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Lights are expensive, and so are the batteries that constantly need renewing, and don't last that long. And it's a pain to have to keep unfixing lights to carry around with you whilst visinting/shopping etc. The cost of lights and batteries is surely a lot cheaper than getting injured by a motor vehichle hitting you, or even a pedestrian not seeing the cyclist I think it's a darned site more of a pain to have to go to the out patients department at the hospital, than changing a couple of batteries. And have you ever seen the result of a cyclist unseen by the driver of a LGV? the one that I have seen ended up between the two drive axles of an 8 wheeler, didn't do him any good I can assure you, nor his bike. The bike could have been repaired unfortunatly the young man on the bike couldn't and was crushed to death. He came up alongside the lorry after joining the road a few yards before the junction on a rainy, dark winters evening, no lights and as the road cleared sped of as fast as he could to go straight over the cross roads, the lorry turned left. I leave the rest to your imagination. That driver had NEVER been involved in any accident, near miss or any thing else, and was considered by his employers to be a model driver. He never drove again after that Friday night, even a car it had upset him so much. It wasn't very pleasant for us, the two mechanics who had to go out and move the vehicle and extract the remains of his bicycle, and make temporary repairs to the mudwings and rear lights of the lorry either.

Thanks Budgie, I really do think that I should get a life jacket, I am not in the best of health that I've ever been and I don't fancy joining davey jones locker just for the sake of a few pounds or looking good in the latest camo gear. Have I got it right in that a life jacket would be best rather that a bouancy aid? Just another point that I thought about mentioning is that I carry a space blanket in my carp gear, and a full set of dry warm clothes even down to under wear & a bath towel (some people think that I go over the top with doing this, bet they wouldn't if they fell in and it was a tad cold ), so a life jacket would just put the icing on the cake I think. The spare clothing could even be left in the car if it was too cumbersome to carry with your gear I suppose. What are anyone eles'e views on that addition?

Jeepster, is it only the gas cylinders that you have to replace or do you have to replace the whole life jacket? and is the jacket scrap if it goes off as in if I fell in? I must admit that I don't wear a life jacket, as I only ever fish from the banks, either on the River Soar or Wreake, or mainly the banks of my syndicate waters and a few day ticket waters, BUT you guys have made me think about it seriously and I am confident that I need to wear one even tho' I'm only a bank angler. Many years ago I was a strong swimmer, but as I have got older I am sure that I would not be so good and as has been pointed out cold water don't do you no favours either in dexterity or I imagine stamina. I weigh 14stone so what newtons size would I need, and can anyone advise or recommend a make and give a rough idea of the cost involved please, cost is tho' secondary to my life.

Just got this one.

I personally use a Fox easydome one man, very fast to erect and peg. I used it about 3years? ago in VERY high winds,( I remember the date but not the year so about 3 years, and it was 26th Oct.There were winds up to 96mph in areas that week end so it may tell you the year.) Any way it stood up to the high winds that we had to deal with, and was VERY stable. I am not familiar with the STI myself so can't say either way, but I can recommend you look at the FOX easydome, tho' it may not be as good as the STI for your needs, or may be better for fast erecting and pegging. I find that it is large enough for me ALL my gear, and until I lost her my German Shepard dog aswell. Bed chair that I use is just a Shaekespear cypry one that cost me about £40 that I have had for at least 6 years now and is still going strong, even tho' I'm no light weight, and has had a great many outings. A little on the heavy side to carry but I use a barrow that was made for me in stainless steel for a christmas present by my son-in-law. I have seen some use a light weight aluminium bed chair but they bent quite soon if they didn't use and adjust the 3rd leg very well. I made a seperate leg for mine by the way for the foot end so that I could sit on the end when I moved it out of the bivvy or when I had Visitors The sleeping bag is a JRC 3 season, that I find extremely warm and comfortable, zips on both sides, and I think they are called crash zips, you can just grab the bag or put you hand out and it will open, if you see what I mean. I don't zip up the side that I will exit from as it is warm enough for me without doing so. Hope that helps you a bit.

Personally I like it lightly fried in butter, with some nice freshly baked granary bread THICKLY spread with best butter. Oh a brace of them is even better. Jeepster, is that true, if you cook the garlic too quickly that it imparts a bitter taste?

