Any question answered...

Thanks v much, mdcc_tester...Godditt !

Anyone ever bought glasses (spectacles) from online?
Was there any issues or things you would do differently? Would you recommend etc?

Anyone ever bought glasses (spectacles) from online?

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13153994/

Coming from a different use,
one of the deciding factors was whether there was some sort of clutch/release mechanism
that allowed a rapid return of the powered arm to the start of its vector of motion.
As fate would have it,
a recent Macine Mart email featured log splitters:
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/machine-mart-offers/logbuster-price-crash/
(not necessarily a recommendation),
but their range will show how the price racks up with desired features.

I've purchased from http://www.shuron.com/index.htm
No regrets here.
Make sure your PD is accurately measured.

Taxis Christmas day. London. They still happen to work don't they?

Minicab or Uber for guaranteed transport. I don't recall seeing many black cabs on past waifs and strays.

Yeah, black cabs unlikely. Parents staying, but not with us. " No taxis in London on Christmas day!"

I nearly burst out laughing.
Anyway, forest hill cars "we never close".

" No taxis in London on Christmas day!"
I nearly burst out laughing.

Would you work on Christmas day if you were likely to earn about a quarter of what you make on any other day?

Depends, do you like your family and do you have anything to stay at home for?

Brilliant. Thanks for that. Do you happen to know if specsavers are happy to hand out my PD measurement? I've been reading online that they are not keen on doing so.

I'm in Canada and so am not aware of Specsavers approach, but most Ophthalmologists/Optometrists are not keen to give out that measurement because of web reasons.
You can measure your own, but make multiple stabs at it and get an anal friend to corroborate your results.

I'm in Canada

Get your eyes tested in B.C. :)

You can measure your own

↑This.

yep, 'free' health care and all that

get an anal friend to corroborate your results.

Eye test time...

Takes a clear mind to make it

I'm looking for a set of combination spanners. In the 5-12mm range.

Any recommendations?

Classic vague budget of wanting to spend as little as possible on the best possible.

Halfords (not advanced) have a set for £50 at the moment. Are there any under rated inexpensive half decent brands out there?

Also any tips of what might be useful features? Extra long and offset seem like pluses. Although I guess extra long for small sized bolts probably leaves you open to fucking them up.

Cheers

The Halfords £50 set covers a much larger range than 5-12. Unless you're using them hard every day, you don't really need to worry about getting a premium brand. If I were shopping, I'd probably be lazy and get whatever comes up first on google, which in this case is
https://www.tester.co.uk/anton-aercs-extra-reach-combination-spanners-set-of-9
(No relation)
No 5mm, but then I've never been moved to use a wrench on anything smaller than M5 (8mm A/F) anyway. 5.5mm would be more useful than 6mm, since that's standard for M3, which is a mark against a set containing only whole numbers.

Draper 19756 midget (#hippy_approved) combination set goes up to 11 (#nigel_tufnel_approved) and includes 5.5mm (#tester_approved) and cheapish (#hugo7_approved)

If I have a GXP SRAM Rival 22 crank, that will be 24mm, rather than 30mm?

Yes. But 22 mm on the non drive side.

Was hoping to remove the SRAM cranks and drop my 24mm Rotor 3D into the same BB. Possible?

Draper 19756 midget

Cheers. Good suggestion.

It's comforting to know that despite the uncertainty of 2016 we can always rely on you to talk us out of frivolous and unnecessary expenditure.

Nope you cant. You could've with shimano.

Shimano 24 both sides, GXP 22 NDS, 24DS