alistair_piggott

Thanks all. I think the approach will be to see if we can live with it in the hallway. If that fails, then a Sheffield Bike stand, a Kryptonite D-lock and a heavy motorbike chain are the way to go. I?m beginning to understand that there is nothing you can do to make your bike unstealable, but the heavier and noisier these things are the better. Again, thanks for all the advice.

Thinking about installing a bike stand in my front garden as its getting a little cluttered in the hallway. The plan is this: 1. Concrete in one of these - Sheffield Cycle Stand 2. Cover it with one of these - Canvas Tarpaulin 3. Lock it up with this - Abus Granit 4. Wind around one of these - Kryptoflex I am worried that it being in the front garden - although mostly shielded by bushes and therefore less visible from the road - means that it will be a target, no matter how much money I spend on security. I have been warned about roaming Mad Max style bike thief gangs armed with angle grinders and heavy hammers. Any thoughts EDFers?

Cracking stuff. Thanks Frankito.

By my understanding, if passed, AV *might* have changed the outcome in around 30-40 constituencies. This does not mean that we will suddenly free ourselves from the shackles of a two party system. Nor does it mean that the political elite will be forced into revisiting the question of electoral reform - the incentive won't appear after so subtle a change. In fact the question of further electoral reform is likely to be unchanged by the outcome on Friday - which ever way it had gone. Old Tories and old Labour don't want it as they're traditionally less centrist and FPTP skews results away from the centre - hence the Liberals / LibDems spending years battling with nothing to show. The young guns from the two major parties may visit the electoral reform question again but only after something else brings about the end of the two party dominance and they have nothing further to lose. N.B. The referendum on Scottish independence is a threat here! All voting systems have their pluses and their minuses - even these two. The real problem is that they're so similar there really is little point arguing between them. We may as well sit around arguing about whether black cats are better than brown ones. A

It seems like a lot of folk around here are replacing their old CRT TVs - me included. I've tried to find a good home for my one but there haven't been any serious takers - even for free. Does anyone know something useful that I can do with it as it seems like a real shame to tip it... It's a good one. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks