Andy

That Leggins has a lot to answer for

I've moved this topic into the ACU Discussion forum as it seems more relevant there and may get some feedback from John.

The 2L is nippy - trust me The 06 model took a while to grow on me, but I like it now though it will...erm....would have to be in black.

I've not had them and I see Charly hasn't got them on his site either. Don't think anybody can be bothered with it! End of season wind-down and all that.

Mine is an import (Malta). You have major hassles getting hold of the service book and you have to register the car with Subaru UK in order to get the warranty. The only differences between the imports and the UK spec are the imports don't come with an alarm which you'll absolutely need for insurance (CAT-1), don't come with locking wheelnuts (Big wows, mine cost me about

Converts to 300kph, but dunno why 300kph

I don't know anything about the geometry of traction, but will be more than happy to discuss the physics of my finger hitting the ban button if you spam the same thing into multiple forums again...

Made me laugh anyway... Clicky

I went through three this year. I always stick a fiver in for my first one, but they get so scabby I end up buying more.

Drop me a PM re this so I have a note of it and I'll look into it later.

I'm working on the whole sticker thing today. Bit of a nightmare cross-referencing from the original spreadsheet to the Supporters database as to who's already been sent them and who's not etc. Some people haven't input addresses so I'll try once to contact them manually. Hopefully get the bulk of this done today and stickers posted out beginning of next week. Thanks to all who offered to help. If there's anything similar in the future I'll bear that in mind Next is to sort out the carriage config on the shop so I can push ahead with the shirts & fleeces. Hopefully get onto that tomorrow. PS Jack - you only put the first line of your address in. You realise how many "High Street"s there are in the UK?

Very fitting. Bet loads know the poem, but very few if any knew it was a Canadian that wrote it.

Cheers I was very angry to see this week that a Christian group is calling for the Poppy worn to be white rather than red as "White ones were created to symbolise peace." and "The red poppy suggests the idea that our soldiers died for freedom but that's not a value-free position." What a load of bollocks. The red poppy originates from WWI where the area around Ypres in Belgium on the Western Front saw a poppy display like never before because of the churning up of the earth and the Chlorine Gas the Germans were experimenting with. It inspired the Canadian soldier, Major John McCrae, to write the poem most of us, I hope will have heard of: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Because of that, the British Legion took up the RED Poppy as a symbol of rememberance. It has remaind thus ever since and I would fight any attempt to change it for the sake of the "PC" brigade. How do I know this? I used to look after the computer systems for the Earl Hague Fund in Edinburgh where they have veterans, often disabled, working throughout the year to hand-make the red poppy's we all know.

John C - can you look into why I've stopped receiving ACU press releases. The last few I've had have come second hand forwarded by Clubs.

Read me

It's now official. I am NOT going to Guatamala (or Japan) next year. It's a full week off work for each of the long-hauls. If it had been USA then I'd have gone, but not Guatamala. I still plan on attending the other eight rounds. This means I'll be in Fort William for the entire SSDT instead of having to leave and then come back due to lack fo holidays from work as happened this year. I'm happy about that one

Moved from General TRIALS talk forum...

If you use the same username and password as you do for the forums then it will work and automatically upgrade your forum account. Both MUSt be itentical for it to work though

I absolutely understand where you're coming from. When I first started TC both the site and the company I work for in real life were quite small. The company I work for had around 4000 employees globally. Now Trials Central is massive and the company I work for, due to mergers & acquisitions is the world's fourth largest software company with over 15,000 employees - in less than five years That's changed the landscape and my working life a helluva lot and Trials Central HAS to fit in around my real-life job. There is no alternative as I could never make enough from this to give up working. I travel a lot - which can be anywhere in the world at almost zero notice. Check out this topic for proof of that. I have a pile of stickers, I have a pile of addresses, I have a pile of blank address labels. I have not had time to print those labels, stuff the envelopes, stamp them and send them out. If I had the time then they'd have been done by now. Any volunteers to stuff envelopes?

Thanks John - I knew I'd heard something along those lines. I think it was George Turner that told me, but it was before I got my interest in WWII so didn't pay as much attention as I would have now.

I'm an absolute supporter of Rememberance Day (as can obviously be seen by the current Trials Central logo) due to my passion for WWII history and 100% support the fact that we should never forget what those who have gone before us went through in order that we may live free lives. (The fact that we can't and we're making a complete mess of the world may have made them think differently about their sacrifices, but that's for a different topic...) I seem to recall being told some of the guys involved in the SSDT in previous years were despatch riders in WWII. Can anybody confirm?

I knew you were an artist of some sort, but "commercial" would not have been my first choice of word to describe what sort of artist you are

I've deleted a couple of posts from this topic. To explain why, I received an email showing concern about locations being publicised. "This quarry has served the trials community for many decades and, whilst hidden from view, lies in the middle of an area with a huge minimoto etc problem. The local paper even uses pictures of trials riders to illustrate the "menace". If these guys come across the location on the web then it will be finished within a fortnight." "Any genuine rider only has to ask at a trial to get the location so there is no desire to restrict use to an elite, just to avoid loss of the only decent practice venue that side of Edinburgh." I can absolutely understand the concerns raised and hope those who I've "censored" can too. With practice areas in short supply, it's probably better to keep them "word of mouth" these days

HL's hubby?

I'm not going to name names, but it wasn't Legs. All will become apparent sooner or later anyway so I don't need to. BTW BJ - Taking advertising on the site makes no difference to the forum rules. Advertising still isn't allowed in the forums by anyone. I'd probably turn a blind eye if it happened by an advertiser on the odd occasion though.