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I done gone bought the wrong **** lens from Value Basket for my trip to France at the end of June. It took them three weeks to deliver it, and when I eventually got it, I found the Auto Focus is not compatible with my Nikon D5100. Now the bastards are ignoring my emails when I try to contact them about returning it. It's been out of the box for about an hour, and I assume it will work fine with a compatible body. Anyone interested in making me an offer for it? Otherwise it's going on eBay this week. I'm going to get either the 35 or 50mm AF-S f/1.8G instead... ^ Photo taken with my phone. My photography is better than that.

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If Suarez goes to Arsenal, I would expect 25-30 goals there. He is a massive word removed, but he is some player...

That's one of my cycling wifebeaters. There's no food or beer stains down it or anything. Yet.

And a bit of Sebadoh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3xqJ0O64Aw

Not one I'm listening to right now, but earlier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6qerZlczw I've been sharing a Pixies thread on Facebook (for the last week or so) with a girl I only know vaguely (through another friend). After a back and forth of our favourite Pixies tracks, I posted Gigantic. Despite having this on vinyl since the early nineties, I was unaware that it is about a massive cock. Well, at least my name is Paul...

I have a feeling I'd be sleeping on the streets as soon as this evening if you did that Rob...

My two-penneth worth. I'm in a total mess. More than four years ago I met two girls. One through a dating website (the one associated with Scuba Steve) and the other through a friend of a friend. I settled into a relationship with the girl from the dating website, who I liked a lot. We are still together now, and until recently were very happy and planning for the future. We are from different backgrounds and have different interests, but we have managed to overcome this for four years without too many issues. The 'other' girl, I thought at the time, was in a relationship, but going through a sketchy phase. It later turns out she wasn't, and had ended it prior to our friendship really kicking off. I never thought anything other than friendship was on the cards at the time, although there were some occasional moments (tension) when we were drunk. The difference here is that this girl shares all the same interests as me - music, films, television, socialising, traveling, cycling, exercise, the list goes on and on. During this four year period, she has drifted in and out of three of four relationships and been unduly **** around by a couple of prize cockmasters. We have maintained a healthy friendship through this time, even though she has known all along I have been 'interested'. The 'problems' started a few weeks ago. I have a sort of distant feeling that I am being led as a passenger in someone else's relationship at present. So last Saturday I arranged to go out for a cycle with 'other girl'. Nothing untoward, we are just friends and my missus is fully aware of this. We picked up a load of wine and cider and rode over to her friends house, where we went for a barbecue. Yes, we were both staying over there for the night, but nothing was going to happen. The cider disappeared quickly, then a number of bottles of wine, and around 11pm it was down to me, 'other girl' and her friend to finish off the rest of the wine. The friend went to bed about midnight, leaving us with about a bottle or so between us. Now this girl has often told me about issues with her relationships before, and I didn't feel it would be a problem to air a few of my own. Which then spilled forth. I'm absolutely crazy about this girl, and I have been since we first met (she's like my soulmate), but I never thought anything would come of it, then when I got myself into a relationship with someone else, I thought it best not to push it, for everyone's sake. However, she pointed out straight away that she knows how I feel about her, and that other people had said it is quite obvious. Which I would assume it is. She then told me that I 'meet the approval' of her family and friends, and that a lot of her friends and even her mother have in the past suggested that we would be a great match. Not what I was expecting to be honest. I can't exactly remember how it happened from there for a short while, but within a minute or so she was sitting on my lap and physical contact was becoming intimate. After 20 minutes or so we moved away from each other momentarily and sat talking. I basically threw my cards down on the table and let her know exactly where I stood. I would give up everything to be with this girl. It got emotional, then it got intimate again, then she pulled away, saying "I'm not the answer to your problems". We were cool with each other after that, and slept in separate rooms. We cycled back in the morning and were fine with each other then, and I returned home. There hasn't been any animosity between us since, and I will likely see her this weekend, albeit briefly. I've discussed with the missus this week where we believe our relationship is heading, and it is up in the air at the moment. She doesn't know anything about this, or how I feel about 'other girl', but it seems we are heading in opposite directions at the moment. I just haven't got a **** clue what to do. I had to get it off my chest though... And for reference, I never smashed the other girl's back doors in.

People's appreciation of what it takes to lose weight, in terms of calorie intake to calories burned. I've been on a fairly extreme exercise programme for the last four months. In that time I have lost nearly four stone, just by swimming and cycling. I must have three or four people approach me every day and ask how I have done it. By working out more calories than you're shoveling in. Simple.

Well, that escalated quickly! Shouldn't have a driving licence, that one.

A friend posted this Fiat viral on Facebook. The comments from Sharon Garbett (not someone I know) are bang out of order. I've reported this post. Will be interesting to see where it goes...

Grr. Just when I was thinking it might be cool, it's just a cool gimmick to grab their attention and direct them to the track online via an app and then other stuff on the app. Cool idea though Think I'll stay analogue. A couple of Technics SL1200s will keep you old school...

Yep, a quid on Amazon. I had one in my last car, but the new car has a CD player. Works like hands free with the phone as well. I'd rather have a tape deck and one of them than a CD player...

Four one-way tickets for the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry, with four bicycles. Then three return tickets on the Eurostar a few days later. We're leaving a mate in Paris.

ValueBasket have sent me an email today asking me to confirm delivery of a lens I ordered 10 days ago (they had 5 in stock when I ordered it). Yet, when I check their website, it hasn't even been sent out yet. I had hoped to get this lens before I head out to France next Friday, which allowed 17 days for delivery, as they offer 3-5 day dispatch. I'm not hopeful of getting this lens before the off next week now. Just in case anyone is thinking of using them...

I've not been trolling. No, you've just been posting bullshit.

Have to admit, your view is the most probable, all available info considered. Which is too bad, he would have been the perfect marquee signing. Funny, because the quotes attributed to Younès Belhanda himself would make it appear very much like he had spoken to someone at Aston Villa. This seems like the standard spiel from any new signing: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11677/8758075/Aston-Villa-target-Younes-Belhanda-keen-on-Premier-League-move

Wouldn't touch Three with a rental bargepole. One of the least professional organisations I have ever dealt with...

Everyone will just turn on each other...

If you don't say things like this in public, other clubs see your billionaire owner and assume they can take you to to the cleaners. I don't doubt we have money ready to spend, we're just not going to tell the entire world our budget. This club has been run differently since PL came in. Rumours of players signing that have actually gone on to sign have pretty much disappeared - it's almost like the media have been cut off. Which they don't like.

Whelan is on 5 live talking about it, seems a done deal. Whelan bullshitting about anything to anyone that will listen, I assume.

I would let him go for free. The sooner the better, and I don't care where he goes. That is all.

Now it's the close season, I thought it best to dig this thread up again. How many people on here are using Strava? There's monthly ongoing challenges on there at present, where you can compare your distance over a month to that of your friends. I managed to get in 556km for May, without actually riding that much. I'm on 112km for June so far, but that would have been 125km by the end of play today if my phone hadn't died!