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Re: Yes hook it up to another computer as said - however you won't be likely to see much on it if you hook it up to a Windows PC due to the lack of suitable filesystem support; the Linux install (or another Mac) might be a better bet. I would actually be surprised if the drive were badly...

Re: Re: Do you have any evidence whatsoever that the DUP have encouraged, supported or condoned terrorism or murder of any kind at any point? It was after all founded by a Protestant minister who endangered his own life in loudly condemning murders committed by loyalists as well as the many...

Re: There were certainly 1 1/4" suspension forks around at the time... my brother's Saracen Conquest has 1 1/4" Mag 20s on it and I'm sure these were around in 1992.

Re: Wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. Overpriced for what you get and increasingly totally unrepairable if anything at all goes wrong with them (and it does, they're not magic) - pretty much everything being soldered to the motherboard now. Apple have occasionally produced very good...

Much as I dislike the man I couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for him at first - we're all human, everyone has had some vital bit of information slip their mind at the worst moment. All he had to do was to admit it right away - apologise that his mind had gone blank and carry on. Instead he...

Re: A proper Dualit one... OK, it's not quite under £100 for the four slot model but you can replace any part which does eventually fail without any problems, plus it looks, feels and even sounds nice! We've had ours for over a decade and still going strong, not even had to replace an element...

Re: Er... clearly it isn't socially acceptable as the sentence might hint!

Re: Re: I think you missed a smiley from that sentence, surely :lol: ? Do you remember the bit where they left the note for the incoming chancellor about all the money being gone? They weren't joking, either...

Re: Re: Well the second bit is certainly my main problem with his policies, though he is the horrible spectre of grim communism personified (in a slightly limp way) which is hardly endearing. I heard him mumbling and waffling on ineffectually on the radio this afternoon, just after the PM's...

Re: There's a huge difference between intentional dishonesty and revising a previously held opinion. Personally I'd far rather a PM who is capable of thinking things through and changing their mind as events dictate rather than one who pig-headedly blunders with plan A regardless. I'm not a...

My neighbours daily take their dogs to the beach in the car. "So what?" you may say. Their house is one house away from the beach, a literal handful of metres away!

Re: Re: Or pumps... years ago I had several, conned by the marketing story of lifetime repairs by stockists carrying a full range of spares. The truth was much more grim...

Re: Well quite :) What I really meant was that it has issues deeper than paint, including some rust which is getting a bit out of hand now and a slightly mangled cable stop or two - all fixable, just not justifiable. It's been a great bike and I've had way more than my money's worth out of...

Thanks for that, I have occasionally wondered what this cost but never quite got round to asking for a quote. Quite reasonable for that quality of job, I'd say... bit too much to spend on my battered old frame though!

Re: Superb! Out of interest, what sort of money are we talking about for that kind of job? My own is probably a bit too far gone to be worth doing, even with the sentimental aspect, but I have considered it...

Re: Lovely bike (colours are great), but I had to flick the pancake picture off the screen quickly before I vomited! Didn't get out on the bike at all today, busy digging trenches and running SWA cable into the house from my new office at the other end of the garden. I made a point of going a...

Re: It may work pretty well or it may fail miserably - it really depends on the hardware differences between the original and new PC. If the drive has any version of Windows earlier than 8 then it's best to boot to safe mode the first time you start it up (hit F8 fast and repeatedly after you...

If you really need / want a multi-tool then I'd think you're better off with a Gerber than a Swiss Army Knife; I think the screwdriver blade is the only extra one I've actually used on my Swiss Army Knife in twenty years. The pliers on a Gerber are admittedly pretty usable, but really most of...

I would suggest that you'd definitely have had far more exercise doing the same work with hand tools ;) Dry, well ventilated sheds are always a good thing for tools, retro or modern... on the flip side to your experience I've been building myself an office recently and whilst a lot has been done...

Switch to hand tools, they're cheaper, more reliable, better exercise and far more retro...