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England to be needing 400 to avoid the follow on?

Thanks for the explanation. Doh. Long time since I saw a copy of Viz.

I'm lost by the cartoon,
but, in the greenhouse, a socket on a switched, fused spur had a loose wire,
and,
in the house, the switched fused spur of the armoured cable to the greenhouse,
had been inadvertantly 'knocked' to 'Off'.

Now if only I could find* my micrometer, (nothing fancy, just whatever Aldi or Lidl had on offer), I could give the precise dimensions.

[mrs. mespilus took the opportunity of a week long business trip to 'tidy up' some of my stuff, meaning it was crammed into nooks/crannies/cupboards without regard for function nor frequency of use. It took me 15 minutes to find the, (admittedly seldom-used), voltmeter, last week, to check for an elderly neighbour why she had no power in her greenhouse].

I'll put that into a supplemental, follow-up email.
Do wheels lose spoke tension during unused storage?

When I worked (briefly) for a lubricant company, I was lucky enough to be shown around the Squire factory in the West Midlands. Squire (re-) sold an expensive (Swiss?) small puffer-bottles of finely ground graphite that was designed to DRY lubricate the friction surfaces of certain locks. I'm not certain, but I thnk these were more the door-lock 'BS 5-Lever' locks.

Micronised graphite is also available as a dispersion in various liquid carriers, (mineral oil, semi-synthetic and fully synthetic), that would confer some 'weather-proofing'.

I'm guessing with 'D'-locks we have the problem that we don't want water/moisture sitting/laying in the lock all day, inducing rust on metal surfaces,
so a persistent thick-ish grease is needed for the interfaces between the key and the rotating metal bars,
which inevitably could provide a long term adhesion agent for grit/mud etc.,
but we don't want that same thick-ish grease transferring from the pointed ends of the 'U'- part onto clothing/gloves/rucksacks/panniers.

Offered up as an imperfect/partial explanation as the owner of an On-Guard Brute that only unlocks when vertical, despite the attempted application of several types of (supposedly) persistent lubricant or grease.

I emailed DT Swiss to ask about these wheels,
and to enquire about any guarantee,
and,
the answer returned from Madison:
'These wheels are more on the budget side as they are the cheapest set in the range.
They do have a 18mm internal width and a 23mm outer width and are fine up to 110kg rider weight.

Unfortunately we can't control the pricing side from here, that would have be taken up with the shop in question, our rrp price is £99.99 for the front and £124.99 for the rear.'

That was the 1st offer I received.
Never accept a 1st offer.
I'm now wondering if it is worth keeping them for £75 after dubtaps post ^^^^.
First time I have bought a wheelset, previously just bought 2nd hand bikes and ridden whatever they came with, so now experiencing Buyer's Remorse just looking at the delivery boxes.

That is a great offer.
West Beers on Thursday night?

Few minutes pottering in the garage,
and,
I have found the pair of Schwalbe One (700 x 23) that mespilus jr. turned his nose up at.
Fitting them will be a job for tomorrow in the daylight.

Many thanks,
knew someone would know the correct terms.

Recommendations for the cord/string/twine for drawstrings on outdoor clothing?

Just reclaimed my most visible, (but not hi-vis) stormproof jacket from Summer storage
and
the hood drawstring has aged into a lengthier string of tiny, (no doubt understrength) 'sausages' with no elasticity.

Received my set of 'not quite DT r24s' this morning.

Just live chatted and have negotiated a £25 credit note instead of returning them.

You don't see Republican dinosaurs like Gingrich as swampkeepers?

Apart from the Presidency,
watch the US Supreme Court, (one current vacancy, two very elderly 'Liberal' judges),
go waaay to the Right.
So no chance to repeal 'Citizens United' nor reconfirm Womens' reproductive rights, let alone any curbs of gun ownership.

Root falls to the new ball ........ cue collapso-matic England and 302 all out?

Apologies, just read on cricinfo, India did not take the new ball at 80 overs.

'Lead'?
Get with the program, US forces have been using munitions tipped with depleted Uranium, (DU), for a generation, (despite knowing the associated health risks).

Forget the UNSC,
it's Test status in Cricket that matters.

An article examining what a Drumpf administration could be like, recommended by 538

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/26/president-trumps-first-term

Dubya was the face of the Cheney administration.
Who is pulling Donald's strings?

How about a set screw;
https://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/en/search/q/1921190

^ Whose main hobby is Morris Dancing, obvs.

Anyone know a half-Polish, half-Indian Muslim bike riding Judge?

Thanks for the tip.
I do have the set of WERA Torx BO L-keys
http://www.wera-tools.co.uk/catalog_uk.html?L=1&file=/en-UK/l-keys_l-keys_for_torx_screws.html
where we used resistorx bolts on some components,
but do not normally take them on all bike rides.

May as well buy a bagful, (200 will cost barely more than 100),
then can offer to anyone else who wishes to be avoid being shafted by their LBS.

Thanks for the warning.
Will pop into Orbital Fastenings, ('tween Rickmansworth & Watford),
whose catalogue shows A2 countersunk head hex bolts,
(then omits Torx) but does feature resisTorx.

I don't fully accept the existence of London.
There is the (tiny) City of London, Middlesex, (bounded by the Colne to the west, the Thames to the south and the Lee to the east), Kent & Surrey.

This message brought to you by the Popular Front for the People of Middlesex.