StreetCowboy

I think generally people don’t use the term “political correctness gone mad” when genuinely offensive terms are changed; normally only when terms that they deem inoffensive (like ‘blackboard’ or ‘nine-man’s-Morris’, or ‘mantelpiece’) are banned. Although Britmantoo postulated that the name change might be because of sensitivities over the term Farang, it might just be a way of bigging up the Aseannow brand (if I can say ’bigging’ on a public forum - or ‘brand’ )

I don’t understand; please can you explain that to me?

It might be worth replacing the rim tape, and before that, checking the tension of all the spokes, brush the rim carefully with a brush, and while you’re about it, make three 360 degree turns to starboard in front of the Tin Hau temple, to avoid capsize. We did not get to where we are today by blindly relying on common sense and our own meagre understanding of the world around us. You might also want to sprinkle talc inside the tyre whenever you replace the tube. It might do less harm than good, it might help you feel that you are doing your best, and it come in handy as an explanation if your wife queries the talc.

I take it by "newly bought" you mean recently bought, not new but stored in the cupboard for years. I have had unused but old tubes fail on the fold where they are pressed for wrapping. I have also had tyres fail on the seam, both of which I found difficult to patch effectively. Have you checked the manufacturing date of the tubes? Maybe they have aged in the shop before you bought them, rather than after you bought them. Were they all bought from the same shop, despite different brands? As CharlieH says - try tubeless. Although I am not ready to do so myself. I believe that there is a different set of skills for dealing with them, and since I lack the skills for inner tubes, I don't fancy my chances on something new and innovative.

How old are the tubes? I think I might start throwing away my spare tube and replacing it, if I have not used it in a year.

I used to think that curling was like chess, until I watched a serious chess competition, and I realised that the only thing they had in common was a Norwegian in the final (not the same Norwegian).

That’s appalling censorship, and not specified anywhere in the forum rules. I reckon you should only be allowed to close a thread on the basis of a Jingthing poll, with maybe a 50% majority, or 75% majority if the request for closure is not from the OP… No - mods, please forget that suggestion ; I can see how vulnerable might be the Live Rugby League thread.

I was in Sids one night, and there was a lady from PNG wanting to get a game in a local ladies’ rugby team - she was playing for a Gaelic Football team, … … from here, I am going to lapse into fanciful imaginative narrative, and I wish to make that clear to avoid maligning the lady in question… though when I saw her outside, I thought hurling might be more her sport.

Back in the day, they set a criterion that “artificial intelligence” should be indistinguishable from talking to a human being, and scientists foolishly treated that as a hurdle, rather than a limbo bar.

I am not sure about Harvard graduates, but if you want a recruitment consultant, you’ll be looking for a PNGian. I suppose it is having rugby league as their national sport …

I think it’s interesting to know where robots might like to live as expats. I am pretty sure that they would prefer Pattaya to Skaros. Although for some robots, drop kerbs may be important, and a prohibition on lubrication between 2pm and 5 pm intolerable.

Learning not to click. But don’t rush into that. Start with learning not to respond. Then you won’t get fatuous comments like this one.

I was going to repeat my story which ends “… well, if I was going to choose my job based on where I wanted to live, I’d not be sat here talking to you in Warrington, Tommy”; but then I thought - how unfortunate must it be to have nothing to influence your choice of abode? To be as free as litter blowing in the wind?

Sad, really, but a sense of humour is a fragile thing that can be easily broken. Back in the day, I went through an unfortunate patch, and it was only when I was told, was I aware that I had lost my sense of humour.

Poor. The humourous part would have lain in what you did not say. A good joke needs to be understood, rather than heard.

When you find out that “someone wants to talk to you”, that is not necessarily positive.

some balls don’t need rolling

Most people probably lack the intellect or perseverance to read his posts, or the discernment to decide what is relevant to them. Whenever such a person remains silent, rather than posting an ignorant comment, I would feel blessed, if I had any way of knowing how many people had read his comments.

There’s no place like home. Back in the day, people would ask me “Wouldn’t you rather live in Scotland?” ”Aye, right, and then where would I go for holidays?”

You and I, maybe; the ladies - I beg to differ

I think that’s just the company that you keep, and reading too much consumerist press. There was a thread on the pub forum about a lady with large breasts, and although I googled, I have forgotten who she was, or for what she was famous. I guess that Soap Operas are going through an imaginative low point, that people are using celebrities and social media as a substitute.

Perverse evolution of perception is not necessarily due to dementia. Dementia is a horrific condition from which there is no way back, and available solutions are completely unpalatable.

(From) whence are you? How GammaGlobulin survives on this forum I do not know. A genius amongst buffoons must surely suffer, while a buffoon amongst genii may never realise.

It shows the sad state of education to which this forum has sunk that no-one else has responded, and a damning indictment of my own literacy that I cannot offer one. Instead, I offer you this: That an intellectual in heaven is so lonely is a more damning indictment of the moral rectitude of intellectuals than of the company one finds in heaven.

I am guessing he has been assimilated. I am not falling for that one…