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First find a field with ripe corn in it. A bit difficult at this time of year? Even with global warming? So if you have fallen at that first hurdle, get yourself down to Tailbridge instead, where you will find a bank of pristine snow, still about three feet deep, covering the whole of the front face...

Now now Gordie and Kitt! If you want to argue on our forum you have to pay...... :D At the risk of stepping on Brians toes, I would suggest a meeting next week, say Wednesday 24th, at either the corner house (I agree Henry - piss poor beer) or the Lion and Lamb (brilliant beer, but not as central) f...

Kitt, not only have you added to the end of my post, you have also managed to delete the first three paragraphs?

My original post is now below.

I agree with Gary, that we should be looking at using Cross Fell, as this has by far and away the most potential. The problem then is that you have to wait for a weekend when it looks like it will be on at Cross Fell, which means making provisional arangements, and then possibly canning the comp onl...

Let us be proactive. How about the end of April? Let us get things started in the way we mean to carry on.

Brian has done a brilliant job so far on organising this, but needs our support.

I would suggest we have a meeting of interested people one evening at the corner house?

Puts a whole new slant on the age old conundrum "why does bread always land butter side down?"

Unbelievable!

Not working here either.

Speak to Mr Wallis.

He will sort you.

Good to see that the landowners cover has been extended to £5 million.

This was one of the things that Durham County Council was concerned about when we had the meeting about Horden.

Not that they have ever got back to us.

I think Ronnie is spot on here. The BHPA is effectively our "trade union", providing the buffer between "us" as free flyers, and "them", being the powers that be. In this case the CAA. Take for example the recent furore over transponders. Without the BHPA how would we a...

You mean go on a day like Saturday?

When the fog was so thick on the top of Model that we got lost on the way back to the Cafe from the front.......

It was character building though!

Can I suggest you check the Sportsguard insurance policy very carefully Gary.

I have looked at this before, and it does NOT include third party liability insurance for "motorised units"

I will give you lessons Gary.......

Gordie, dreaming of posting on the NHPC website...........

That is very very worrying!

You need to see a doctor soon mate!!

Only eight weeks on Sunday until the clocks go forward.

Spring thermals, light nights, cant wait!

I did not think the snow in Jesmond was quite that bad!

It looks magnificent Ron - I am envious.

I mean who wants to be beaten by a girl

I heard a rumour that there were some people in the club who would pay good money for that......

I would piss on the lot of yas and make a fortune

Yes Steve, of course you would....

Now go and sit back down and drink the cocoa before matron comes back.

Do you know what is the funniest thing Steve? I am sure if you had a road traffic accident where someone ran in to the back of you, then you would be first in the queue for compensation. As is so often the case, people have black and white views. You yourself admit that your view is not going to be ...

hmmmm... next week.......

Just tune into Wallis radio for all your pearls of paragliding wisdom!!!

The basis on which a claim is made has not changed. The basic principles of negligence are still the same as laid down in the groundbreaking case of Donoghue v Stevenson. All that has changed is the basis of funding. Up until 1998, you either had to be very poor, and therefore able to qualify for le...

But my mates wont eat me Steve! Professional respect and all that. See previous post I will give you a real life example Steve. A case I dealt with about 20 years ago. Young lad, running on the playing field, exactly the same as your lad, but steps into a hole on the playing field, his leg goes down...

Read my post properly Steve. I said it was progress, but then went on to say that not all progress was good. And going back to your definition of parasite, you say it is gaining profit to the detriment of someone else. Who is the someone else? Their client? The person who's fault it was in the first...

I am interested Steve, how is the industry "parasitic"?

And it is good to see that you now agree with me about the IT guys, when only a couple of posts earlier you were saying the exact opposite.

I always like someone with firm convictions who does not change views on a whim.

Just one case John? You know my brief fee starts at 5 cases minimum...... You disappoint me! :D :D Steve, You may not like No win no fee, but developments like that are called progress. Not all progress is neccesarily good. Some you will enjoy, like flying Easyjet, some you may not like, like No win...

It is not "No win No fee" agreements or whatever you want to call them (Technically they are Conditional fee agreements (CFA's)) that are the problem. Actually it is people in your line of business that are to blame Steve! Computerisation has meant that people have been able to set up syst...

The little Yeasu ( I think it is the VX10?).

Good battery life, small enough to put in your pocket, decent range.

And for the bullshit filter, just switch Wallis's radio off!

How can "No Win No fee" agreements mean there are now more claims? You missed the original point Steve. If a claim is not winnable, then a "no claim no fee" lawyer is not going to take the case. The issue is the CFA mark up, where the fees can be increased by a percentage, to tak...

Ok lets get these out of the way first........ What do you call 10,000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. How can you tell when your lawyer is lying? His lips move. What’s the difference between a lawyer and a boxing referee? A boxing referee doesn’t get paid mo...

* no singing of Queen songs That was a truly brilliant night! Especially the skinny dipping at 2am. So you see, entering a comp like this is just the start of a long slippery slope into oblivion! So lets try and be positive about it. Which Northern sites would be suitable? Model Blease (possibly - ...