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The general issues that driving standards totally stink these days and people have no discipline over their lights definitely stand, although I doubt I would turn them on in the above picture.

Shepherd's/cottage pie - mash Fish pie - pastry lid (or mash?) Meat pie - fully encased, bring on the calories. Fish pie and Shepherd's pie have special dispensation for not actually being pies. A little like how Angel Delight is in fact not delightful. What we need is a legal mind to rule on the s...

If that Cupra has the same infotainment system as the ID3 then it’s a complete disaster. VW admitted as such and said they’re bringing back buttons for essential functions but it will take until 2026 to do so :roll: This I'm afraid. I tested both the ID3 and Cupra Bourn... the Cupra is probably the...

I'm genuinely quite impressed how a 9 year old CPU/mobo combo has lasted me including playing fairly up to date games until basically a couple of years ago (it managed Doom Eternal in the pandemic for instance). So I think I am less worried about the idea of swapping out components as time goes on a...

Alaskan air has grounded their fleet of 737 max after a door blew out at 16000ft https://twitter.com/bbcbreaking/status/1743546384270139460?s=46&t=Kg3-G23T5OptIvzAdzKk1w Wonder if any other airlines will follow suite I couldn't believe this. It's like something out of a far side cartoon. You're...

Excellent thoughts, all. I have had a bit of a dig on the Intel vs AMD threads but am still undecided there. I do take your point on futureproofing though.
Have swapped to the NVME, increased ram and gone full tower with the case (just because it'll fit in me office better).

Good point - I want something that will run games without breaking a sweat (I miss that) but will also be comfortable doing "heavy" office work ie having lots of tabs open, multimedia and some stats crunching.

My current system is mostly 9 years old (i5 4460, Asus Z97-P Intel Z97 mobo and 8Gb of DDR3). It's time for a refresh and I wondered on your opinions on the below. I currently have a Radeon RX 5600 which I was going to temporarily re-use to lighten the financial load with a view to changing next yea...

Lots of it around but very little touching intensive care like in the bad old days. The odd immunosupressed or anti-vax or very unlucky person. Most of what is coming to hospital is people with underlying lung conditions who have had them exacerbated by it. It's become like a seasonal virus like all...

Were you in one of your BMWs, Rich? They always used to have quite low air intakes so following someone wouldn't necessarily be a good idea. Exactly this happened to an old boss of mine, being responsible for the family converting from 530d to Range Rover... I am never sure of the argument of gun i...

scotta wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:57 pm

Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:56 pm I am _certain_ there aren't 40 active forum members? Who is voting on this?

3 votes per user.

Edit: Oh. Oh I see.

I am _certain_ there aren't 40 active forum members? Who is voting on this?

Rich B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:50 pm What does the P stand for in FECPOTY?

My guess is 'purchase' but other possibilities are 'pleasantness', 'poltroon' and 'palaver'.

We could have a poll to vote on what the P stands for?

Jimmy Choo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:16 am This year I have decided that plastic cheese slices are the only cheese that is acceptable on a burger.

But stilton?

Not a new discovery but I keep going back to Oxford Blue which is a tremendous semi hard blue that goes awfully well on a cracker but is equally at home lending a sandwich some heft.

Thanks for the above recommendations.

Continuing the Brie theme, Baron Bigod has been my absolute favourite this year. A Brie-de-Meaux with oodles of punch, a strong nutty mushroomy smell and taste as well as unctuous texture.

I think it depends on how this year goes financially for me (mostly whether I become a full consultant or remain predominantly in academia). I would like to buy a fun second car but realistically if things continue as they are this will be in the £5k region. There are some leggy 986 Boxsters in this...

Happy new year all. Was in bed at 10 and slept about 9 hours. Would recommend.

I think if I had done something decent to earn it, I would take it. Wouldn’t like the idea of one for a big political donation / being someone’s buddy. The water is a bit muddied because of the nomination process. As in, you’re more likely to get one if someone you know knows the nomination process....