Akon

"Splitting hairs" didn't do it? Neither did "being pedantic"? Nor "in good spirit"... Anyway, that's my last bar on this topic

I think you are splitting hairs, being pedantic on something that I (wish to) believe was done in good spirit... Think of it like this: if there was no auction, would you have been betteroff than you are not winning it? ASG, I suggest when you re-open your auctions, change your rules to state something like the following: A bid needs to be at least R10 higher than the previous bid. The auction closes when the bidding clearly stopped, at ASG's discretion, but as a rough guide, when no valid increased bid was received within 24 hours of the previous. Or something to that effect...

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OK, how long IS a piece of string?

Yes, I think a lot of commentators don't really understand how insurance works: (Splitting hairs, but) by and large, all the insured shares in the risk, not the insurer. The latter is just the intermediary that poold and assesses the risk, add a loading for expenses (& profit!) and determine the premium from that. Hence, it's claim policy needs to follow the underwriting policy and contractual stipulations. On a similar note (don't know whether it is urban legend, I share it anecdotally). Apparantly far more RayBans get stolen in South Africa, than sold Similar to the number of people that so happened to have had an expensive set of golf clubs in the boot, when the car got stolen...

How can you guys miss the hot "innocence personified" Team GB Jessica Ennis? Somebody with proper Internet, please post a pic of her as well!

Why do you think you need to be out?

Well, actually it is Phil & Paul

You're changing your avatar so often, me thinks you need to start a separate thread, posting a new peta-picture everyday (note: "peta", i.e. no silliness like clothes et al...)

This time is different...

or maybe of somebody was is dead tired of being targeted year after year, over and over again...

Bl!%$3&! (Moderated by myself...)

Nope. Based on UCI points, each country gets allocated a number of riders per discipline and the locals then gets to choose who fill those berths. The ladies were "lucky" --> they were set for 2 spots, which were reduced to 1 spot due to super-ordinate allocation criteria. THen The Lady earned more points in the Free State, pushing them up to 3 spots....

I got Slick's e-mail before P&S's, so either no problem here, or the problem has been fixed

Ok, so somebody respond to this, and I'll report on whether it is a problem for sure (I have not been receiving either, but I thought everybody was hibernating :-) )

Start earlier Yeah, it is a problem --> I encounter it on the commute home. There too, I follow my own advice and start earlier, before serious traffic starts, but still a problem. i am "lucky" in that traffic is only for the first 8 K's or so, so use that as an easy warm-up spin, with shallow breathing. After that, still a bit of traffic, but open winelands roads - heeha. Edit: Geez, that was a lot of typos

Geez, spending time on that analysis, I think you need to change your handle to "THE Cavendish"

Let me get this - you like your girlfriend (mother of your child) topless all over the Internet?

Hey, I thought the topic is training programmes, not racketeering or extortionism

No, they're not. Together with First Ascent, they are in the Holdsport group - a company that delisted a couple of years ago, following a PE deal, but subsequently relisted a year or so ago...

not only yours... probably everbody's!

You could ask the same question about the Schleck-brothers (or LA) Is it because of their angel-like dorky faces? or maybe because they firmly stick together as brothers (taking a stance, like Cav)? Or is it simply a case of "can't love them, so I'll hate them instead"?

So what your are saying is "10% of the events in RSA are far more technical,rooty,rocky than what is on ..." That is impressive...

How does one "sic" oneself?

Make that 6 --> you and me!