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Kimi would manhandle Vettel, and outscore him in the same team...... I'm sure of it.

First practice has begun.

Rosberg has the better of Lewis again. But they're one and two at the end of the practice.

Lol! Perez ends in the gravel trap. Epic fail.

I was thinking about the Webber situation; I can't see him staying another year with the Vettel team. Rumour has it that Kimi may be wanted by a top team, and Red Bull would take him with open arms, should Webber leave. And I think Lotus would be glad to have Webber. A straight swap almost.

...The standard sized Kryptonite equivalent to the OnGuard Brute (standard) is either Kryptonite New York Standard or the New York 3000.

The Brute Mini is the one that is similar to the Fahg Mini....

p.s. The measurements say that the Brute STD and the Fahg are closest. The Brute mini is closer to the size of the Evo.

These are the measurements given by the respective companies:

New York Lock Standard - 4" x 8"
OnGuard Brute STD - 4.37" x 7.96"

Kryptonite Fahg Mini - 3.25" x 6"
OnGuard Brute Mini LS - 3.55" x 5.52"
Krytonite Evo Mini 5 - 3.25" x 5.5"

The New York Standard and the Brute STD are both 8 inches long.
The Fahg Mini, Brute Mini, and the Evo Mini are all 5.5-6 inches long.

Jamaica..?...

No, definitely not. One thousand million times absolutely not. The Caribbean is far more than just Jamaica; just as Africa is far more than just Nigeria.

Funny that both countries are so well known from each region, and yet have plowed the same reputations.....almost in unison.

As for the Mackesons, it is gorgeousness in a bottle.

Have you tried flushing it through with WD40, then lubing it after? Is it an older lock, or new(ish)?

I don't know if I'd say Onguard locks are unreliable. All locks need care, and Abus even advise to use lithium grease on their locks. Indeed, this thread has followed that and recommended lithium grease for all u-locks.

Some locks, like Kryptonites have much better weather proofing than others. But a properly looked after lock should not disappoint.

.....Re the Hammerhead, if you want one to test I can send you one we've got here FoC if you PM me your address. I might take the liberty of including a few links of our 'Protector' chains so you can see what you think of them, too :-)..

Unfortunately, I'm not an engineer, so do not have the means to test them. I am a security professional, that normally works within a corporate environment - designing and implementing security procedures for large companies. This thread was just a community spirited effort on my part.

I can acknowledge that when I first started compiling info for the thread, your company was one prominent source of comparative information. I trusted it, and was right to do so.

Now we're cooking with gas! Superb.

Zermatt on Samsung 3MP

From the first page........and still passes the test of time.

But yes, I agree with you. Imaging from mobiles has leaped ahead.

Thanks GA2G & Mirius. Really I know the answer to my questions, I just want people to make me choose.

I am a massive cheapskate and we are talking £24 vs £68.

But the Fahg is less likely to jam/stick. I'll decide after lunch. (#firstworldproblems)

You only intend to use one lock? That would be the false economy in my eyes, if that is the case.

The two Kryptonites shown above are the Fahg Mini and the Evolution 4 Mini. The standard sized Kryptonite equivalent to the OnGuard Brute (standard) is either Kryptonite New York Standard or the New York 3000.

The Brute Mini is the one that is similar to the Fahg Mini. The Fahg Mini is the number one recommended lock on this forum, and in this thread. Do you need further reassurances? More expensive, yes, but better too.

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But if you're a cheapskate (like me) then the Brute might be the one you choose.

^GA2G i think in previous posts he's mentioned that through his dealings with factories in china they often cannot guarantee the makeup of the steel used which impacts the strength and response to hardening techniques of the product, insofar as one batch may differ to another in their composition so the end result is unpredictable.

I'd read that post on the day he made it.

Practice tomorrow morning; who's looking good, and who's going backwards?

I think its interesting soap opera all round.

