Recent content by jtrade

To update & complete this thread: I'm delighted to report that following an online Money Claim I initiated in mid-January, Apple caved in yesterday and have agreed to pay the repair costs and court fee in full. That said, my opinion is now that Apple is quite a slippery creature to pin down ...

It's true this thread is not directly about veganism... but indirectly, it most certainly is. I only saw the thread this morning & please forgive me, I gave up reading as I saw the increasingly unpleasant - but entirely predictable - direction in which it was going. I have no intention of...

I'm not sure it does, Cav, as the key challenge that took that case to the Supreme Court was about whether the charge was excessive or not. The judges thought not, so the case was lost. As far as I can see, Beavis did not challenge whether or not the terms & conditions for using the parking...

I don’t think it matters whether the OP was 11 minutes or 11 hours over (11 days on the other hand :confused:).. it’s an issue of contract law imho. But only if you have the time and actually enjoy taking on and beating a parking operator which is less than scrupulous itself (I do), otherwise...

Me too - on Series 3 - I think it has a great balance of humour (a theatrical agent friend in London also finds it hysterical).

On a trip to Little Rock in the mid-80s, my business partner & I were taken out on the Arkansas River in a mid-size speedboat with a ridiculously large jet drive engine (can't remember how many hundreds of horsepower). We hurtled along the flat calm river at 60mph, so just over 52 knots, & I'll...

Arriverderci, American Magic. My opinion is that the key design flaw was the one that allowed a capsize to rip a hole out of the boat, after which despite their valiant efforts, there was not enough time to not only put Patriot back together again, but tune her & get everything back up to...

Hard to understand how a former World Match Race champ like Dean B & top-flight crew could be so timid at the starts AND thereafter : must be that they were struggling with the boat handling ("nervous" is the right word: she was tracking all over the place). Quite inexplicable how LR didn't even...

Merci - j’aime beaucoup :) (just started on S1) (but I will take a break to watch The White Tiger recommended above : it has a good trailer & I love India).

OMG - the Ginetta G15 I built from a kit in 1973 is still around, albeit off-road / SORN, and now red, not navy blue. My Mum used to call that car "The love of your life"! It came without assembly instructions, but the factory recommended buying a reprint of a then recent edition of Cars & Car...

Totally unrealistic to impose a total trade embargo on China, however much they might deserve it. We are all so interdependent now as a species that the sooner we stop arguing and face the fact that we are in the process of self-extinction, the better. Btw, whilst writing, my current opinion is...

Not only remarkable, but truly unbelievable...

The International (2009) : good thriller

I agree . Correct me if I’m wrong, but when Team Oracle were defending the Cup in San Francisco & Bermuda, didn’t they write the rules such that their boat was allowed to race in the Challenger series, to allow equal practice ? Seems like a big advantage for the challengers in Aukland. And this...

Erm.... you first, please.... & which mutation would you like, sir :( ? Difficult decisions for everyone...