Any question answered...

Similar questions re: the air quality in my office went "Testing air quality is expensive, tough"

According to Wikipedia

According to Wikipedia, meatloaf is one word :-)

Supported by the Guardian Style Guide too...

Meat Loaf
sings

meatloaf
doesn't sing.

To quote "the Loaf" himself:
"When I see my name spelt with one word, I want to slap and choke people. If you do that, you got to be a moron. It's on every poster, every album and every ticket as two words. If you spell it as one, you're an idiot. Bottom line"

Also some hospitals

Does anyone have an official iPod shuffle (3.5mm jack) charge/sync cable they're not using any more that they'd like to pass on for a little ££

From frequent observations of the programme as both a student and an unemployed layabout, a compound noun with a space in it has never been presented as an answer, words are always munged together provided the munging is valid according to the Oxford Dictionary. I deduce from this that single-word-with-no-spaces responses are either an official rule or a very strong point of etiquette (it would feel wrong to see somebody try to use a space, IMO).

If you have a strong stomach for data, you can review the round-by-round details of more than 800 games here to support or dismiss my theory: http://cdb.apterous.org/index.php

It will take only one spaced compound noun to prove me wrong :-)

You could also ask the lovely Ms Dent directly: https://twitter.com/susie_dent

TA Carmina perhaps

Thanks, a friend told me they're actually Sampson. There aren't many around apparently..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-NOS-Sampson-Stratics-Road-Crankset-175mm-53-39t-CNC-RARE-/272068675498?hash=item3f588e87aa:g:JusAAOSwnipWZKPa

Does anyone have any experience removing spray paint from brickwork? Genuine question. I need to fix something I did to my neighbours house 16 years ago.

repaint it to look like brickwork

16 years ago?
Paint the rest to match.

Wire brush or sand blasting.

Jet wash and a wire brush.

Jet wash with acetone

That's a lot of acetone.

Builders merchants, B&Q etc sell dedicated Graffiti Remover sprays. I have no idea how successful they are on old paint

Have Fizik renamed the Arione CX? Or discontinued it?

Anybody with experience of the Kenda Karvs tyres? I need something low cost to use as winter tyres. Must have tread to calm my nerves, but must fit the road bike.

One road bike fouls (only just) with 28mm Gatorskin pumped hard, the other I think has enough space for a 28mm. I'd probably buy for both in 25mm, as I'm running 23's normally.

you don't want tread

Well I can't drink booze before 30 miles on the cuntry roads, and yesterday there were a few hairy moments on shaded parts. Was hoping to get something for the road that wasn't stupidly slow, but would avoid the wheels breaking away when I'm cycling in the rain.

Good slicks have more grip than treaded tyres - more rubber in contact with the road = more grip.

What about water/muck/leaves and so on? I was under the impression that's only true until the slick is running on a lower-resistance surface, so for example a slippery point in the road, mud or whatever. I thought that a bit of grip would dissipate, break the surface, allowing for some grip. Can never get my head around what's the best way to go for winter tyres.

Big volume, low pressure. Gosh, I sound like Scoble.

Haha.

I was jealous of the discbrake frame dad's mate was riding with us yesterday. He couldn't keep up when we put the power down along the dry roads, but he was happy flying off down the muddy downhill roads. His tyres looked like 32mm slicks, they were insanely large. I don't think my Pro3 Grip 23's are the best for winter. Really need something to replace them soon. Friday says rain, again.