Bren.
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This is a very different bike to the monster. Big single cylinder and reminds me of the old Buell S1.
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luvverly.
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:thumbup:
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That's a pub by the looks of it. Too much beer?
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How the hell did I forget Dave Allen? Just watched a programme about him on the telly, and it all came flooding back. The guy was a bloody genius!
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I do, but mine never go like that. More of a slow burner. Yours look great. Are you sure you've not got a bit of wizard blood in you?
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Do you pack the sawdust back into the cuts?
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Is it really a 110? Doesn't look any longer than my 90.
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This is quite long, but very informative from the perspective of both sides. Such debates are becoming more rare now as many from the science community refuse to debate the matter further. Can you guess why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewg9kIG_8Ek
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I disagree. The whole point of Faith is that it requires no evidence to support it. That's why you will be hard pushed to find a scientist who will categorically state that God does not exist. There is no evidence to support such a claim.
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And there's that faith word again.
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It should also be noted that Darwin himself was a man of faith and understood the implications of his work. This was a major factor in his delaying the publication of his work until Wallace inadvertently forced his hand.
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But that's just the point. The parts that are accepted and not accepted are based on their conflict with religious doctrine. Relativity is fine, Evolution is not. Both are explored using the same scientific methodology.
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It's odd because it precludes the acceptance of established scientific theory.
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Sorry about that mate, be proud of your country, it's achieved many amazing things in its short history. For me the really worrying thing in that report is not just the figures relating to the 42% who believe in the creationism argument, but the additional 31% who believe that man evolved, but with god guiding the process (or "Intelligent Design). When taken together this represents a massive 73% Americans who do not accept the Darwinian Theory of Evolution. In the 21st century, that really is an amazing statistic.
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In U.S., 42% Believe Creationist View of Human Origins
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Got a 550 myself and I do like it, but I can't help wishing it was a 560 sometimes.
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Just sleet in Norfolk, really hope it stays that way. The mother-in-law is due to leave tomorrow morning and I'd hate for anything to impede her progress.
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Whilst we do have a number of academics who have become fervently anti-religious, I think on the whole you will find a society that begrudges no man his religion. Personally, I do feel that the religious right in the USA holds too much power. I also recognise that many of the people of America find the teaching of creationism/Intelligent Design as dangerous as I do. When faith blinds a person to all other thinking then all intellectual activity becomes endangered, especially when those people of faith hold positions of power.
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Damn you Graham, I thought you said you'd got them all!
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Not sure it as skewed as you think it is. the fact that you have elected officials over there who think that promoting the teaching of creationism in schools will win them votes, is frankly, very scarey. The fact that in some places, pupils who protest about the teaching of creationism as science in the classroom, are persecuted by the school and their fellow pupils, terrifying. I do accept that many Americans find this ridiculous, but many also find it acceptable and even desirable. I fear that if we want to look for the next global hotspot of religious fundamentalism, then America is where we should be looking. The new anti-science assault on US schools | Katherine Stewart | Science | theguardian.com As for your guns. Doesn't bother me at all. Everybody knows you guys can't shoot straight.
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Makes I larf he do.
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I'm certainly loving mine. They got me a Christmas prezzy! Sylva: A Discourse of Forest Trees & the Propagation of Timber. Volume One (Illustrated Edition). John Evelyn. And A Passion for Trees. The Legacy of John Evelyn. Maggie Campbell-Culver. Very chuffed boy.
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Hmm, not sure I said anything about affording it, But I've been away a lot this year, and promised the missus that I'd take a few weeks and do some work on her New Studio. Not having a mortgage or rent to pay helps a lot though.
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My last day was on the 3rd, won't be back again until the second week in Jan. The joys of self employment.
