Macie_UK

Dave, you sound like a project manager in the making :-)

Of course, your good lady means a hydraulic motorcycle lift. Now stop being mean and go and buy her one

Quite correct, and have never seen one on a bike on the road. I like your idea of skinny cans though, so will watch the thread with interest

How about:

It comes down to impairment of ability to control the vehicle apparently. When a colleague at work did his left leg, the firm did a load of checking and he was OK to drive if the got him an auto. When I did my right leg, it was a definite no-go so they set me up from home for 3 months I guess that as it's your right (with no gear changes involved) then as long as you have enough movement to do what you normally do - grip the wheel and turn it - then it's not really impairing your ability. Still worth an email to your insco though to check their take on it.

I agree - fancy bothering to consult the grunts about what colour the thing gets painted....

and such good timing for it to be on a Friday

Congrats fella

You clumsy sod Dave! Don't let it eat into your weekend mate...Get to A&E now before rush hour starts, have an x-ray or two and be in the Dog by 6.

"Self-husbandry"

Disagree! While crap management will lead to unmotivated and miserable staff, there are an awful lot of people out there that want to do the absolute minimum that they can with no concern for the business as a whole, safe in the knowledge that that can play the system with the protection of over-regulation. [1] I've never yet interviewed anyone that sits there and says "employ me because I will do as little as possible, take loads of days off sick when I want an extra holiday, actively cause friction between my colleagues, slag the company off to clients and start diarising events and emails immediately in case I can get my house insurance company to pay for me taking you to an ET in a year, yet these people are about Ken. Quite often though the line manager didn't do the employing, it was either someone senior or an HR bod. That doesn't excuse one-dimensional management though and there is a lot of that about - 4 of my 6 directors at my last place were exceptionally inflexible in their management style. The positive of that is that they were very easy to appease individually (manage your manager ). I also had depot and department managers that nearly lost good staff because they didn't understand how to motivate or lead them [2], but they also had poor staff that they kept on way past their sell-by date because they were bound by restrictive legislation. Managers that worked for me - 13 out of the last 16. Managers that I worked for - all but 2 out of the last 20 odd years. The proviso of course, is that they would be employed in a role that would fit their strengths, so you keep the bean counters away from managing people, keep engineers away from setting budgets and keep sales guys away from anything whatsoever that required organisation or administration! [1] Call me an over-simplistic draconian pig-dog, but I have real issues with this kind of crap. If it's *my* business and *my* money and I want to cease your employment because you have p***** me off, then I should be able to, without some muppet from ACAS telling me I have to pay you for another 3 months while I make your position redundant. Likewise I have turned down a job offer in the dim and distant past because it was a requirement that I join the union. that - if I don't like it then I can either live with it, deal with it or leave and work somewhere else. [2] FWIW the least capable type of generalist manager I have encountered have been internal candidates that have been with the company a long time and over-promoted as a reward for their longevity.

Personally I think that it's a good thing - although I notice that the employer will still have to pay compensation - as I believe that employer's already have too many restrictions on how they can operate. Too many people over the last few years seem to think that is a right to have a job and that merely attending, as opposed to performing, is acceptable and at the first hint of possible sanctions start preparing for an ET or decide to play the 'stress' card. Let's face it, if an employer wants you gone, it is eminently achievable whilst 'covering their back' through various avenues anyway, the only difference with the proposals is that they don't have to waste 3 or 4 months going through the hoops / charade (for example) of a formal PIP. I don't doubt for a second that there are poor managers out there, but legislation doesn't really change that, they just find new and legally compliant ways of being crap.

Yep, Redcar have always been very helpful with parts supply since my first GT50 *ahem* years ago. In fact have only had one real disagreement with them over the years but that was eventually resolved. It will be a sad day when the likes of Redcar disappear to be replaced by the shiny glass-fronted gin palaces that seem to be the norm for modern dealerships - even Triumph are outing old style dealers so I fear the days of the small place are numbered.

What a muppet, can totally understand why you are steaming Stu, but as Dave says there's nowt as weird as folk. You could of course delete the page or name & shame, but IMO that is still expending effort in his direction, rather than just think it. It would be good to give him the benefit of your opinion mate, but don't let it eat away at you in the meantime, I'm sure he'll be on the list when the karma bus next comes to town

soon have her on the bandit This is the correct answer.

£168

Thought it was less amusing than season 1, but early days though. Still ruin it with a 'musical interlude' though....

[quote="smilinjack"]Dave, you need something along the lines of: Payment is due upon receipt of invoice (or within 7, 14, 30 days or however you see fit) Title to goods and materials does not pass until receipt of satisfactory payment. (this means that you reserve the right to remove materials used if you are not paid) I used to present the invoice on the day of completion, unless it was for 'bits and bobs' and had a blend of Karlos and Smilinjacks wording on both the estimate and invoice. Mostly got paid the same/next day and only *very* rarely went over 7 days with domestic customers. Corporate customers on the other hand......

Smilinjack - I've not used anything other than WD or Seagate until the current bunch of 1TB Samsung drives were bought a couple of years ago, so the only knowledge of other kit I have is from what I can glean online. It's online reviews that seem to pan the WD green, but I balance that with the fact that people like to make the effort to moan and as far as I can see the Black is only up to 2TB, which isn't enough. Fr499y - It'll be internal, will need 2x 3TB fairly soon, so I'll check out the Barracuda. Cheers fellas

Can anyone offer some real-world recommendations for 3TB SATA drives? I'm currently edging towards the Hitachi Deskstar, mainly because I've read bad things about the WD Caviar Green and the Caviar Black is only available in 2TB form. Any others worth considering?

Ahhh, so you got one of those 'cease and desist' letters as well then

C90 Out of your list I would go with the Tiger, but as ever it's all about what fits. Have you got a narrow entry then lad?

There is something fundamentally wrong with jumping out of a perfectly functional aircraft!

Of course it is worth it. Alternatively, a double-dose of suitable prescription medication would only set you back £15.

Nope the last bike I gave a name to was the ZZR, so a while ago now.