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Strange. I filed on Tuesday, money in the bank this morning.

1. Yes. Even a verbal agreement constitutes a legal contract. We bother signing things avoid litigious disagreement down the line. 2. Yes. In that case suing for specific performance would be possible. If it's the other way around (bike has been sold to someone else), there is an impossibility of performance because the bike is no longer in existance. 3. Because by placing your order you agree (perhaps tacitly if you don't actually bother to read them) to Takealot's terms and conditions which gives them the right to cancel your order for a variety of reasons. (not a legal expert, this is from my recollection of a semester or two of construction contract law, so it might all be incorrect)

Nico's issue stems from the fact that when he did find something in his budget, het got shafted by a seller who 'got a better offer'. It's happened to me before as well, and as annoying as it is, what can you do? Taking them to the small claims court might be an option, but it's not like you can sue for specific performance if the bike has already been sold on. So you're suing for damages, but you need to then prove damages, which doesn't seem like it's worth the hassle. Heck, I was once on my way to pick up a bike (arranged, agreed price, everything) in Joburg when I got a call from the seller saying that there's someone else at his premises willing to pay 20% more, am I willing to match it. I was stunned! I said thanks but no thanks and turned around and went back home. Ridiculous. The rating system is also a contentious issue in my opinion. I'm a firm believer that it should only be used when an actual transaction has taken place to prevent frivolous ratings from being issued nilly-willy, but that makes rating these dodgy non-transactions impossible as well.

Really enjoying this so far, thank you!

What the actual f***???

That is actually a very good suggestion to be honest.

Doesn't Lewis already do that?

Again, Pirelli needs to produce more than a thousand tyres for each race weekend (excluding wets). They need to know how many of what to produce. To expand it from 3 options to 5 options just seems silly. The drivers get to select how many of the soft, medium and hard designation they want for the race weekend on their allocation of thirteen sets. Okay so due to COVID supply chain issues it's not the case for 2020 and 2021. However, what do you think would have happened if drivers were able to select the softest C5 available at Monaco as the soft option for Silverstone?

Nah mate

Well that's why there are negotiations about the supply of tyres every couple of years, with the contract currently set to expire in 2024. Michelin elected not to submit a bit when the contract was up for grabs in 2018.

Financially it makes more sense to have a single tyre supplier. Pirelli supplies around 24,000 tyres a season. If you're Michelin looking to join, who's going to take you up initially? Two teams, maybe? Now you must put in the same amount of R&D as Pirelli, to potentially secure 10% of the field. If your tyres work, great, more teams will come over. But now those teams need to redevelop their cars to suit the characteristics of the new tyres, which means more costs for the teams. Now you have a critical mass, and Pirelli says well, this doesn't work and is just costing money, so they pull out. Now you're left with Michelin only. The rest of the field needs to redevelop their cars to make it work. And you end up at what again? A single tyre supplier.

You must bear in mind that the entire development of a car is based around the tyres. So having different tyres throughout the season will be a massive R&D burden. You need to stick with something throughout the season at least. Spec tyres are not the issue in my opinion. Most world series' have them now and racing overall is just fine. The actual performance of the spec tyre is under question, that's for sure.

Yeah no I can see you'll have real issues with 4m wide handlebars ???? Kidding. It could also be a saddle height to bar height issue? 400mm bars seem quite narrow, but again it should be taken in relation to your actual shoulder width. Could also just be a fitness issue that you're not used to riding in a more forward and down position. This is a good resource to get you in the ballpark.

Man we've delved deep into the 'tragedy drama mystery' show classification. We're working our way through Top of the Lake and I haven't felt this uncomfortable and confused in a very long time.

I mean you're changing something so obviously it will make a difference, how much of a difference is debatable and has been debated. But if you think that it will make a difference then get them. A lot of it is in the mind afterall. Those are literally the only two things that you use to calculate BMI and why it's being argued that BMI is not a good metric to be using across all shapes and sizes.

Malaysian Press has it that SRT will not be renewing Rossi's contract for 2022.

Are you willing to expand on this opinion perhaps?

Our entire house is Sonoff/Tasmotised running through HomeAssistant (HASS.io), and I love it.

But again, what is the purpose of her savings? Is she saving to go on holiday at the end of the year? Is she saving because she wants to buy a new car in two years? Is she saving for varsity? What you want to do with the money, and when you will need it is a key factor in determining the investment vehicle. He's some help from Allan Gray, where you can invest from as little as R500/month:

What is the purpose of the tax-free account? Keep in mind that any withdrawals cannot be 're-made' like a normal savings account. i.e. If you've reached your R36K/year cap, and withdraw R6K, you can't put it back at a later stage in the same financial year without incurring penalties. If it's for long-term investment look at Sygnia who offer a 0% fee TFSA.

This seems useful

For once I actually enjoyed the not-a-plot-twist ending, it was different.

Do yourself a favour and try and get your hands on One Dollar. We've now gotten into The Undoing with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Just as good as Mare of Easttown. Similar, but different!

Are we surprised?

I don't have the same range of fluctuations, but still pretty unstable