I echo what every-one else has said here, everyone should be allowed to die with dignity, when they have to rely on all there needs being carried out for them (even very personal needs) by relatives etc. It must be the most difficult decision to make, as the medical staff know only too well, pain for instance will make you want to give up on life to get the relief that you need. What about a person that either has an accident or an illness the leaves them TOTALLY reliant on another person to feed them, wash them in fact do every thing for them, their mental facalties still there, BUT cannot converse or write etc to let it be known how they feel and want the release from it, how will they fair? Quite a worrying thought to me. I would hate anyone to be in that possition, the mental torment must be intolerable to them.

That is a bit of a blow that they won't have to pay for it. I was thinking of your idea and thought "where the heck did I put those old phone books" but alas................................................................ Couple of bags of cement might have been a bit big I suppose.

I've just looked in Fred Bullers book PIKE and this is what I came up with. At a length of 40" it is 11yrs old, that by the way is read from a table not an actual quote from the book. I hope that helps, I will look at one of his other books if I get a chance tonight for you.

One thing that I've seen done by a couple of guys fishing a longish session on one of my syndicate lakes, was to tie some 20lb ish B.S. line on to thier boat (spooled up to a reel of course and fitted to a stiff rod). When they had sent the boat out and tipped the baits and rig, they turned the boat around to face them and then instead of using the boats motor to return it, they reeled it in so saving on battery power. I wonder if this could work for you when the boat has rissen in the water after depositing the bait. It may even be a good safety line (excuse the pun) just in case of a malfunction anyway. I have not used the method myself on my bait boat. They were using a bait runner reel by the way with the bait runner on, set to take line with little ressistance, but I can see ways of using an ordinary fixed spool reel for the same method

Thanks Judy, she has got her c.v. sorted when she did a course on some thing or other, I don't know what it was tho'. I have to email her all the info etc that I get for her as she lives a few miles away from us, the phone doesn't quiet get things over as well as seeing it with you own eyes some times. Thanks again.

Thanks Ian, I didn't know that it was quite that. I thought that they wanted to know all sorts of things, near enough writting an essay to them. You've put my mind at ease there. Thank you.

Fantastic news I'm genuinely realy glad Dave. Brilliant.

Hiya every-one, this may sound a bit of a thick question, but what is an opening letter for a job, and what do you put in it? It's not for me but for my daugther, I'never had to do one before and it's a new one on me. I need it pretty quick as she needs to get it in the post first thing tomorrow. Thanks every-one.

Why can't you smoke on the plane if you open the window to let the smoke out and some fresh air in? O/K I'm off.

I for one would be very dissapointed if the site closed down. It's been a pleasure to me to see and reply to some posts on here. Yes there are going to be some posts that we will all find ofencive (spelling?) but they seem to be few and far between to me, but they have more than likely been caught by the mods or reported by another member before I get to read them. I have recieved help with all sorts of things getting good advice etc from the other members. Newt has given all of us the advantage of having an expert with P.Cs to turn too in our hour of need with the stupid things. I have never met any of the other members face to face, but feel sure that I would be very pleased to do so. The idea that JanV put forward using some-ones I.P. address to ban them seems reasonable to me as they only have to change their user name and away they go again. I don't know if would be possible or even practicle to do it that way but It would get rid of them. Coming back to the having to log on every time that we come here has been like that for me for a while now every time that I leave the site infact, but the not being able to view threads not just the title (if that makes sense to you) has only just started to happen, but I don't mind if it keeps the idiots out and keeps the site the friendly one that it was and I hope will carry on being.

Possibly, but is it worth the risk? is it a high milage engine? what type of work does it do? etc. I would think that you would have to look at it all carefully before deciding the course of action to take, it could be very costly either way if you get it wrong. Glad it's not me.

It cleans off all the diesel from the internals. The diesel is actually a light or low viscosity lubricant, thereby using the fuel as its own lubricant. Petrol is not a lubricant and is in fact VERY slightly abrasive, fantasticly low abrasive but there all the same. Paraffin is even more abrasive. When I was an apprentice we used to clean off all the engine parts that we were rebuilding, with red diesel of heating oil until we found out that it don't do you no good, and had to start doing it with paraffin again and oiling the parts REALLY well before rebuilding, or using a degreaser, washing off and again oiling really well befire rebuilding, which you do any way. Phill.

