Dash Rendar

Can't argue with flawless reasoning like that.

It would be... If it existed. One day...

Sorry to derail, but what do you think this for a red Supra Gav? If I could get this paint job, I'd never slag off red again!

You could finance the Supe by charging at the door for the world's biggest house-warming. £5 for members... Of which there are 3017 of us. And £10 for non-members (you know... friends and family who don't have the sense to have a Supra and become a member of this fine community).

Gav, I want first dibs on your tiptronic when you get bored with it!

Sorry dude, I'm still quite new here. But it's always good fun to wind up Gav, even if it is at the expense of other red Supra owners.

No, you want TDaxGav! It's gonna be great... Shame it's red.

Went to uni and got a degree in biochemistry. How useful. Now I'm a 'senior software developer'... which has absolutely nothing to do with biochemistry. I do some web design on the side. And I don't get paid enough.

No.... Haven't seen a single fecking Supra!

That's a good idea. And we need a "My other car's a supra" badge!

Sorry RedM! Your idea was pure genius! It's just that I'm highly envious of people who have better Photoshop skills than I do (which is... erm... nearly everyone.)

I have!! In this thread after visiting your homepage! But I'll refrain from saying it anymore... In case you get the wrong idea!!

Once again, you prove yourself to be a genius mate! I'm a bit worried about non-community Supra drivers kicking the crap out of me for giving them four fingers (usually two is enough), but I'll take my chances.

Reckon I've had the same experience. Did the number plate start V? Stuck-up unsociables shouldn't be allowed to drive Supras. I think they're more suited to Saxos.

Any Saxo-owning chav with one of these quality whistles will easily beat me off the lights. Why? Because I'll be so busy p1ssing myself laughing that I won't be able to hit the accelerator. And that BOV is even more comical. Did you listen to 'Sound Type 2'? I think it's supposed to sound sequential.

Wow, lots of info. Thanks everyone!!

I wonder who he could find as an alibi? How 'bout... "Wasn't me officer. I was at the pub with my mates... 10000 of 'em. If you need to contact them, they all hang out at mkivsupra.net."

I'm gutted for you mate. Just wanted to add my vote of sympathy and I agree with whoever said the thieving chav scum's name and address should be posted. It would spread fast and all us car enthusiasts will seek retribution and set the record straight.

You Miami-GT boyz crack me up! lol! The moral of this series of threads is to change your password frequently and never leave your machine logged on and unattended!!

Nice one. Thanks for the tip.

Wonder Wheels. Grrr. Very funny! Seriously, I did think of that. But it's not just the chrome. There's layers of copper and nickel too. And apparently, companies that chemically strip the wheels need a licence to do so. If you know of any, please pass on the details!!

Thanks for the link. Wow, how did he get such great mileage??? I'm lucky to get 20mpg and I don't boot it very often?!? Well, I've sorted the aircon. In the end, all it needed was regassing. So here's to a comfortable summer!

Sorry for the delay in getting any answers. The only place I can find who will chrome / rechome rims is http://www.chromeworx.com. They say they are the only re-chromers in the UK. The bad news is that they want nearly 400 a wheel (plus whatever it costs to have them split). More than I can afford. The alternative is to have the chrome stripped off yer wheels, and then get them highly polished. This is much cheaper. I've found plenty of people who will polish them up, but I can't find anyone who'll do the stripping... Well, I've found someone who'll strip them, but he has to do it mechanically and makes no guarantee as to whether this will do the job well or not. He says I might end up having to paint them and that's a risk I don't wanna take.

Okay, this version writes column headers... Name Size Date. It delimits columns by tab. The filespec matching is better, but *different*. The problem is that the JVM is too clever for its own good. If you specify *.zip as a parameter on the command line (as we have been doing), it first looks to see if there are any files in the current directory that match and passes those files to the program, rather than the actual string "*.zip". Very annoying. Easily fixed by passing the parameters in a properties file, but I can't be arsed at this stage. NOW, if you want to filter by extension, you need to pass the parameter without the star. E.g. instead of, *.zip Pass: .zip So, your command might be: filelister c:\ .zip This actually uses regular expressions under the hood. Glad your spreadsheet is doing what you want it to. If your files are really big, you might find a database more performant.

Whichever martial art you finally choose, IMO the most important thing is to find a class with a good instructor. Admittedly, it's tricky to know a good instructor from a bad one when you don't have the benefit of experience. But true martial arts involve more than just learning moves by repetition. While it sounds a bit cliché, martial arts is training of the mind as well as the body and it takes an instructor of the righ temperament to impart the correct mindset and attitude. Many students begin martial arts to learn how to be more effective bullies. Most 'bullies' don't stick at it for very long because they can't handle the discipline, they don't have any respect, and they don't have patience. But of those bullies who stick at it, a miraculous transformation occurs after a couple of years. These same people end up more mellow and, as someone else quoted earlier, they learn the art of 'fighting without fighting'. (Bruce rocks.) One of the most rewarding aspects of being a martial arts instructor is to see this transformation in your students. That's why it's so important to pick an instructor who has the right temperament, as well as kick-ass technique!! Otherwise you'll end up being in the Cobra-Kai! lol I'm rambling... Also note... Activities like kick boxing are not so much a martial art as a sport. Kickboxing is great fun and good for fitness, but you won't typically learn good technique. (And you definitely won't learn the kind of stuff jujitsu will teach you.) Rarely have I seen kickboxers who can throw fast effective kicks with good technique... Unless they happen to have come from a karate or tae kwon do background. I'm done. Honest!