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Going to Edinburgh to the festival with the guys from work, going to see three shows so should be a good laugh.

See anything good Paul?

Saw 3 shows on Saturday, the best being Reginald D Hunter who was particularly good.

Today I will mostly be remembering what it is I do after having had a long weekend off!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WORK-EMOTION-17-18-1...=item4a9ed64402

Get something interesting.

There was 3 cars that did the gumball in similar spec - the one that was black and grey cammo was much nicer.

Different though, and why the hell not.

If you need someone to come and take the piss as you skin yer knuckles gees a shout. Apparently my banter's legendary, just ask Colin.

Have been told much the same by my mate Paul. Pop round, let him buy me a chinese, then stand and watch as he fidgets with the kit car. Handing over the odd ringer or socket when he shouts.

G - I'm hereby offering you the same service.

Davie - the german press has been invited to a Canon event later in the month. Chances are some new gear might be introduced which could affect the price of the current stuff.

As Neil says though - Camera Price Buster is good for scoping out the prices.

I think the reason people swapped to other cars was nothing to do with the drive setup. People have been swapping to things that aren't as powerful/fun etc. For me it was simple - I'd had my fun and the running costs and future maintenance were outweighing the enjoyment by a large factor at the end.

The bad winter we had was one of the reason I would have stayed Subaru when I was weighing it up! I certainly didn't change because of 4wd.

Looking forward to hearing how it goes at TOTB Peter. With that kind of power it should be very exciting indeed.

I'll need to pop down for a Peter's performance pudding and a wee swatch at it at some point.

Watched it last night. It was interesting. Didn't realise the Stock Car racing at that level was so costly!

Great photos John. Love watching the superbikes from Cadwell purely because of that section.

I sold a 54 plate, but 05 model year WRX with mods for £6K give or take a couple of months ago. There's plenty of cars to be had!

I've passed a few cars. Generally when they're going in the other direction though

TOTB this weekend?

I've not been to a petrol station in almost 3 weeks Grant. The cracks are no where near appearing!

All the more reason to hand the Clio back in 3 years!

Now that the dust has settled - they still broke the rules, I still don't like it, but it's still something that exists in the sport and always will.

Only had one HD box and HD telly and I think the SD picture on it is better than Freeview. All done via HDMI too.

Richie - have you tried phoning up and saying you're thinking of leaving?

You'll get a sweetner I imagine.

But yes - I refuse to watch things in "council definition" any more.

He gave it a pretty decent whack later in the event from what I'd read. Still - awesome story about him doing the WRC in Mexico.

Getting better Shaun! Is that the infamous Bill Caswell Craigslist BMW?

There's 5 of them, but I think this is probably the one most of you will enjoy:

Is it me or does the "2 second rule" not apply these days also?

Did you explain to him that although you had beaten him you would have beaten him by more if it was on the proper map?

I once couldn't get away from what looked like a standard 1.4 civic (that's what the badge said!) that was admittedly sitting on some nice wheels and had a nice stance. Turned out it was a turbo'd 1.6 with no interior.

I know the feeling as a fellow sucker for a bargain. The pair of Oakleys I bought in their outlet last week is testament to that - given that I have a perfectly great pair I bought less than a year ago anyway. But they were limited editions and a bargain so ........

It's worth a trip into Jessops to have a bit of a touch and a feel of the cameras. The one in the non-pedestrian area of Sauchiehall street has a lot of hardware and the staff are happy to answer plenty of questions.

I think if you actually went and held a bridge camera and then tried to get it into your pocket you'd come away with two things - ripped trousers, and a better idea of what you wanted.

Colin - http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091702canon_g10.asp

If you could pickup one of them for the right price I think you'd get an outstanding camera that you'd not replace for years. Perhaps only limited by the zoom ability of the lens, but otherwise it's properly good. SLR electronics (the image processor is the same as the one used in the SLRs) in a smaller package.

Or even go back to the G9.

There is a G11 out now, but it's £500+ or something ridiculous!

The other thing to maybe consider is the "EVIL" cameras that will probably take over from SLRs in the coming years. Especially at the lower end of the scale. EVIL is "electronic viewfinder, interchangable lens". So basically an SLR without the mirror and viewfinder assembly. So you get a less bulky body, but still with the ability to add some fairly meaty lenses if you want. Olympus and Panasonic and now Sony have got models out so far - the Olympus and Panasonic share a lens mount too.

They're expensive now, but if your current P+S is holding up well enough then maybe last it out until one of them becomes a billy bargain - I know you're a fan of HUKD.

Oi !!!

I mean that in the nicest possible way though John!