Any question answered...

Possibly apocryphal, but I was chatting to the chap from the architects firm responsible for the restaurant I was working in at the time, and he said they specified that ground glass be mixed with the concrete for the basement level (where the kitchen was sited) to slow the rats down, as they'd gnaw through the walls (eventually) to get to the walk-in fridge etc.

All these stories, including the ones about rats chewing through steel to get to some grain or whatever, are bullshit.

Garmin noob alert...

How do I view the FIT files I've been recording for the past couple of months?

UTFS. :-)

https://www.lfgss.com/thread61199.html

That thread is full of jargon, must be an easier way (:

Them the bods to answer all your garmin needs..

can anyone seriously taste the difference between a right twix and a left twix
i must have bought about 20 twix bars this week in a quest to discover which one i like the best however I am having trouble tasting any difference what so ever between them
maybe the left twix has a hint of strawberry but i just can't be sure

I've never been able to tell but friends of mine have insisted the left twix was slightly softer than the right with a sweeter caramel.

Cross-posted from the sewing thread:

I have a zip on my Swrve Milwaukee hoody that I need to replace.

Chris at Swrve has been good enough to send me the correct zip, but I need to find somewhere / someone that can do the sewing.

Can someone make me a recommendation?

just google seamstress or tayor alterations and your post code.

I've never been able to tell but friends of mine have insisted the left twix was slightly softer than the right with a sweeter caramel.
It's to do with the earth's magnetic field. It's actually the northwesternmost finger that is softer - Just turn one, then leave it to settle for 48 hours, and you'll see the soft one switch.

Left and right Twixes have very different homoeopathic applications.

You guys aren't taking this seriously! #seriousbidnizz

The left Twix has crumble in it, and the right one has pie.

The left Twix has strudel in it, and the right one has zwiebelkuchen.

Mmm... apfel

I need to build a fairly affordable fixed wheelset capable of withstanding some regular abuse; up and off curbs, bunny hops and general fucking about. They need to be compatible with rim brakes and they need to be able to take 45c tyres, so the wider the better.

I think I'm going to go for 36h Mavic 319s rims. Eamsey is running these on his Gangsta and they seem like a good choice at ~£27 each.

Can anyone recommend a set of suitable hubs of similar price and quality?

Plain old Novatec hubs will do the job.

Thanks Ed.

On One's are rebranded Novatec, right? They're just £35 for a pair at the mo but the rear is currently unavailable (in 36h/silver).

Do you know of anywhere else I can pick up some?

System ex hubs are the same too.

I think I'm going to go for 36h Mavic 319s rims

Rigida Sputnik is cheaper and stronger. I wouldn't put 700x45 on either though.

These with 40c tyres would give you better ride and handling than 45c on 23-24mm wide rims at a similar total weight.

Thanks Ed.

On One's are rebranded Novatec, right?

And Ambrosio, and System EX... etc. you get the picture.

Personally, track rear and road front* would be a good balance (and cheaper).

*105 front hubs.

All these stories, including the ones about rats chewing through steel to get to some grain or whatever, are bullshit.

You mean they don't bleed acid? And they won't happily commit suicide in order to bleed on a wall for others to climb through it?

What would you know about rats anyway?

I heard that if you kill one they release a special pheromone that signals to all the other rats in the area, and they all come round and shit in your letterbox. That's what I heard.

All these stories, including the ones about rats chewing through steel to get to some grain or whatever, are bullshit.

You're welcome to come to my house where I have evidence in the form of 1mm steel plate chewed through. It was put there to stop them. It didn't.

I heard that their teeth are made of diamonds and when they start chewing on something their brains block every other neuron in their bodies so they can only focus on the chewing and nothing else. If a rat can't chew all the way through a material it will just die there, on the spot, and the other rats will eat its corpse and then continue the chewing activity themselves, and the cycle will repeat.

I heard that Cliff Richard is actually a swarm of rats dressed in people clothes and that he chews through your mind with inane Christmas shite.