Stutopia

That lot looks amazing!

No, I wasn't saying that. I just strongly disagree that if something isn't right, people should live with it, rather than put forward ways to change it.

Employers and universities are already looking at anonymous applications, to address both conscious and unconscious bias during selection processes. This is just another tiny step along the way. The more you repeat this mantra that "the world can't be equal" the more it sounds like it's an objective not an obstacle.

Cool project, in for the re-build. Thanks for posting it up

Did you come up with this on your own or read it on a t-shirt? Great attitude Something can't be made perfect, so it's pointless to try and improve it. If everyone thought like that we'd all still be living in caves, eating raw meat with a life expectancy of 23 All by myself thanks Its not an attitude, its just reality and whilst equality is a lovely thought, quite frankly, its bo$$cks, which you conviently avoided by not answering who she rather be, wealthy and black or white and living in a trailer park It is an attitude, plenty of people have made positive changes to the world despite the odds being against them. Votes for women and the end of apartheid spring to mind, but I suppose some people wouldn't see those as positive changes. I didn't address your question simply becuase it makes no sense. JPS is not asking to BE white, which is precisely what your question is asking. Why not ask something equally pointless like, "Would she rather be white with cancer or black with the flu?" Look everyone she said white, so she's actually the racist all along!

Did you come up with this on your own or read it on a t-shirt? Great attitude Something can't be made perfect, so it's pointless to try and improve it. If everyone thought like that we'd all still be living in caves, eating raw meat with a life expectancy of 23

Totally get your points Dan and I don't believe you can persuade anyone on this kind of thing. It's like people who don't believe in dinosaurs, once you reach a certain entrenched position - however much the weight of evidence suggests otherwise - it only makes people dig in harder. As you rightly say, educating kids is how the barriers will be broken down in the longer term. In respect to anyone being anything if they work hard enough, I'd like to get on board with that, but I don't really believe we're there yet. Doesn't matter how hard you work, you're never going to be King of England without the bloodline - unless they change the rules

No problem, glad they've arrived Desktops arrived with me today, so shipped them out just now. Everyone who has paid has a delivery on the way to them. [b]Anyone who hasn't has a chase PM for payment.[/b]

Impressive outrage over, "the heterosexual, white male having it tough now since the women, people of colour and non-heterosexuals have the audacity to voice their opinions in public". I'm sorry if this has come as a shock to you, but the world is very slowly redressing the imbalance of people having opinions and being in a position to get them heard. Expect more in future. Assuming you do genuinely believe the absence of nominations for people of colour is down to simply, "maybe they were just rubbish this year, so they didn't get nominated" you're either accidentally of wilfully ignoring the imbalance of leading roles, directors, producers and other key positions offered to/held by people of colour in hollywood film production. What % of hollywood movies were released this year had a lead black actor or director? Do you think this is more or less than the % of US population who are black? Do you think the difference between the two figures is 1 or 2 percentage points or perhaps higher? Do you think that difference is down to a fundamental difference in ability to be a good actor or director by one demographic over another? Even if 1% of all films made are good enough to be nominated, the lack of diverse output including cast and senior production staff of colour, means that fewer of these films are likely to be nominated for awards, with even fewer winners. You could apply the same principle to British TV, corporate boards, politicians and see the same effect. The only arena where there seems to be anything approaching a meritocracy is sport and even there you only have to look at the non-playing roles to see the same the exact same imbalances.

