Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Ditto... Sorry Thug!

Yeah, I know - but he is alive! Been speaking to him on PM today and yesterday. Apparently his boss-man is treating him like his own personal whipping boy...

Oh, lordy. Not again...

Lolz... and all DH wanted was a bunch of okes to go out and be filmed whilst ripping on the trails...

Ja, bro... There's just too much aggro in the world at the moment.

Especially seeing as the extra premium is only R 1k or so. For superior picture quality, frame rate & connectivity... Erm - let me think. Which one would I go for. Actually, I'm a cheap bastard, so I'd go for an imported version.

Nah, Martin - Homer said it FAR more eruditely than Bart ever could... d'OH!

Dirty Old Pervert, according to Wiki..

Damn, grb... Listen to yourself, would you? It's supposed to be a chilled, non-professional exercise with a couple of riders who want to put together a clip on the DH runs in Tokai. Who cares if it's not professional! They're just a bunch of guys that wanna have fun. Get off your high horse. All they wanted to know was if you're in or not. No pressure. If you're so adamant that it needs to be a professional production, why don't you organize it yourself? And yes, we know that there are MANY crap flicks out there, with some random oke tootling along some ST. But guess what? That flick that you would rather **** on than watch, is somebody else's masterpiece. If you don't want to go along, just say so. No need to launch a barrage of insults and condescension at the guys. I refer you to the 1st line of your post. Practice what you preach, man...

Yeah, bro - I was worried myself! Damn. My HR has NEVER taken that long to normalize before. And it was still high when we started back down. Was majorly distressing, bro. But at the moment, I'm just resting. Working as well, but I can feel the flu just waiting in the background. Bastard virus! But hell. It was a (reasonably) decent ride. Just about 40% slower and less confident than normal. Can't exactly hit the jumps when I can't even breathe properly!

Bwahahahahaha!!! Classic! Anyway, I've just "loosed" my load. It was very, very gratifying. It must really hurt to Loose a bike though. Must have been pushing for ages! Losing a bike though, is a different matter entirely...

Erm... it HAS v-brakes!? Pretty safe to assume that they're V brake rims then...

One day out of 7... He seems to work himself up to these revelations of wit!

I've got my eyes on a few things... Maya's M9 FRO, most of CWC's stock, a couple of Niners and quite a few more! I'd be happy to join you! <_<

I have a Peloton going in the classifieds if you're interested...

Ditto. Lost 3.5 in the past 4 weeks. Down to 98.5...

Heh! I'm currently running a double ring setup on the front on my MTB. Granny has a chipped tooth and she likes wrapping the chain around her...

Ditto - it is a good Q, Topwine... And I echo Patham's sentiments here. The portion attributed to personal & social security seems VERY skewed. What interested me in that little link was that the amount of returns for Partnerships was over 3m, vs 212k odd for companies. So I don't think that one could assume (from that data at least) that individuals make up the highest component ito tax revenue. And call it what you like, income into a partnership is still business income, in my opinion. Even though it is only taxed in the individual partners' hands.

Ditto. I'm the same way. Amping yourself up for it is far removed from following somebody and doing as they do..

Hey TW... Double checked, and seen the figures you refer to... Seems as if "corporation" tax revenue is 1/5th of the total individual tax revenue. But - "corporation" tax revenue does not include tax revenue from partnerships & what they term "S Corporations" - simply businesses that have their income taxed in the hands of the shareholder. So - the actual figure arising from business income (I am including partnerships in this) could still be assumed as being more than that arising from personal taxation... Edit - source of the figures: My link

Yeah, got that DVD as well. Yet to watch it. Any good? Otherwise, I've relied on Brian Lopes & Lee McCormack's Mountain Biking Skills books. Very, very good.

Mine's 10...

For once!? F****** ass**** rimming summavabeeeeeech! Hang on... No. Wait. You're right. I often confuse myself.

Not at all... In this instance, the US of A is the debt addict, and needs to wean themselves off asap, without causing the rest of the world to collapse at the same time (very easily done if they call in their debts owing) In the case of the bailout grants though, they were a necessary evil, put there to ensure that things didn't go even more pear shaped with their skewed economical system. They, for one, need debt counselling, methinks. As well as needing to cut their spending drastically.

In a nutshell - no bailout, companies go bust and therefore a highly diminished tax revenue stream. Big Business is the primary source of a country's tax, and any large dip in that figure could spell disaster...