1. Drain flush and refill fuel tank with new fuel. 2. Purge fuel system with fresh fuel, (min 5 litre through system) 3. Change fuel filter/filters, not forgetting any fuel/water seperator strainer or possibly element. 4. If common rail vent all injectors/spill off lines. 5. If you know where the fuel pump shut off is (wiring to injection pump) disable and turn engine over. This runs fresh fuel into the spill off and pushes any remaining fuel/petrol mix back into the spill off back into the fuel tank, and at most an egg cup full will return to tank. Now comes the good bit, if you have any remaining fuel/petrol mix left in the system and you use the heater plugs I.E the little coil light on the dash warning panel and you try to start the engine then it COULD ignite with a rather disturbing few flames and some wierd sounds. Don't worry too much about that as it is contained in the induction side and shouldn't set the vehicle alight................................. Now the injection pump, I haven't seen an inline pump fitted to any modern diesel for 20yrs+, so a rotary or DPA pump is 99% certain to be fitted to this vehicle,and wether common rail or not, price for a NEW pump is going to be in the region £500-£600+. This cost can be greatly reduced by going along to a fuel injection specialist and getting a recallibrated pump, along with injectors. Most HGVs have reconditioned pumps and injectors fitted at some time in there lives as do lots of smaller private diesel fueled p.l.g. vehicles. Unless you are familiar with the method of setting the phasing of injection systems, it would be best to entrust the work to be carried out by a fuel injection specialist, 1 degree out on the phasing of a diesel engine is not quite like getting the ignition timing 1 degree out on a petrol engine. It may also be wise to have the fuel pump/cam belts changed at the same time, as ecsesive strain and stress will more than likely have been put on them and its cheaper to change them at this stage than later on when it will all have to be re-timed any-way. Hope that answers a few concerns, and doesn't frighten you too much, but the truth is it,'s a costly mistake, if you do it. By the way you must have at LEAST 70% fuel oil in the mixture for it to ignite. as petrol will NOT ignite under compression alone, it must have some form of ignition to ignite the petrol/air mixture I.E. the spark from a spark plug as in a petrol engine. Sorry forgot this bit, if you get neat or nearly neat petrol into your exhaust system, it don't do it any good either, you may get a "back fire" situation and scare the pants off you in the process

Mechanical fitter for a very well known construction machinery manufacturer. I work in the research and developement department, but for how much longer I have no idea as we seem to be making a loss all the time, so they may close the department down or slim it down to just a skeleton staffing level................. then I just don't know. But I'm time served and have a class 1 l.g.v. licence to fall back on if I have to.

Dave, I think the hamster has to pay an extra £20 to take you along with him

noah, I don't think that I can add any-thing to what the others have said, so do as they suggest mate and do your best not beat yourself up. I hope that every-ones kind words will help you through it.

chavender is 100% correct on whom has the fishing rights. Swadlincote & District Angling Club Tel: 01283 217600 Contact Name: Mrs J Kirby ukdtofi you have a pm

About 48 years now. Started when I was about 6, with a solid cane rod and a bake-alite centre pin reel loaded with what looked like bailing twine compared to the line of to-day. Floats that you would need a great white shark to take under, or a mako to make it bob, hooks were like grappling irons etc, but I carried on and have enjoyed every moment of my fishing even the blanks etc. Interestingly no-one else in the family fished so I had to learn by mistakes, people passing on info to my dad, who in turn had to try to get it through to me, and him-self. I fished the Trent for a short while, then a local pond that the police club had the rights to. I graduated to carp fishing at 18, and have been carp fishing ever since alongside my float fishing I must add, so I've been carp fishing for over 38yrs. (that makes me feel old now). But there you go thats how long I've been fishing.

So sorry that has happened to you. Stick to your guns tho' plod will always think that you are trying it on with the quantity and value of stolen items, it's in there nature to think the worste of every-one & unless they are anglers more than likely don't realise the cost of such items. I had my car stolen a few years ago and in the boot was a good portion of the tools of my trade that had taken me many years to accumalate, some being given as presents etc, when I was an apprentice, by parents both now dead, so know the feeling too well.