Massa is looking quicker than Alonso, Rosberg is faster than Lewis, and in the Vettel team....its all handbags there. Lotus looks unperturbed, but they seem to be good in some circumstances, and very ordinary in others. Jenson says Mclaren is stepping up their performances, but I'll need to see more before I can believe that.

Predictions for practice and qualies anybody?

The Brains stout is loveliness itself......supremely drinkable, mild with a hint of sweetness. Not as thick as Guinness, and I like it for that.

The Youngs Double Chocolate stout is bitter, as in bitter black chocolate tasting. I abhor its normal flavour, but others may love it, especially people that like tart tastes. I stuck some Nestles Condensed Sweetened Milk in it, and enjoyed my (sic) Guinness Punch immensely.

The Keo is a beer/ale from Cyprus, and its sweetish, and has a strange sweet-wine consistency. Peculiar, but nice all the same. But it doesn't feel like an actual beer.

I'll report back on the others later.

Guinness foreign extra, easy to forget they make an alright beer when they push the other crap so much. Also drinking tequila and mango juice, because I had free tequila and the shop only had mango juice, I like it.

Interesting factoid - the first Guinness recipe, brewed in 1801 (and its in their museum in Eire), was the West India Porter. This was a precursor of the modern Guinness Foreign Extra. The well known modern Guinness (the famous black stuff) was a recipe that came along later.

West India, is also known as the West Indies, or as its better known abroad..........the Caribbean.

Very good to know this.....that Masterlock keys break too frequently in their locks.

Thanks for that Hatbeard; it shows that Pragma has not been kept in the loop (pun alert!).

@Pragma, No.....I don't have a problem carrying different keys - I keep them together on a keyring. Doesn't everyone?

And as for your backing for made-in-Britain, I do applaud your faith in UK manufacture, but in truth, for companies that need to maximise profits, a lot of manufacture made in China does make financial sense, and it can be of the best quality [Apple demonstrates this well].

I'm not that bothered about the lock being a five or six pin cylinder affair. I think it probably made down to a price point, and on this thread, the Squire Hammerhead lock is considered a secondary lock, and not a main one.

Your posts are always informative, if not lengthy, and sometimes its hard to reach the end; but since you are an industry insider, I can only thank you for your input.

By the way, if you have any sway at all with Squire, can you ask them if they would consider offering again to the public their absolutely supreme Squire Paramount Plus lock? It was pure lunacy to abandon it. It is a lock that could command a premium price, and compete with the very best and strongest locks. Squire's offerings over recent years seem anaemic in comparison.

Photographic fairs

http://www.nanites.co.uk/Camera%20Fairs%202013.html

Baauer - Samurai - YouTube

Baauer - DumDum - YouTube

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Its an app, so I just unistalled it in the usual way. Its not from Google, so its not built in. Nor is it from a network. Its binned. :-)

So the new facebook 'phone' is nothing but a new home screen?

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/152664-facebook-home-declares-war-on-google-android-and-windows-phone-and-might-just-win-too

Well, I can't see how it will work, except for Facebook fanatics, that can't keep off it for a second. You can't have advertising running in realtime on a homescreen, nobody would want that. And loads of people on Android have junked the Facebook app, after Facebook tried to spam us with their outside-of-Google upload.

It might be a phone that only appeals more to gender differences, or personality differences. A quirky thing to be sure.

No need for apologies, both threads link back to each other from each of their first pages. But you're right, this thread is better known. The Magnum LK3103 is looking a good bet at the moment also. There's a west London internet-shop that sells them, but I'm not sure if physical collections could be arranged.

Sendean Cameras - first page on the thread. Or maybe Mr.Cad.

Kolor, that is simply stunning!

whatok, why that particular lock, is it the price? I only ask because the Secondary Locks thread has other similar locks at low prices also. I couldn't find availability for the Bulldog Mini, but if you have a look in the other thread, you'll find locks that are available. Sorry if that wasn't helpful enough. Also, the Secondary Locks thread is the one that deals with locks of that specification.