Any question answered...

The ex-wife of the seller of the house I'm buying has been declared bankrupt, solicitor is on case but thought I'd ask the internet. What do?

The Official Receiver will want to realise the greatest amount for ex-wifes creditors. If your solicitor is up to snuff then they may have a convincing position as chances are completion of transaction to you saves having to put the property up as a repossession. However this all takes time as the OR has to determine as much of the bankrupt's financial capability as possible before liquidising assets.

In short if you're prepared to wait (up to six months) you should get the place. Or you could pull out and when it goes up for repo you have an inside track as you've got documentation that will not be available to other prospective purchasers. More risk though.

It's always shite when property purchases go wrong, I sympathise :(

Is there a lock holster available that you can attach to your belt without undoing it / threading it through? Velcro or something? I used a Fabric Horse for about a week but found it annoying when off the bike.

pm Wicksie, she makes a good one.

anyone elses manor been invaded by 50 pence sized spiders? i got nothing against them but they dont half shit you up when they run over your foot.

I believe the traditionally accepted course of action is to make this face:

and then burn your home to the ground

I just did a google image search for Yao Ming, and none of the first 100 or so images were a meme. Surprising. (still looking for the one where he goes to Australia)

was it australia? I thought it was brazil?

hmm, very possible.

It's not the estates themselves. It's some of the dwellers.
I'm on a HA estate - all nice, most people are in employment and proud of the neighbourhood. And then there are some cunts rehoused there from a demolished tower block. You can tell by the front yards with discarded sofas, old suitcases and tins of Tennant's. People who shout in the middle of the night, who ride scooters back and forth all day and night without going anywhere, people who throw out takeaway boxes through their windows, who's children stab other kids. Fuck 'em all.

Yeah, there are some cunts living on council estates.

Meanwhile, there are some cunts living in gated communities or luxury mews whose jobs involve knowlingly exploiting/decimating various international communities for cold hard profit, and 'hollowing out' the areas they gentrify.

Whatever.

I'm getting tired of the unchecked prejudice against the working class, something which always resurfaces when a Tory government is in power. Suddenly loads of cunts start up with the painfully oppressive attitudes. Fuck off.

I'm getting tired of the unchecked prejudice against the working class

I thought the prejudice was against the non-working class, whether it's benefit scroungers, expense fiddling MPs or casino bankers playing with loaded dice.

I just did a google image search for Yao Ming, and none of the first 100 or so images were a meme. Surprising. (still looking for the one where he goes to Australia)

yeah but this is pretty special

I thought the prejudice was against the non-working class, whether it's benefit scroungers, expense fiddling MPs or casino bankers playing with loaded dice.

No, that prejudice is in place whoever's in power. The stuff belittling the potential/intelligence/skills/culture/disadvantage of the working class kicks off in earnest when the flags are blue.

On Chainreaction one can purchase small tubs containing ~100 cable ends, Goodridge branded, for just under £9 each.

They have seperate gear and brake varients, which makes sense to a degree as the cables are of differing diameters.

Looking further afield one can also purchase ~500 BBB branded gear cable ends for £15, which is a better ratio of cable end to £.

I cannot seem to find BBB brake cable ends though, hence the question:

Is it marketing, or are there actually two different types of cable end?

A cable end is a shitty bit of metal to forget about. Does it matter if it's branded or not? I go to my lbs and ask for a handful. They usually hand them over in a nice Clarkes pot and it costs me a few cakes. So a packet of custard tarts from Greggs goes down nicely.

My Kryptonite fag lock has started to rust up. Had it a year. That can't be normal can it?

The branding is not important in the least, it's whether or not there are specific gear cable ends and brake cable ends, or simply cable ends.

I wouldn't want to buy 500 of the wrong thing.

yeah but this is pretty special

yao gusta

I wouldn't want to buy 500 of the wrong thing.

How many bikes are you building that you need 500 of anything?
Anyway, you can use brake ends on gear cable, but probably not vice versa.

My Kryptonite fag lock has started to rust up. Had it a year. That can't be normal can it?

Mine too, was planning on WD40ing it tomorrow. I wasn't surprised really as pretty much every day for a few weeks it's got wet inside then dried out by the sun.

How many bikes are you building that you need 500 of anything?
Anyway, you can use brake ends on gear cable, but probably not vice versa.

It just occured to me that I had the opportunity to get a pot that would last me until I died- one thing to never have to think about needing, ever again.

I will get both brake and gear, as they exist, and I would not want to use the wrong one.

It just occured to me that I had the opportunity to get a pot that would last me until I died

When you get to my age, a pack of 100 is a lifetime's supply :-)
£3.25/100 Fibrax

You'll probably end up loosing the pot before you finish it. Or that's what I do anyway. I now have 3 pots just in case I loose one again.

I just did a google image search for Yao Ming, and none of the first 100 or so images were a meme. Surprising. (still looking for the one where he goes to Australia)

was it australia? I thought it was brazil?

Or Peru?

ah well done, but i swear he was burning the forest in it before?

Hmmm...I remembered it as being better than that^^ too.

I think this is the face I've found most funny since first seeing forever alone.