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Just been - loads of fun. Who decided the winners? Judges or public vote?

Annoyed the usual CAMRA hypocrisy of foreign beers being allowed to use CO2, but all English beer being limited to ye old pump.

I believe Cesare Pedrini (136) is. Some amusing videos were linked to of him going down hill without chain many pages back. I think they were on his or one of the other riders Instagram.

Moving flat and trying to get rid of stuff:

I have an old Shimano RS20 Front Wheel which came with a second hand bike. Fairly worn out with a slight ding in rim. It's free to a good home.

The keyboard is a Panasonic SX-KC600 it has MIDI and a floppy drive (whoa!). White keys are yellowing, but would be a good keyboard for anyone starting out. Would like a tenner for it.

Pickup in Lewisham/New Cross,

Thanks

Probably a bit late but I've got a worn out front wheel. Moving and need to be rid of it. It's free and in New Cross.

There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that know binary, and those that get laid.

Ftfy

Why did the bear dissolve in water?
....
It was a polar bear!

Au enough with the puns!

Judging by his twitter feed he might finish the ride with a red coloured saddle.

BBQs and bake sales at the polling stations! I know we're technically forced to vote in Australia, but why wouldn't you when there are snags to be consumed.

UK get it together. Democracy should be yum.

Ok great tips. I bought the freehold info. It is a shared freehold which includes our landlords name...

Our kitchen ceiling roof was leaking this morning. There is a flat on top of ours which must also be damp.

Last time this happened - about 6 months ago - I spoke to the family in the flat above us. The water had come through the roof and into the childrens bedroom. When I asked them who their landlord was they couldn't/wouldn't tell me. I then called my landlord to find out if they knew the owner of the freehold (I figured that's who would have to repair the roof). They said they didn't. Could that even be possible?

I then called up the real estate who was previously managing our flat before the landlord decided to cut them out and manage the flat herself. Again, they said they didn't know the owner of freehold either.

Straight after that first leak, the family upstairs moved out. Literally within a day or two, dumping all their water logged stuff in the front garden including soiled nappies and other filth (another story). Some quick repairs were made to the upstairs flat and a new family moved in.

Now there is a leak again and I expect the whole thing to repeat.

Is my landlord lying? Surely they must know who the freehold owner is. Why won't any of the families who have lived upstairs tell me who there landlord is?

Besides moving out, what should we do? I feel bad for the families who move in upstairs and then get their possessions destroyed by rain because the roof hasn't been repaired.

Similar story for me this morning.

Filtering down right hand side of traffic stopped at red light by Tooting Bec station. All of a sudden driver opens door and I swerve out of way. Driver gets out, crosses road sticks bit of rubbish in bin and gets back in car. Stick yourself in the bin next time. Cheers.

And I thought it was bad enough with devs calling themselves 'ninjas', 'pirates' and 'insert programming language evangelists'. I hate my ilk sometimes...

I think old was Church of Holy Trinity in Clapham?

Where you might have found Will Smith in the 90s...

Im right next to it enjoying a Fair right now.. Without bike alas...

This clue is rad. Proper cryptic crossword stuff. Decided to grab the beer rather than the tag though!

The educational institute reference made me giggle.

Tickled. Was expecting a Louis Theroux style light docco about the weird world of "competitive tickling". Ended up having nightmares... Worth a watch.

I rode from Lindau, a town on Lake Constance to Rotterdam along the Rhein in 2011. It was July/August and had really nice weather. I did it on the fixed gear so was travelling pretty light but camped and staying in hostels, lots of them are in converted castles. There is one in Bacharach just down the Rhein from Wiesbaden.

If you can, I'd suggest getting to the Rhein Falls when in Basel even it means taking a train on the way back. Its the largest waterfall in Europe by volume i think. Really stunning and very noisy. There is a YHA hostel right on the cliff if you were to stay.

Some nice camping on the Rhein in Strasbourg and in the Black Forest region.

It's a great ride. Very jelly!

It's also gotta have some of London's loosest gravel and most dumped clothes. If there was any more clothes you could almost avoid the sketchy pebbles like a garment super highway.

Thanks. Was quick because it was in my 'hood, which I now know was once a Rhubarb farm!

New: Keep your head above water

Old: Wickham Mews

At work so this is a rough recipe:

I boil up 4 chopped lemons without the pith (but include the grated rind), a really large stick of fresh ginger finely chopped/minced, 4 cups of sugar in 10 cups of water. It makes a strong cordial. Taste and adjust keeping in mind this will get diluted. This is when you might add a chilli or more ginger.

Then strain and dilute to 28 cups. When its cooled to room temperature add some ale or champagne yeast. For a low alcohol (can't guarantee no alcohol) brew in a open vessel with cloth over the top for 5 days. Bottle for two days, the yeast will keep fermenting in the bottle carbonating it.

A tip for storage:

As there is still sugar (which is desirable for taste) in the bottles they can keep fermenting potentially leading to explosive/errupting bottles. So either:

1) Stick 'em in the fridge after the bottle fermentation. This will put the yeast to sleep so you can drink whenever. Of course it takes up space in the fridge...
2) "Cook" the bottles in hot 70+ degree water which will kill the yeast. You can then safely store the bottles for as long as you like.
3) Ferment until all sugar is gone, bottle with a teaspoon of sugar for carbonation and add a sweetening agent.

I've only ever done 1 & 2.

BTW: That ginger plant recipe in the link looks interesting. I've done one before that was similiar but where you add 1tsp ground ginger, 1tsp sugar, and 1 tsp water to a cup each day for a week. You then squeeze the mixture through a cloth into the ginger beer and keep the left over stuff as a new starter culture. Worked well but who can wait an extra week ;-)