, wobbly Liberty lo-pro locked up at the end of Brushfield St yesterday?