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Murphy Richards

Kenwood

I think it's vestax or numark. But can't be sure.

Anyway, who wants to buy a full home dj setup?

Dibs. Fiddy dorrah?

Why do friggin' Silverfish live in my bathroom and only come out when I'm on the loo?!?

I've got a really productive and persistant cough since I had a heavy cold for the last 6 days or so.

This cough is keeping me awake at night and it has got to the point that all the coughing has strained my stomach muscles and given me a sore throat!

Can anybody recommend a way for me to help my body expel what it is trying to expel? Do expectorants work? Maybe inhale steam?

Stop drinking booze. Eat lots of veg. Drink beroccas. Purchase some tiger balm and some drowsy cough medicine. Not the non drowsy stuff it is shite. Drowsy stuff will also help you sleep.

Ha ha...just sitting here drinking drowsy benelyn from the bottle. I like to think I have a grasp of what a 5ml sip is like...

Way ahead of you on healthy diet and vitamins. Just getting a bit bored of not being able to sleep because of this cough. Maybe the Benelyn will work.

Cough has got a lot better today actually.

It's all about cutting the booze and hitting teh drowsy stuff! If tonight is no better ask about if anyone got some vallis or get some sleep aid tablets from Lloyds they're pretty good. Hot milk and honey or hot lemon water and honey can soothe as well....

Let's just say I suffer with coughs quite badly, especially in winter. When I did a ski season I lost my voice for 3 months!

I know they are the target of anti-nodder ridicule, but does anybody know if the Hump rucksack covers actually a good or bad bit of kit? Seems like a decent way of adding waterproofness to a rucksack without having to buy a proper messenger bag, which are not cheap at all.

here's a much less naff way

And there's always the one you can't use when it's raining:

I know they are the target of anti-nodder ridicule, but does anybody know if the Hump rucksack covers actually a good or bad bit of kit? Seems like a decent way of adding waterproofness to a rucksack without having to buy a proper messenger bag, which are not cheap at all.

Ride faster.... unless you wear your bag on your front you'll be fine.

Let's just say I suffer with coughs quite badly, especially in winter. When I did a ski season I lost my voice for 3 months!

My lungs hate it for the first two weeks I spend in the Rockies every year...the dry air just shrivels my lungs up. Doesn't happen to me in the Alps for some reason.

How long do you spend in the rockies!? Do you spend it boarding? Can I visit... (:

I've just found another set of spokes that might be ok for 3 cross as it happens. I think they are 2mm too long but given that it is a 50mm rim, it could be ok.

Don't do it. The rational limit of spoke crossing is when the spokes are tangential to the hub flange; you can't make the wheel torsionally stiffer by going further than that. As the flange pcd increases or ERD decreases, the spokes become more tangential without increasing the crossing. So, 24h 3x might just work on old fashioned wheels with very low depth 27" rims and tiny flanges. With 50mm rims and presumably large flange hub, there is no need to try to add crossings, as the spokes will not only already be close to tangential, but they will be tangential to an already large diameter. It's the orthogonal distance from the hub axis to spoke axis which determines the change in spoke tension caused by driving torque, and you already have enough of the former to keep the latter well within acceptable bounds. Adding more crossing than you need both makes the spokes longer and narrows the bracing angle, leading to a reduction in axial stiffness on both counts.

1 problem, 1 appointment.

I get up to 2 problems per appt. Living in the 'burbs FTW

How long do you spend in the rockies!? Do you spend it boarding? Can I visit... (:

Ice climbing mainly but I'm really getting into my skiing of late.

Don't do it. The rational limit of spoke crossing is when the spokes are tangential to the hub flange; you can't make the wheel torsionally stiffer by going further than that. As the flange pcd increases or ERD decreases, the spokes become more tangential without increasing the crossing. So, 24h 3x might just work on old fashioned wheels with very low depth 27" rims and tiny flanges. With 50mm rims and presumably large flange hub, there is no need to try to add crossings, as the spokes will not only already be close to tangential, but they will be tangential to an already large diameter. It's the orthogonal distance from the hub axis to spoke axis which determines the change in spoke tension caused by driving torque, and you already have enough of the former to keep the latter well within acceptable bounds. Adding more crossing than you need both makes the spokes longer and narrows the bracing angle, leading to a reduction in axial stiffness on both counts.

Cheers MDCC, a mutt's nuts answer. 2 cross it is.

Ice climbing is on my list but when I'm a bit lighter... pretty handy with a board though. Just had mates bail on a trip the week before xmas leaving me high and dry with a week off work but nowhere to go, half thinking of heading somewhere in europe on me todd...

hoping to make Canada in March, snow out there looks a different ball game to europe.

I was meant to go boarding 2yrs ago in Wisconsin. Then I was made redundant, my mate now lives out there having married his 4th American girlfriend.

dodged a bullet there, then

Nah, she's mint. If it wasn't for the redundancy I'd be - ranting a lot on here, not spending half as much time on here, would have gone to N.America, would still have my longboard and wouldn't be stressing every month about the mortgage.

I know they are the target of anti-nodder ridicule, but does anybody know if the Hump rucksack covers actually a good or bad bit of kit? Seems like a decent way of adding waterproofness to a rucksack without having to buy a proper messenger bag, which are not cheap at all.

My karrimor rucksack came with a rain cover that seems like a simpler version of the hump (plain black). It probably wouldn't stand up to hours of persistent downpour as the rain could still seep down your back or along the straps and slowly soak the bag, but i've found it works pretty well for keeping things dry when cycling in the rain.

The advantage over putting waterproofing inside is that you don't arrive with a soggy rucksack.

Ha ha...just sitting here drinking drowsy benelyn from the bottle. I like to think I have a grasp of what a 5ml sip is like...

Way ahead of you on healthy diet and vitamins. Just getting a bit bored of not being able to sleep because of this cough. Maybe the Benelyn will work.

Cough has got a lot better today actually.

Yo Dan. You have a bacterial chest infection that has developed after you had an initial viral infection. You need to get a doctor to prescribe you antbiotics, which you'll take for a week or perhaps two, and then you'll be better.

^Not a doctor, but almost certainly right. I would bet (a small quantity of) money on it.

(Thanks for the pedals by the way, you're a star).

^Actually, disregard this and follow Hippy's advice.

I have a sony ericsson c902. the screen is fucked. all my contacts are saved to phone memory (the last backup I did was two years ago so is a little redundant, oops). anyone got any idea what sequence of button presses will get the phone comfortable to bluetooth everything to my pc?
I've managed to connect to it via bluetooth using floats mobile agent but it times out when trying to grab the phonebook :(

(increase timeout in settings, obvious)