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Titanium is a light metal, relatively scratch-resistant, and non-magnetic. Overall, titanium is superior to stainless steel (SS) in terms of density and corrosion resistance, especially in salt water. Its yield strength, tensile strength, and thermal conductivity are better than those of many SS, but not all. Pure titanium is difficult and expensive to produce. This difficult production may also explain why titanium has failed unpredictably and is no longer use in some aerospace applications. Titanium is also harder to work with than SS, thus adding to the overall cost.
The surface hardness of gold, platinum, and steel varies greatly depending on how these metals were treated (annealed, rolled, etc.) and on other metal(s) used in the alloys. Commercially pure titanium (some impurities) is harder than some SS, but softer than others. The nitrogen-hardened surface of titanium (titanium nitride) is one of the hardest surfaces used in watches (Ventura), in addition to ceramics (Rado).
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UNDER FIVES NOT TAKING YOUR SHIT ANY MORE
BRITAIN'S under fives are just not taking this shit any more, the National Union of Teachers has warned.
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**The NUT said until last year the under fives were the only children that teachers could give shit to without fear of reprisal.
However, since September the tables have turned and the country's tiniest pupils are not only up for it but are incredibly well organised.
Martin Bishop, a primary school teacher from Liverpool, said: "The one with the strongest legs goes at the bottom and the others climb on top until, collectively, they are tall enough to punch you in the face. It's like a troupe of evil, midget acrobats.
"Then they grab your legs and topple you over before the ringleader starts kicking you repeatedly in the groin."
He added: "They also like to hide in cupboards so that when you open the door to get some crayons about eight of them swarm all over you and then start biting you in the face."
Official statistics show that 1,500 under fives were suspended from school last term for cigarette smuggling, organising prostitutes and running a numbers racket.Kyle Stephenson, four, said: "You think I'm funny? How the fuck am I funny? What the fuck is so funny about me?"
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ALCOHOL TO BE RESTRICTED TO NICE PEOPLE WITH DEGREES
ALCOHOL should only be available to nice people who know which wine goes best with fish, according to MPs.
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The influential Home Affairs Select Committee said police resources were being stretched because too many awful people are buying cheap wine from supermarkets and then drinking it really quickly without fully appreciating its delicate potpourri of flavours.Chairman Keith Vaz said: "Let's take this charmingly presumptious Echo Falls White Zinfandel, just £3.98 from Tesco, or £2.50 if you're lucky enough to be able to buy it from the members' bar in the House of Commons.
"As a decent person I would enjoy this as an aperitif before a dinner party, or perhaps serve it with some lightly poached seabass or a pan-roasted poussin with parsnip and chorizo.
"I certainly wouldn't use it to wash down 20 Marlboro Lights and then have a piss up against the front door of Greggs.
"But that's because I went to Cambridge and have a well-thumbed copy of Floyd on France."
Tom Logan, a trainee accountant from Peterborough, said: "So what you're saying is, they've fucked up the economy, forced the country to the point of bankruptcy and put my job and my home in jeopardy while at the same time paying themselves a hundred grand a year in expenses and are now telling me I shouldn't be allowed to buy a couple of cheap bottles of wine on a Friday night so I can forget my troubles for a few hours instead of hunting them down and roasting them on a spit like the shit-caked, trough-guzzling pigs that they are?
"Interesting."
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Wowa. No need to be mean. Its quite a long thread, and it keeps changing its mind. And I wasn't sure so I asked...
On the subject of rain. I like it. Despite the fact I end up looking like w waterproof chav its nice to ride in. Even less traction. Id prefer if it wasn't gailforce winds for the ride though, bridges tend to be windy at the best of times.
So yay to going back out now.
woot
I wasen't being mean. I was just telling where it started and therefor what direction the ride is going. That has been discused on this very page (with a picture of the start). So not to much to serch through.
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At least its not raining today. You guys should meet at the Lamb and ride up from there. It is a nice ride. Fitzjohns isn't to bad a hill eather.