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A couple of months ago my Better half designed some quite fancy looking reward charts in an attempt to improve the behaviour of our children. The charts have been laminated so that points can be added or removed with a dryboard marker and a damp cloth. Points are given for good behaviour and for all manner of things which kids usually avoid doing. As a special treat the one with the most points at the end of the month gets a trip to see "Girls…

Latest comment by Jack.n.coke 2 months ago

Having read the post before commenting on bribery, I notice that the children volunteered to go collecting…

More stealth taxation it seems. Another good idea in theory, but in practice the only difference this cpc will make is financial.

I notice the EC have had minimal decency to provide the "Aquired rights" for existing drivers, but we still have to go through the 35 hours of training every 5 years to keep our licence. Who exactly will be training us? If they will be like many of the instructors at the M.O.D school in leconfield, god help us!

Every little helps!

To copaslip every bolt on a bike would be a very meticulous and time consuming job indeed. A good idea in theory but maybe just a little OTT. I would suggest just using a good molybdenum grease on normal bolts, especially if you are putting anything on engine parts with normal bolts. What I have found in the past is that you have to spread a very thin coating on the thread of the bolt to avoid getting a big splodge of excess copaslip which attracts…

Noah, I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy to spend Nights out down in the south. You are absolutely right in pointing out the lack of places to park in that neck of the woods. Even the Industrial estates are out of bounds because they all seem to be adopting the yellow lines everywhere and some estates even have signs up saying "overnight parking will result in being clamped". No Parking, No hot meals, what a life eh?