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Where's woodpecker's place then? We might end up having two separate do's at this rate!

Is that it sorted then? What about you leeds boys, owt to say?

Dean's is a good spot and it's about equidistance for everyone to get to

Is that George Bush in the second photo Dean?

I've been thinking of getting a laptop for general purposes but I've seen this deal on a desk top in ALDI from this Thursday. It seems a lot of bang for buck but I would have to fork out for a HD monitor too. I'm not up to date on computers these days but from a quick comparative search it looks a good spec. Any thoughts?

AMD Athlon™ X2 7750 Dual-Core processor

ATI Radeon™ HD4350 DirectX® 10.1 Premium graphic card

with 512MB graphic memory and digital video/audio output via HDMI

Massive 4GB (4096MB) DDR2 SDRAM†

640GB hard disk with GreenPower™ technology

for storing more than 120,000 songs or photos**

Multiformat DVD/CD burner

with DVD-RAM and Dual Layer support***

Network controller Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Mbit/s.) on board

eSATA for connecting external SATA devices such as hard drives

8 Channel High Definition Audio****

Stylish high-gloss design

Powerful DirectX® 10.1 graphics

Huge Software Package (OEM Versions)

Pre-installed and/or on CD/DVD and recovery DVD or CD.

* Windows Vista® Home Premium 32 Bit with new Media Centre user interface incl. Service Pack 1 (64 Bit version included on DVD)

* Microsoft® Works® 9.0

* Office Home and Student Trial Version 60 days test version (Internet connection required for activation). After 60 days you have to purchase a licence if you want to continue using the product.

* MEDION® Home Cinema Suite (PowerDirector 7, PowerProducer 5, PowerDVD™ 8, Media Show 4)

* Nero essentials (Nero Burning ROM 8 essentials, Nero Recode 3 SE essentials, Nero Express 8 essentials, Nero Vision 5 essentials)***

* Corel® Draw Essentials 3

* BullGuard Internet Security Pack Incl. 90 days update (free registration required) via Internet. After 90 days you have to purchase a licence if you want to receive ongoing updates.

System Recovery powered by Symantec http://www.symantec.com.

MEDION® data port 2

Simple, limitless storage capacity expansion – no cables required! The MEDION® data port 2 for the HDDrive2go ultra speed hard drive. This allows easy connection of an external HDDrive2go ultra speed hard drive directly to the PC without any cables or external power supply. Includes latest SATA docking port interface technology. (HDDrive2go ultra speed hard drive, not included – sold separately)

Connectivity (front)

* 2 × USB 2.0

* 1 × Firewire

* 1 Microphone

* 1 × eSATA

* 1 × Line In Integrated USB 2.0

* Flash memory card reader, reads and writes all current flash memory cards (not supplied)‡

Connectivity (rear)

* 2 × PS/2

* 4 × USB 2.0

* 1 × LAN (RJ45)

* 1 × Firewire

* 1 × Front Line Out

* 1 × Back Surround Line Out

* 1 × Side Surround Line Out

* 1 × Centre/Subwoofer Line Out

* 1 × Line In

* 1 × SPDIF (opt.) Out

* 1 × DVI-I

* 1 × VGA

* 1 × HDMI

Accessories included

* PS/2 keyboard

* Optical USB mouse

leptospirosis

Lyme Disease, ticks (though maybe not this time of the year) Other crap associated with working near rivers who knows? leptospirosis

Sounds pretty good. I believe they travel worldwide for work too.

Sounds good. Might be able to get to that on that date.

AFAG 401 states that ropes used for friction hitches must be of a suitable type and have a minimum diameter of 8mm and a diameter of 10mm is recommended for normal commercial use. Bail out is 7.5mm

Great programme.

I'd consider making the trip over. I used to live in York and haven't been back in ages.

Could the literature pertaining to the use of friction cord (fastco and guide to good climbing practice) make this distinction between cord to be used with one or both ends terminated? I think this would make climbers more aware of the safe minimum diameter of friction cord depending on their friction hitch setup and it would also broaden their choice in rope types when purchasing new rope.

I've got a tip. Totally block out whoever is stood there watching you and shouting "get a ladder"! Seriously you've got to block out people who watch to fight off frustration. Try different angles, different weights of throwing knot and amount of loops in accordance with the distance. Also sometimes you might have to set your sights lower and take into account if its saving much time by aiming high. I've been known to suffer from rage.

Rubbish day and crammed! Up a big maple in blizzard trying to get a hanger out with freezing wet hands and slime running down my sleeve into my pits. If it freezes tonight with this stuff down it will be hell on the roads tomorrow

Very true. He has access but still lifts the mouse up in the air to get the cursor to move so I need to be there to help! I think one of these in addition to a projector would be great. Photo's are really valuable and I'm gonna take loads so I can look back on things later in life

Those look good but I think he wants to stay old school

There's too much choice and I'm banned!

My dad's after one to look at his old slides but doesn't want to pay through the roof. Can anyone recommend where to get a reasonable priced one or maybe want to sell and unwanted projector?

i was under the impression that equipment didnt need testing till its 6 months old. i was shocked to hear of a college not too far from me charging students to get their brand new kit lolered before they could use it.

If the brand new kit comes with a certificate of conformity then it doesn't need to be subject to thorough examination until six months of use. In the absence of evidence of conformity it has to be examined by a loler inspector prior to use.

It seems to have a guard over the kick-back zone. Perhaps that would make it safe for ground use?

He's entitled to his opinion!!

Great. Keep em coming! Always useful to have an armory of information at close hand

I heard of one company painting all its expensive tackle pink, including van and chipper, as a theft deterrent. Pretty good idea

What are the treetop raasay smock sizes like? I'm usually a small but occasionally medium