Not used any new products for a while now as I've found a good selection of things I like and stuck with them. I ordered this a while back and got round to trying it out today for the first time. Fo' Show Extreme Gloss Spray Wax - http://www.waxaddict...-spray-wax.html I'm not a huge fan of waxes, CBA with the amount of time and faff required for what is fairly limited endurance, but I went for this spray wax purely because it had two of the excellent Waxaddict Dual Pile Microfibres thrown in for free (which is what I was actually shopping for in the first place!) and it can be used as a drying aid/glossifier as well as a wax. The name is also slightly amusing. It gives you a few application options on the destructions: apply to wet paint and towel dry (drying aid apply to panel, wipe with MF, wait 5-10 until hazed, buff off (max gloss) apply to cloth, wipe with MF, wait 5-10 until hazed, buff off (max performance) I chose a mix of 2 & 3 because as far as I can tell, they're the same thing It went on after my normal TBW and towel dry. You've got to shake it like mad as it's not a true solution, more of an emulsion, so the wax will settle in the bottle if left to stand. It comes out of the spray head in an incredibly fine mist, even the slightest breeze will end up with it all over the glass and neighbouring panels. Dead easy to spread around. The cure time of ten mins is just perfect to get all around the Zed and back to the first panel (9 mins). It came off as easily as it went on, in fact, due to the cool temps (10 degrees) I suspect it could have benefited from a few more minutes on the panel, but the rain was coming and I wanted it buffed. Below are some fake beads after the towel dry with AMMO Hydrate and then after Fo'Show buff off. All in all, I liked using the product, which means it's easy to use and smells inoffensive. The car did look noticeably glossier even in fairly overcast conditions. I don't think the beads are especially enhanced in the after shots, perhaps a smidge taller and more spherical. Solid 3 out of 5 product. It might get a 4th star depending on what it looks like this time next week.

along. '70s looks gorgeous in red

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Moved to 350z. nice idea, they could be a bit, sexier

First batch of 18 wall calendars went out to members today. Rather than wait for them all to arrive here, I've sent the first lot out straight away. If you could resist gloating/moaning about your inclusion/exclusion on the forum until I've got them all away, I'd be thankful. Please don't ruin the surprise for everyone else!

A solid black Z denotes a thread you've posted on.

As Vanilla Ice would say, word to ya motha!

Why are you hating on my Zed goddammit? :lol:

At least the wheels are on properly

As per Brillo, mine demands a fill up and pops the light on and then only takes 50 litres or so. If it does turn out to be a sender fault, there is a really good guide here - http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/54763-how-to-fix-the-inaccurate-fuel-gauge-pdf/ But obvisouly it's messing around with petrol and the tank so usual disclaimers apply, for your own info, get someone qualified, don't blow yourself up, etc etc.

Sold & locked at OPs request.

Sorry to see this, looks like she took it like a champ. Glad you're all good. I imagine the whiplash from a rear ended is pretty hefty? Don't know whether it was better or worse to see it coming

For any of the comic book fans out there, I saw the trailer for Batman v Superman when going to see new Star Wars* but have I missed something? Superman is, well err, super. He shoots lasers out his eyes, super strong, super fast, can genuinely fly and defeated three other Supers in Superman 2. Batman is a man in a very elaborate fancy dress costume. He'd last all of about 9 seconds in a punch up with Superman, even with kryptonite knuckle dusters. I mean, he could barely overcome a man whose superpower was speaking unintelligibly. *I enjoyed new Star Wars except for the learning to use a light sabre in 5 mins, to a level that would occupy a sith for more than 10 seconds. And Leia/Fisher was awful, they'd have been better off leaving her out.

It's been posted a few times, so there's some good reading on washers here: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/71560-pressure-washers-and-associated-goodies/ http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/84389-best-pressure-washer/ http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/59045-best-snow-foam-lancepressure-washer/ And another good one here on lance: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/84321-what-a-difference-a-snow-foam-gun-can-make/ Nilfisk and Karcher always seem to get decent feedback, the Karcher I've got is coming up on three years old and gets used most weekends, still battling on though it occasionally fires up the motor for about a second for no apparent reason If it dies I might go for one of the fancy ones Dan keeps mentioning (I forget the name). Whatever you go for, make sure the lance you get has fittings that marry up to the brand of pressure washer (and leave the free foam guns you get bundled with the washer for cleaning the patio )