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Got somebody at work like that - calls people 'don' and 'bro' and does that clicky thing with his hand. He's a muppet and half.

Spotted: a group of about six or seven riders all on vintage steel wearing retro jerseys somewhere between Chertsey and Chobham. There was an ALAN in there, couldn't make out the rest.

Deep silver rims, black tyres; shallow black rims, gumwalls. The rims and wheels determine the tyre, not the frame, IMO.

Could put the high res ones on Flickr?

I think black tyres work well with those rims; a pair of gum-walls might be a little 'overwhelmed' if you get my drift?

That Olmo bar-tape is amazing!

Nibali has won, not by a massive margin, against a relatively weak field. No disrespect to his rivals, but I don't see Nibali's victory as being particularly extraordinary. You might say that superior tactics and greater experience made the difference, no?

Looking good, although not sure about the yellow tyres...

Are you collecting Italian bikes or something?

I do like Daccordis.

A white saddle might be a bit more classy anyway - you want touches of yellow, not a full on colour fest.

What's with the Scapin on Flickr? I count a Somec, Olmo, ALAN, Scapin and a Moser in your stable. It's probably a bid sad on my part that I know this.

It is a multi-faceted organisation that has a news 'wing'.

An American journalist once told me (over 15 years ago) that it was the BBC World Service to whom they looked to verify their stories as there was a perception of impartiality and trustworthiness towards it. Whether or not that still stands...

In the context of media/client interest, I would agree. When people are poring over our history in 50-100 years time, though, I think it'll be austerity they're reading about.

I guess I don't equate demand with worthiness; 'importance' is not necessarily driven by what's popular, in my view, even if on a commercial level it is.

Yeah, but a wedding dress is a ceremonial sort of outfit and one that I doubt many women would want to wear on a anything like a daily basis. (I've seen brides in tears, their dresses have been so painful). Same with ball-gowns, I would have thought.

I have no idea about the jump from fetish to club wear, so I'll take your word for it.

Yes and no: there are certain news sources that will make a point of avoiding the fluffier stuff, whereas others will embrace it completely. The point you make about the differing perceptions in the US shows this to be true.

Yeah, I get you.... (weeps).

You are defining newsworthy thus:

"...a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material."

I am guessing you are a journalist (my apologies if you made that obvious somewhere along the line) but there's a difference between being 'newsworthy' and 'commercially viable', to which I am sure you will agree. Just because loads of people want to see pictures of members of the Royal Family sitting on a bench doesn't make it any more newsworthy than an austerity march, in the sense that many of us would perceive the term 'newsworthy'. I don't agree that just because there have been loads of these marches they become less newsworthy. Surely the sheer number suggests that the matter is being taken very seriously and continues to be newsworthy. And the sight of two chumps sitting on a bench really shouldn't be worthy of news at all (although I understand why it is).

Interesting that you use the word 'clients' to describe the subscribers to news....

I guess when I think of corsets I automatically think of the corsets of old, and assume others do too. (Surely they only really exist presently within the realm of wedding dressage, Anne Summers and fetish wear?)

Perhaps I should have alluded to Chinese foot binding instead....

Hey - the thread is called 'I hate', not 'I hate: now make a case for it to convince others.'

I said I hated high heels, next referred people to the outrageous incident whereupon a worker was sent home for refusing to wear them, and finally made an off-hand comment about how we'll one day look back and wonder what the attraction was. I fully understand "what's going on", agree that there are plenty of other daft things that some people feel obliged - or are obligated - to wear, but my personal gripe is with high-heels (along with men in smart shoes and trousers but no socks, and men who leave the top three buttons of their shirt undone, especially if they're over 30).

In any case, I think that the "expectation that women look feminine and basically sexy as part of a work/professional image" is EXACTLY the sort of argument that will effect change, if only because it highlights that such dress-codes breach existing (European?) legislation regarding equality in the workplace.

I was referring to the type of corsets worn in the 1700/1800s, the sort that were extremely tight, uncomfortable, potentially damaging to health. High heels worn for most of the time are also damaging. I like to think that there will come a time when civilised society (that's the 'we' I am referring to) will identify the wearing of uncomfortable clothes for the absurdity it surely is.

In any case, it's not like there's no smart alternative to high heels.

If you are doing a lake and then some mountains then why not complete the set and do a city too? Verona would fit your itinerary; not been myself but it looks nice. Marostica is around that way too - smaller than Verona but still historical:

http://www.chesssetsproject.com/ratings/handmade/human-chess-game-marostica-italy/

I have heard good things about Bologna. Florence, which is probably a bit too far in this instance, is lovely.

Stuff all that - PLYMOUTH ARGYLE ARE GOING TO WEMBERLEY!!!

Those who know about such things are fairly sure Farah doped in the run-up to the Olympics. The home advantage adrenalin/weak competition that year apparently don't account for it.

I have no opinion either way.

Why is there a man standing next to the bolt/cone? Is it to give an idea of scale?

Anyway, forget all that - Argyle are 2-1 up against Pompey!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/36165391

My money is on De Boer.

Ah, I see.

A step back from whom? Martinez? Moyes? I'll accept it wouldn't be a massive step forward: more a step sideways.