Us blokes struggle at times like these... do we wish someone a happy birthday and run the risk of annoying them because they're not counting years any more, or do we avoid mentioning it and get called insensitive.

You don't understand how difficult life is for blokes!

Yay for CAPTCHAs!

Cuh! Well I cared that it was my birthday! Happy Birthday to me, yayyayayayayayayay!

Signed.

Hmm, I had a quick look. Seems most of the sites are shite, and don't mention that you should retighten the nuts after 10-15miles. There will almost certainly be some give in one of the bolts due to the driving! (I've been told this by a mechanic, whose torque wrench we were using to attach my friends wheels.)

Also soooo many sites say stupid things like "Tighten your wheel nuts up as much as you can. I usually stand on the lever on the wheel brace just the make sure." Well, up to you if you want to do that, but I've always been told as tight as possible with your wrench, then loosen off a tiny bit. If you ever have the chance to use a torque wrench and set the wheel nuts to the manufacturer suggested amount you'll find they aren't as tight as you'd do them by hand (well, as tight as I've done them!).

But number one thing: if you have a locking nut set for your alloys buy a decent one! Reason my friend had to go to the garage and use the pneumatic wrench/torque wrench was because of soft locking wheel nuts had started to shear. (With two people holding the normal wrench/key onto the nut and 1 turning we still slipped off!) These are NOT nuts that you want to do up too tightly!

Yay, thank you very much for mending my car!
But I hope the wheel does not fall off on the way to the scary mechanics!
That would scar me for life!
Ttfn
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Get some of those little nose plaster things that 3M make (well I think it is 3M). They might look like they are about as effective as a chocolate teapot, but they REALLY WORK! Now where's my sponsorship money 3M..

Richard, how is everything? Update me on how your life is developing, please.

Happy new year, Richard! Even if it is a little late.

And a Happy New Year to you, too.

Agreed, you only need to look at the Wiki entry for my old school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormston_School to see that this problem certainly isn't uncommon.

You did however say that a lot of the wiki entry for your clients school was copied from the school website? I thought the wiki 'moderators' or whatever their called usually removed copied pages.

Well there is that...
*looks towards his data card with 1mb = 10p* ;-p

Hallo!

Happy Christmas! Only 28 minutes left to enjoy it! I'm on GPRS. It sucks :(

Merry Christmas rads.

You know we now expect a better advent calendar for next year ;-p at least you have 11 months now to work on it ;-p

I know 9600 sucks, go for GPRS :-) Even better when you are on 3G :-)

Merry Christmas Richard! Thank you for providing some much needed entertainment over the last 4 weeks or so.

merry christmas rich!!!!!!!!
was just looking thru your photos of the grad ball.. I DIDN'T EVEN BUMP INTO YOU GUYS!! my gawd, in comparison to the pics from the grad ball of the previous year, you and tristan look so different..!! :)

anyway, hope all is good!! take care!!

Midnight (or thereabouts) just won't seem the same again... well, not for 11 months or so, anyway.