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Sutton is a Tory safe seat, so that probably tells you all you need to know.

Stirchly (via Bounville station) and Cotteridge (via Kings Norton station) are both about 25mins on the train from Duddeston. Stirchley has a few craft breweries and feted restaurants, but accommodation is getting expensive due to its reputation. Cotteridge is just up the road and cheaper.

In case anyone is wondering, brought a pair of Lake wide shoes from Sigma, and they're a bit of a revelation. First cycling shoes I've had where my feet aren't wider than the soles.

Are Lake and Bont still the go to for flipper feet, and Sigma the best place with stock to try on in London? I have a bonus special needs, in that I usually walk on the outside of my foot, and thus that part of my foot gets sore with stiff uppers.

Does anyone know the 'Eat Plants Not Pigs' cycling club? Judging by their socials and website, they haven't been active for a few years?

I'd probably adjust your price down a bit. Cex are selling at £485, which includes a two year warranty.

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There were followed onto the stage at the Vuelta teams presentation by a T-Rex.

However, they were out shone by Home Alone Roglic who got left behind at the hotel and missed the Bora presentation. He eventually made it to the stage, only to lurk by himself in the shadows to come on at the end whilst Sepp Kuss was talking during the Jumbo presentation, like some evil arch nemesis.

You could argue that their TT riders have regressed since Bigham joined. Ganna has been a shadow of his former self in TTs for the past 18 months, and Thomas lost the Giro because of a sub-standard TT ride.

No idea how effective Bigham is/was at Ineos - however Ganna is certainly of the old guard like Cancellera and Martin, when TT'ing seems to have moved on to the lighter top GC riders in recent times.
I'd argue it's more Ineos doesn't have the talent, rather than a training issue.

Has anyone had the pull handle for removing the battery from a bag on the electric Brompton snap off? Was removing the battery to change bags on wife's e-Brompton, only for the handle to snap off at the hinges. Four months old, so hopefully should be sorted under warranty?!

There's some good stuff at this years London Jazz Fest. Want to go that, the Arve Henriksen/Haremen Frannje gig, and also the Mario Biondi gig as that's all romanticals for my wife and I.

Anyone visited Lisbon recently? I'd like to shoot some film, but don't know if the airport has CT scanners. Alternatively, is there somewhere lufguss approved for film purchasing and developing/scanning in Lisbon? I note Lisbon has a Carmencita branch there.

I see fiscal rules/ balancing the books, which means austerity for public services, doesn’t apply to defence. Where there’s suddenly a magic money tree for new submarines.

All announced via the Daily Mail front page.

That's one of those shit fake trailers.

Anyhoo, loving Bad Batch Season 3. Very much hoping for an old-man Crosshair and Omega live-action spin-off in the Mandalorian/Ashoka time period.

I have those too, and they're pretty great for £20. I prefer them for music over AirPods Pro.
It's crazy that these will also probably outlast the AirPods Pro - the AirPods are dead after the battery fails to hold a significant charge, whilst the main point of failure on the Zero is the cable, which is replaceable.

HD 25/ HD 25 Light

Are the Light essentially the same drivers, but without the split headband, rotating cups, single cable etc?

Closed back wired headphone recommendations? Reasonably neutral, minimal leakage, can be driven without a separate amp, and around £100. Is the answer AKG K361/371?

I have a pair of Audio Technical ATH-M30X which are 'ok' and I probably wouldn't bother replacing them, if it wasn't for the clamping force and pads making them super uncomfortable to wear.

Were you of voting age in '92?

Anything Starmer says before the coming General Election will be twisted by our rightwing press.
Any sensible, progressive policies will be stolen by shameless Tory chancellors,
(most recently changes to NonDom status).

I am willing to believe Starmer if he tells me the sky is green, if it leads to a Labour government.

I was indeed of voting age in 1992.
Starmer has spent a lot of time getting the right wing press on-side; think pieces for the Mail, courting Murdoch etc None of them have had a sustained attack at Starmer, as he's generally promising to deliver what their after. At this stage if feels more like a coronation, rather than an election.
As for the last sentence, it feels a bit football politics - do anything to get the red team over the line, regardless of what they stand for.

What do you think Starmer's Labour will deliver once in power? I tend to think he'll do as he says, and we'll have, at best, end stage Blairite or Coalition policies.

I suppose Starmer does have form for saying made-up stuff, just to get elected (see the Labour leadership election). However, sometimes, if it walks and quacks like a Neo-Liberal duck, then perhaps it is.

but I don't for one second think we'll have a Cameron-like government.

Why not? Starmer's Labour has been pretty consistent on that's exactly what they're going to deliver. See every speech given by Rachel Reeves or Wes Streeting.

If you think Starmer is going to unmask and reveal a bunch of progressive policies, rather than the turbo neo-lib stuff he's been shouting about, I've got a bunch of nft's you might be interested in buying.

I bought a pair of Sennheiser HD560S. The Apple dongle can just about drive them by maxing out the volume. Brought a dac/headphone amp to give a bit more headroom.

I use the Apple dongle on IEMs and lower-impedance headphones (it drives Grado's fine).

Forks sake, the third party lightning-USB A OTG cable + Fiio supplied USB A - USB C combo doesn't work either to get digital audio out of my iPhone, also.

Apple y u make it so hard to get digital audio out? With my Mac I had to end up installing a third-party app (Lossless Switcher) to get hi-res out.

Edit - Come back to it, and it now does work with my iPhone, but doesn't want to do hi-res (it's turned on in Music settings)

Yeah, they do, and it's a Fiio Q11 DAC/Headphone amp I'm using. I think what I need is (and it's what the Fiio cable is advertised as) an OTG cable. I've ordered a generic one off Amazon, will see if that does the trick.

How do you get digital audio out from the lightning port of an iPhone to an external DAC with a USB-C port? I’ve tried Apple’s Lightning to USB-Cable with Apple’s USB-A to USB-C dongle with no luck. I’ve also tried a third party Lightning to USB-C cable, also with no luck.

Apple’s camera connection dongle and a USB-A to C cable?

I pretty much don't listen to too much straight-up modern acoustic jazz, as it's often a pale imitation of what went before. However, blown away by the new Vijay Iyer Trio album, Compassion, especially the cover of Stevie Wonder's Overjoyed. Top tier piano trio jazz, immediately purchased their previous album, Uneasy, after listening.

Discogs sellers, a question. A purchaser isn’t happy with a record, and I’ve offered a return and refund. Is the etiquette I pay for the return postage, and refund the full amount (record+initial postage)?