The software won't accommodate the file size, you need to upload an image within the limits. If you email it to me at the address I posted in the Passwords / Profiles thread I'll resize it if necessary and sort it out. Thanks!

I was tempted to go to that one myself - but since I wanted to do a long bike ride the next day I decided against it.

Quote from: Hugh on February 26, 2022, 11:45:43 AMIs there an available link for guidance on uploading avatars?

At the very top of the home page (you may have to scroll up to see it) you'll see your username with a triangular down-arrow to bring up a menu.

Click this and select "Profile Details".

Then click the "Upload an avatar" option, invoke the "Choose File" button to select the image on your PC and finally click the "CHANGE PROFILE" button at the bottom right.

You can also choose an avatar from a gallery in the current version. Should be fairly intuitive.

I've read the first six Jack Reacher books over the last 18 months so I was pleased to see a TV series turn up on Amazon Prime.

I've also watched the two films, with Tom Cruise as the titular hero. I liked them a lot but Tom just isn't Reacher, in terms of personality or physicality. The guy who plays him in the TV series, Alan Ritchson, is pretty much perfect in the role. It must be said though that Tom is a much better actor and he has a charisma and presence that Ritchson doesn't. That's why he's Tom Cruise, I guess!

Only watched the first two episodes. If I hadn't read the book they're based on, Killing Floor I might have enjoyed them more. Not bad, but the direction feels a bit ITV-ish.

One thing that's disappointed me is that there's a moment in Killing Floor that, for me, defines Reacher. Two bad guys are out to kill him. He sets a trap for them and dispatches them in the most matter-of-fact casual, cold-blooded manner imaginable. It looks like the TV series has copped out from that.

OK I've upgraded to 2.1.1 this morning, and the Like Button is now available.

OK so this is done now; the site looks a bit different but I'm happy enough with it. Please let me know if you see any problems. Thanks!

I'm going to upgrade the site to SMF 2.1.1 at 11:10 AM GMT. I'm going to take a backup shortly so if I do need to back it out and restore the backup, anything typed from now-ish until I do the restore will be lost.

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Third day in a row I've drawn a blank on the first row. But it does eliminate 5 letters. Unlucky not to think of the right word on the third go.

The forecast promised a sunny, dry day. I took the afternoon off with the idea of doing 80 or so, to bump up the February mileage tally and get the Fondo done, having left it somewhat late in the month.

The wind was blowing from the west as usual but I decided to break my rule of not returning home into a headwind, and go east. I wanted to do part of the Norfolk route. The roads east of Eastwell through Waltham and Buckminster are my Cycling Happy Place. And the wind was supposed to dissipate a bit later on.

I didn't really want to turn back after 40 miles, it was so nice over there - sunny, scenic and quiet - so I kept going. I hit a Lincolnshire sign not long after Buckminster, then a couple of miles later, a Rutland sign! So I've ticked off the two remaining Neighbouring Counties of Leicestershire for 2022 without having intended to.

I'd intended to pursue the Norfolk route but missed a turn for South Witham. I ended up there anyway though, somehow. Then I turned back for home after 45 miles and came back the same way.



Usually my DAB personal radio would be pretty good company on a Friday bike ride with Elis & John on 5 Live, then the film review show. I believe Kermode has been sent on an impartiality course. However today it was just wall-to-wall Ukraine news all day. I got Ukraine fatigue eventually; I know that's an easy thing to say from this safe distance but it was pretty much the same news cycling round for hours.

I listened to the new Sea Power album on my MP3 player, then - unusually - I did silence for a bit.

I'd had to take a layer off earlier in the day and stuff it in my backpack but the temperature dropped just before sunset. I was still 30 miles from home when the sun dipped below the horizon, but I'd brought good lights.

Two teenage girls waved at me from the back of a car I was stuck behind at some roadworks in Waltham. I waved back of course. This only seemed to encourage them and I was quite relieved when the lights changed and they pulled away.

Terrific run out, 90.56 miles, 261 this month which gives me a decent chance of 300 before March. Really looking forward to going further on that route, on a longer and warmer day.

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I was out on my bike today and listened to the news for about four hours straight; nothing but Ukraine of course. Really jaw-dropping stuff. Apparently they've been cracking open crates of rifles and handing them out to Ukrainan citizens in the street. Asking people to fight the Russian armour with petrol bombs. People begging for a NATO air exclusion zone.

A woman from the Ukrainian parliament was interviewed, she's never fired a gun before in her life but she's been given a Kalashnikov and a quick training session today, and she's determined to use it.

I recall both the UK and US sent special forces as "advisors" to help the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the '80s; I wonder if we'll do the same again in Ukraine if there's a prolonged occupation.

The forum software is SMF 2.0.19 which when I installed it a couple of weeks ago, was the latest official release. T-N-M-S was a later, beta version (2.1). I'm not sure it's possible to have the like function in 2.0.19 but I'll find out.

2.1 has some other nice features so I may well do an upgrade soon.

Two teenage girls in the back of a car waving at me when I stuck behind them at some roadworks on my bike. I think they liked my Union Jack woolly hat.

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Unusual game for me, that one. Second consecutive day with 5 blanks on the first go, as well.

Lovely to see some more familiar faces, thanks all for coming.

Yes it's a historic moment, for all the wrong reasons. I was pleased to hear the level of unanimity in the Commons earlier. You know it's an unusual day when you hear Boris Johnson compliment Ian Blackford on his statesmanship and wisdom, without a hint of sarcasm.

And Sir Keir's remarks about the coming cost, to the people of this country, of defending the principles he and the PM referred to were also well made. I'm afraid a cold wind will blow through the world economy and we'll feel it here.

Have to wonder if Putin has really thought this through? He may gain control of Ukraine but he could well face an insurgency, covertly backed by the West, for years. And of course military forces in the NATO countries closest to his borders will be strengthened.