Recent content by Bluehawk

I have been told that if you heat the discs with heavy braking, and then sit with your foot on the brake, instead of using the handbrake, the discs could warp. Apparently caused by the pad preventing the disc from cooling evenly.

Dorset Dude, whilst I agree with your point, you will find that with all rulings emanating from Brussels, we Brits bend over backwards to comply. The French, however routinely ignore any Brussels directives that don't suit them.

It's covered by s41 Criminal Justice Act 1925, it includes taking photos of people in the Court, defendants, witnesses, judges etc, and also of people entering or leaving the Court, its building and precincts of the building. I heard that Highbury Mag Ct in London wanted to instal cctv in the...

Nope Joe, it's against the law. That is why we only see court sketches in the papers.

I saw an interesting comment on another Forum, along the lines of,....cast your minds back to the 70's and 80's when the IRA where killing innocent civilians by bombing several English cities, whilst the good people of US cities were donating funds to the IRA, "for the good ol' freedom fighters...

I would agree with the suggestion of the Nissan Pathfinder. Mine is 05, 86000 miles and been very reliable ( yes, I know what will happen as soon as I post this ) so far. I hope to keep it to 200,000. Prior to that I had the Nissan Xtrail which was just as good. My Freelander was a pile of poo...

Nice one Nick, congratulations.

Is it possible to forward the spam to the relevant bank, for the attention of their fraud section ? Spam ebay messages can be forwarded to spoof@ebay.com for example.

Saw somewhere that the thing to do is to rename the file with .EXE on the end. I can't verify that as I haven't had the email myself, and I am not a computer expert. If it works please let us all know.

A mate tells the story of when a lunchtime drink got a bit out of hand, and he ended up the worse for wear. He had to get to Victoria Railway Stn for his train home. On the way, staggering along Victoria St he lost control of his bowels and soiled his underpants and trousers. Smelling like a...

Mustn't chase motorcyclists who don't have crash helmets on, they might fall off and hurt themselves. Naughty policeman.

Another option that I have heard travel photogs use, is to burn two cd's during your travels, (assuming you find a camera shop), you then keep one cd, and post the other one home. Just a thought.

Nope, still unable to text with O2.

Yes, about 4pm. Kept saying my settings were incorrect. Seems to have settled down now though.

How about doing some voluntary work? Go to a local Rotary club meeting, meet new people and see if it's for you. They usually meet once a week, so it won't take over your life, but it might add something to it. Only an idea.