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mattyb

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  1. Calls you a grass then he calls the cops on you, odd. I don't understand why they didn't sack him a long time ago if he behaves like that.
  2. Read an interesting book about the Oklahoma bombings, didn't deny that McVeigh was heavily involved but some doubt as to whether he was the bomber and who was really behind the whole plot. He was happy to take the blame and prosecutors were happy to blame someone so the full truth may never come out. Someone tried a truck bomb before on WTC Tango. Quite a few that were probably called conspiracy theories have proven to be true. Gulf of Tonkin, WMD in Iraq, Iran-contra, MK-Ultra, Operation Northwoods to name but a few. I do love a good conspiracy theory but most are bunk
  3. I hope I'm proven wrong and that those several hundred people would go straight out and get jobs and become valuable members of society. I just don't think it'll happen. Some might go get jobs, some would end up either on the street or career criminals. Doesn't sound like a very good solution to me. But won't they just go rent a private property and the DSS will pay their rent? I don't see the point, it probably costs the taxpayer more as private rental is more expensive than council properties. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the idea of my tax money being used to allow rioters (or other crims) to keep their lifestyle. But nobody seems to be thinking about what these people will do for food and shelter after that.
  4. Having just come back from a country that has no benefits system, cities full of beggars/robbers and large areas complete no-go zones at night I don't agree with this at all. If you remove social services from those who need it (regardless if they've committed crimes or not), they'll not just wither up and disappear, more likely we'd end up unable to go out in cities at night and crime would get miles worse. We have a legal system to deal with people who break the law, e.g. rioters. If that's not working properly then the solution surely is to fix the legal system. Not to just give up and start removing social services or deciding that humans suddenly lose human rights because they broke a law.
  5. Unhappy, I like F1 and beeb do good coverage of all the sessions. Will be losing interest in the sport if this goes ahead. I can afford Sky but choose not to have it. Would rather not watch it on some low res online feed either.
  6. Nice, it's about 4 hours from here. Only ridden it once so far, can't wait to get back though, great track. Double header in early September that's looking tempting! Prepare wallet for a beating, worth every penny though IMO
  7. I think #1 is what we have now so would go with that. Agree with cruz if you don't take the piss and are fairly observant then you can make good progress. Unfortunately I think we need 70 limits in this country, there are just too many cretins on the road. Most around here can barely negotiate a roundabout so letting people like that on autobahn style roads would be asking for trouble.
  8. Furniture polish is apparently good for it. Mine have started squeeking too lately, must get around to trying that out. It's also supposed to be good for keeping water off the visor.
  9. Yea that was crazy, don't know how he kept on it after that
  10. I used to do that, nice bit of fishtailing. Trick is in blipping the throttle as you change down, takes a bit of practice but well worth it. Will stop the back locking up but still give you nice engine braking.
  11. I tend to approach in 1st gear, bike is a bit unsettled at low revs in 2nd plus being in 1st means I have power to pull away if traffic starts moving. Also get nice engine braking ('tis a 600). I wouldn't coast up to the junction with clutch held as the bike is more stable with drive on the back wheel, the same applies to the car but you're not balancing on it at the time so get away with it
  12. Speaking of ancient FPS, saw a DUke Nukem Forever advert on TV last night
  13. This site looks pretty handy for finding new routes
  14. Use dark one, unfortunately Caberg helmets don't fit me. Have used it early in the morning while still dark & it was fine. Don't ride much at night, would probably take clear visor with tinted pinlock.
  15. I've got narrow feet too and ended up with Sidi, fitted nicely. Then trashed them doing some inadvertent offroading, the shop I brought them at posted them back to Sidi who repaired them for free including re-stitching the slider mounts, impressed.
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