... them to strip the first time you undid them? The replacement titanium ones are 8mm. It's normally done like that to prevent the bigger Allen key being able to over-tighten the screw and destroying the threads, it's also done with hex heads on bolts etc, i.e. 10mm hex head on a 10/12mm thread ...

Etiquette of old school cyclists is to ride two abreast unless there is oncoming traffic or vehicles behind,in which case you single out.Unfortunatley the new trendy breed of cyclist couldn't give a fook about etiquette and are more interested in being Bradley Wiggins or some other Lycra clad hero

cant believe it, I am in a closed group for photographers, got invited in, just posting snaps, there are some really really good shots, very professional, well in fact they must be, anyway, there are some great artistic nude shots being posted at the moment and not getting pulled,,,,,ha ha...

... fwiw.: Unless you are seriously unhappy, then doing so will ultimately offer you by far the best options in the future, and whilst it is being funded for you as well makes it a gift.! When you've completed your education, perhaps you could write to the MD explaining that you are leaving ...

Being serious if you have someone thats willing to fund and education take it grab it and hold on. I could and would have been in a different job if i had a degree never did education all work experience and it gives you more weight to get a job when you need one.

... of my Apprenticeship this July and the placement I'm in looks like it isn't going anywhere (it's a project which we've since found out is already being done by multiple other groups) so I'm likely to be "out of a job" so to speak; I need to apply for a job within the company but I will ...

That's what we are being told anyway

I see the game was called off and a controlled explosion carried out.

I wonder if it was the real thing or the police being cautious?

DeeGee touched on something else there.....I know there's been at least one case where the police used a tracker to disable a vehicle containing a kidnapper and his victim, a small child. I forget the circumstances, but seem to remember it was over some sort of child-custody case. I know that I paid...

Any recommendations for the swingarm? It's got some chips on it from the chains. My fault for being so clumsy.

I like having a day time nap when I stop at the services so still a no from me

I don't see the problem using them on commercial vehicles. I've had a case where a council tried to pass a nasty claim on to my client as they said the work wasn't done. The tracker information showed it was. Likewise we defended a trucker involved in a multiple fatal. Facing charges including causi...

Interesting thread, fwiw I'm on a tracker on my company vehicle, initially I viewed it exactly the same as Perkles - it's intrusive and it essentially says that your employer doesn't trust you. However, a few years back one of the sales reps at my previous company was on a sales call and pulled over...

This all reminds me of a case about a decade or more ago...think it was Chicago or Detroit area, if memory serves. A 5 years-old boy was struck & killed by a car. The driver claimed to have been driving at or around the speed limit. A subsequent investigation of the data in the car's computer st...

Kwacky wrote:I always try to work with my opposite number

Aka "to beat your enemy, you must know your enemy"

I know that with a couple of my clients who run small fleets of Company cars, the insurers insist on one or two of the drivers using a black box all the time due to their accident/speeding records. Doubt it will be many years before that filters down to all of us.

I always try to work with my opposite number

Kwacky wrote:I'm a critical injury and catastrophic defendant insurance lawyer by trade

Ah, OK, so we work on opposite sides then

Tonight will mainly involve alcohol, perfect antidote to a hard week.

Tomorrow see's a skip being delivered and some gardening man style, read as destruction and power tools.

Bike is booked in for it's mot (only 2 weeks late this time)

Sunday will probably be more "gardening"

I'm a critical injury and catastrophic defendant insurance lawyer by trade