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Erm, surely you just make sure you have the appropriate insurance in place? Certainly I always did when I had my PCP deals in place, nothing to worry about then.

You're quite right, that's my basic mistake there. Cheers for correcting dude

Just thinking about it, can you just imagine what the USA could actually accomplish if they diverted all their funds from churchgoing hocus pocus into the sciences? According to a 2016 study that was approx $1.2 trillion a year, which is more than the combined revenue of the top ten tech companies including Apple, Google and Amazon. We could cure cancer and world hunger overnight. But no, it's more important to believe in #prayforeveryone than actually helping mankind.

Well, it kinda does. Science is based very much on the provable, and anything that isn't provable is called a theory. Anything that is provable is called a fact. This is different from faith, where nothing is provable in the slightest and is all based on he-said-she-said written thousands of years ago. And science helps us all, as a worldwide nation. Obtaining knowledge about how the universe works is key to understanding how everything works, so to dismiss it as not helpful really isn't, well, helpful! For example, exploring other worlds will ultimately lead us to future colonisation to keep the human race going after we've f*cked this planet up completely. Think of it like this: Remember in school when you studied trigonometry, and thought it was all nonsense and how could that possibly help you in life? And then you go and get a job working in construction and realise that maths is the core basis of something as simple as building a home for someone. It's like that.

Imagine being so small you can fit on top of a pencil. Now imagine that pencil is laying on a table in the office of the PM. Now imagine you’re on top of that pencil, trying to see the Giza pyramids being built thousands of years ago. It’s that kind of scale we’re dealing with here, and we’re only just a blink of the eye into discovering these things. So yes, we have a much better understanding of the universe than we did fifty years ago, but we’re still making new discoveries every day. That’s the brilliance of science. One day I’m sure we’ll have all the answers, but for now theories are giving us amazing progress and allowing us to explore.

Z3

Oh god no, factory teams are the pinnacle of the sport for me. Red Bull are the exception, but I’d much rather see more manufacturers in it than privateers.

Yes, your spell check is broken. Also your slave and/or master cylinder is broken, very common.

F1 would happily survive without Ferrari, and it would be a quick way to save a bunch of cash too. Toto and Lewis are playing a bit of a political game of late with their pro-Fezza comments this weekend, and part of me wonders if they’re jumping ship next year...

Right, I'm with you now, sorry. In that case any of the above really will do, by default they'll have more grip than a road tyre in like for like sensible conditions. If budget allows then still Cup2s as they're the very best and if you're competing then why not give yourself the maximum advantage, but if not then I'd go R888R out of those on the list for bang/buck. I know some folks are terrified about using track tyres in dodgy conditions, but I've personally used the older R888s in semi-monsoon conditions and only spun it because I was being a tit

Only going on personal recommendations from others on this one, but from guys whose taste tends to be similar to mine, I'd go with the Cup2s. These are the standard tyres on GT3s, and I know more than a few people who run their cars all year round as well as on track, and they cannot believe the difference in cold & wet conditions from the older Cup1s. Not to say you wouldn't still struggle in monsoons, but in terms of temps they've done sub-zero runs in Europe with no real problems at all. Not saying they're going to be flawless, and like any tyre you're going to have to get some heat into them to get them working, but that's where I'd put my money. FWIW I ran R888s on both my 350 and MR2, and the only time I had real issues with grip was in the MR2 when it was -7c outside: First corner I came to I ended up going straight on even at 5mph, so I turned round and went home In all other conditions, they were always offering superior grip to anything else, MPSS included.

Genuinely can’t believe how lightly the ICC have gone on Smith. That kind of deliberate planned cheating is disgusting, right up there with drugs cheats imho.

It's an auto!! That really is a lovely colour blue.

It’s “Happy wife, happy life” not happy Mrs

I don't have Sky any more, so thankfully I get to miss shizzle like that I feel we need more description though...

Boris didn't actually say that. It was a Labour MP, Ian Austin, that actually made the comparison: Boris simply agreed with the sentiment. Whether it's a fair comparison or not, it certainly wasn't a clever thing for either man to say.

I'd take it to a specialist and ask them to give it a once over. Be far more reliable than any of the generic companies.

I’ve seen every episode of Spooks, I know how this all works.

Best. Response. Ever. Well OP, don’t you look a little foolish now? Not really sure what else you expected done for you: Sometime’s things go wrong, Adrian did all he could to help, job’s a carrot.

Yup, but not the target’s home country (ignoring that he is Russian, working on the basis he was given asylum here so basically one of us). It’s a moral grey area I know.

And there’s no chance in hell that we’ve not shown the Russians the evidence. They know we know they know we know.

As I see it, 100% definitely. Doing it on sovereign soil is a big no-no, abroad is fair game.

To convince even the EU (who don’t really like us atm) that the Russkies did it, there must be some seriously credible evidence. For security reasons it’s safe to assume they’re not going to publically show this.

Russia’s response was very odd. Using a nerve agent to take out a traitor is excessive to say the least, not to mention incredibly risky politically. Why not just shoot the guy? Botched robbery etc. These guys are pros, and this all just seems a little amateur. However, going back to my first sentence, why did Russia not really deny it? They’ve basically done nothing more than pooh-pooh the whole idea, rather than be outraged at the suggestion. That suggests to me that they did do it, and aren’t actually that bothered about people knowing that. Muscle flexing? And just before the presidential election? Yeah, sounds about right to me. Bearing in mind Putin is losing his support from Trump due to Trump being a bit useless, I can see why he’d want to do something like that. I’ve no doubt Russia was responsible, if not directly then indirectly at least. They’ve taken a mighty big risk doing it though, so there’s a bigger end game here.

Sports car for me is: 2 seat Convertible Reasonably light Reasonably small Compromised, so not a lot of room for luggage So MX5 is definitely a sports car, as is an S2K and a 488 Spider. BRZ86 and the Zeds are sports coupes, as is the 911 and 488 tintop.