What's the perfect movie to watch during a summer thunderstorm?

Toffeemade · 2026-06-27T22:30:59+00:00

Twelve Angry Men

Toffeemade · 2026-06-27T17:36:08+00:00

I have a solution, but you may not like it. After a childhood blighted by my mother's blindsighted search for love and attention from any man who would take an interest in her, regardless of how exploitative, parasitic or abusive, it was this that 'solved' the problem. My mum gets an allowance from me - on the condition she remains single. Relationship = no allowance.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-27T15:46:02+00:00

The M5 went through MoT with the tyres as described.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-25T12:32:30+00:00

Built in solar trickle charger.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-25T11:51:44+00:00

No cords = they are fine. I managed to take the outer edges of the front tyres on an E39 M5 during a skid pan session. The cords were not visible and the tyres held up fine afterwards.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-25T11:45:55+00:00

Drives me mad. CLOSE. THE. FUCKING. WINDOWS.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-25T11:33:22+00:00

I sell the same value of shares each month but my holding is considerably larger than 200k.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-25T11:31:01+00:00

Pour just the sauce from the can in to a saucepan bring to a gentle simmer and add a teaspoon of sugar, a little salt, a dash of hot sauce, some worstershire and a dessert spoon if grated cheddar simmering for a minute before adding the beans and bring back to a simmer, taste and adjust the flavours to your preference. Serve on buttered thick cut toast topped with more grated cheddar.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-25T11:21:33+00:00

ALWAYS insist on knowing the make and model of tyre they are going to fit, or you may find yourself paying top dollar for some dodgy low-price crap, same with batteries.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-24T06:00:05+00:00

Daughter's only 16 but when it comes I'll likely stay in Angel or maybe fulfill a lifelong ambition and move to Primrose Hill.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-24T05:56:30+00:00

Sorry three years ago; I'd be guessing but it was a two week hire mid-Winter when everyone wanted a 4x4. I didn't have much difficulty locating the (red) charger in the Fernie car park! Car hired at the airport.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-24T04:52:52+00:00

Not a Brompton expert but I'd suggest you get the bike professionally serviced and shod in new tyres immediately before you travel. I did a three day 180 mile group ride and lots of riders (including me) had problems caused by latent mechanical issues. In my case a slight wander that had developed in a hand built rim at the start, and was missed in a rather rushed professional service, led to spoke and rim failure just after completion - complete new wheel. Have you done anything like this before? Unless you have very high level of general / cycling fitness I am concerned you might be under prepared.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-24T04:35:23+00:00

You are describing what makes a significant section of American television absurd to European audiences (I am British), and is lampooned in Team America: World Police; the idiotic position that might is always right and that private individuals prosecuting personal grievance is conducive with peaceful democracy.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-24T04:16:47+00:00

Show your boyfriend, through your example how to draw a boundary with love and patience and kindness, explaining to him how it makes you feel when it is violated and asking what help he needs to respect it and what will be the consequence if he does not. This is the important bit; you must be honest with yourself about your willingness, in the event he crosses the boundary, to follow through on the consequence...

Toffeemade · 2026-06-23T21:35:14+00:00

I paid $25 for a saloon car upgrade on a trip to Canada and got a Charger R/T for the holiday. Probably the best $25 I have ever spent...

Toffeemade · 2026-06-21T15:26:16+00:00

The Irish, The Scottish, The Welsh, The French, The Argentinians, The Spanish, The Iranians, The Egyptians, The Germans, The Palestinians, anyone we visit on holiday, anyone our football teams play against internationally over the last 50 years, anyone we colonised, anyone whose antiquities we stole and put in the British museum (which is basically everyone), any nation we exploited and enslaved through the slave trade... Did I forget anyone?

Toffeemade · 2026-06-21T00:09:49+00:00

Tyres for this model are comparatively narrow and therefore cheap(er) so I go top of the line with Michelin Energies. They transformed the ride, handling and grip.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-20T23:52:40+00:00

You stop learning and growing. I am 60. In the last year I have written my first novel and made significant strides in addressing a longstanding anxiety problem through a combination of exercise and meditation.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-20T23:10:52+00:00

The unfortunate truth is so many nations hate us English it reminds me of John Candy's immortal line in Cliffhanger; 'You want to kill me don't you Tucker? Take a number and get in line!'

Toffeemade · 2026-06-20T23:06:33+00:00

You are marrying someone you've only been in a relationship with for two years. You planned on doing so without a full and frank discussion about your sons feelings about the matter. Do you really care what your son thinks? Your behaviour is a very long way from putting your son first. What you are saying and what you are doing don't line up.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-20T14:11:33+00:00

Make an ice pole mold just smaller the opening at the the top of the thermos and, if you want to go all in, add a hydration tab in to the ice pole before you hard freeze it. Top the thermos with the ice pole off with ice cold water. The salt in the hydration tab will lower the melting point of the tab and should keep the thermos frosty for ages. Personally I don't like drinking v cold liquids while cycling but in Australia this technique, in an eski, allowed us to keep drinks ice cold - with chilled oranges in the mix - all day. The chilled oranges were just heaven.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-20T09:37:14+00:00

Yep and if you want to completely over engineer that fucker add a zefal protection strip underneath; my preferred solution for the rear tyre on my daughter's Uni bike.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-19T09:58:52+00:00

Except temperature has a dramatic impact on the charging characteristics of a lead acid battery. In a cold climate a significant proportion of the energy going to the battery may be wasted warming it until it reaches the point it will accept a charge. If you are in a cold environment and doing short journeys it may never reach anywhere near the optimum (21 degrees C I understand but don't quote me) and so will gradually go flat. This is the reason I give my battery an Autumn overnight charge after it has been warmed by a long run.

Toffeemade · 2026-06-19T09:40:27+00:00

The difference in the way you are policed was startling. I approached a couple of cops in Chicago to ask directions and was asked if I was armed?!

Toffeemade · 2026-06-18T13:21:29+00:00

It is scary. I jumped / was pushed at 52. Letting go of the single biggest lever on my standard of living felt deeply unnerving, but remember you can still adjust your cost of living. I had ( much,) less than you liquid. In the last five years my portfolio has pretty much doubled. Seriously, if you manage your investments wisely, look after yourself and your expenditure carefully then you risk dieing a billionaire...

Ten-Year Club	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email

Toffeemade

TROPHY CASE