Author Archives: Toby White

About Toby White

I'm a doer!

Being tall ain’t always that easy!

Especially not when it comes to buying clothes. Jeans in particularly… I have a 32″ waist (and aim to keep it that way for the while). I also have 36″ inside leg measurements for any trousers.

Trying to find a pair of jeans that aren’t a million miles wide is quite a nightmare, luckily it would seem that the 34″ (inside leg) skinny fit jeans I bought from Asos for £25 are long enough…only downside is that the front pockets are pathetic.

Slim fit I’m not so sure about but it’s probably worth a try. Next stop TopMan (who used to sell 36″ inside leg) jeans but now don’t appear to (sad face)

Share my pain!

I’m also keeping my eye on 36leg.com – no longer in existence but check these Google results

MG TF Update 10 – New disks and pads all round

: Fitting the front disk

: A pic of the front disk with caliper tied up behind

: Drilling out screws

: A closer look at the disk with wheel on

: Disk on show with wheel back on

: Rear disk in place with new pads on show

: Shiny new disk

So, this came as an advisory on the service. Things needed replacing so I decided to do the full lot and be done with it.

I bought Pagid (OEM to Merc etc) pads and disks from Euro Car Parts for around £172. I was also going to give it a go at fitting myself.

I followed a very handy tutorial written by CJJ off the MG Rover .org Forums.

Tutorial for changing front AP Disks and Pads – http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=197579

Tutorial for changing rear Disks and Pads – http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=199027

With a little help from my Dad, I managed to do the work in a weeekend (front one day, back the next)… luckily the weather held off.

I saved myself money on getting them fitted, and by doing so, learnt a little more about car mechanics. The back set I more or less did myself 🙂

Result – a better braking experience and no more unhealthy sounding noises making for a better ride all in all.

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The Ultimate Diet Doesn’t Exist!

… So stop wasting all your money.

There are three things that you need to know.

You are what you eat
Eat less
Move more

Want to lose weight, follow those steps.

If you’re looking for a tested and proven 100% free workout check out the following 5BX workout plan as used by the Royal Canadian Airforce: https://archive.org/details/Royl_Canadian_Air_Force_Exercise_Plans_

You can also buy it for not a lot here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Physical-Fitness-11-minute—day-12-minute-/dp/0140020551/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334866610&sr=1-1

Remember GDA for men is 2500 calories in total and 2000 for women. That’s including drinks. That is if you’re not already exercising, and is for day-to-day.

For your info a bottle of wine has 500, just to put that into perspective and for those people who don’t eat a lot but go through a bottle or two of wine and wonder why they put on weight. All alcohol has a high sugar level due to the fermentation process. Then you get things like WKD where they add sugar but that’s another story.

Eat at least 5 fruit and veg a day and aim for 2litres of liquid, make most of it water and orange juice.

That’s all for now, no more excuses!