Four hours. Four bloody hours!

Which, of course, failed to cure the non-working speedo.

Now logged 1824 miles on the GPS odometer since it failed, including
696 today.

What's favourite?

Speedo gearbox at the hub [£62] (I already have a spare)

or

Instrument cluster.[£700+]

(Speedo available separately @ £245)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

Shoot?

He's a Wing rider.

The very least you can expect is nuking from orbit.

<fx: hastily calculates blast effects>

Umm... Dodger? Kiloton or megaton range? This could be important.

In the meantime I'll keep taping the windows.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

 

Ta. Would have been useful today:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82939&id=528363400&l=388a6bb30d

I spent too much of today rolling about on the floor.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

<G>

She's actually lovely. I was just trying to dig a Dodger-trap.

But the bugger's not biting.

Ah well...

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

That's not always a bad thing...

 

One of those throwaway lines which makes you read on, in queasy
anticipation.

 

That rusty spark plug is epic.

 

The bugger was asleep.

 

;-)

I'm not sure if her 'interest' in chainsaws came from her playing Doom
with me when she was quite young!

She was the only student to get 100% on her recent CS30 assessment and
one failed for 'bad posture' (working the saw in line with their face,
nasty had the saw kicked back etc).

Whilst 'supervising' her practicing in our mates back garden (small
wood) the other day I was always aware just how dangerous that tool
can be. I was pleased to see she always followed safe working practice
and that several suggestions from me like "how about cut that there"
were answered with a "no because it would mean cutting at chest height
at an awkward angle and I'd rather not" etc.

She seems to instinctively handle the saw as she was trained because
outside what she has done at Arb college she hasn't had chance to get
into bad habits with it. Whilst not necessarily the most productive
techniques they should help her get through all her tickets and hence
more chance of getting a job. *Then* she can learn all the other
techniques / shortcuts.

T i m

p.s. We also used my little Tirfor Jockey J3 wire rope winch (for the
second time there) to recover a hung-up tree that had been previously
felled by someone else. We rigged it and she used it and we still find
it amazing that something so small can appear so unstoppable. Once the
tree was down it was quickly turned into another 3 barrow loads of
firewood for them with help from the saw and a nice splitting axe.
Good productive practice for her and some fun and exercise for me. ;-)

 

It doesn't seem to make an 'aperth of difference.

Post office job for you young man, *that'll* change your mind.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Shed man, you need a shed for the racking and the shite, leaving space for
the lift and the brew tray in the garage. And you need a nice rolling
workstool or two. One for you and one for your (lucky) visitor, any other
can stand and wish. A good radio is mandatory and a half decent TV is nice
too, although not essential.

In fact, you need my garage

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Cross legged? Are you some kind of fucking gymnast or wot?


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Funnily I still have some stuff with 'Post Office' stamped on them but
that was from my telephony rather than letters days. ;-)

T i m

p.s. And I like the 'young man' bit thanks.

 

LOL (and I really did).

I guess compared with some my age I am still fairly supple. I've never
been 'fit' from even medium level aerobic pov but ok as long as I keep
my output below that I've got reasonable stamina. I can row, walk,
cycle all day but wouldn't make the end of a 400m dash (even as a
kid).

T i m

 

I don't think it unreasonable for a bike to need fettling when it's
done 100k and up. Especially when it hasn't seen the inside of a
dealer's workshop for 85 thousand miles.

Half of the problem is the inaccessibility, rather than the frequency
of the problems. A speedo cable going isn't *usually* a lost
afternoon. Or longer.

A lot of the "difficulties" have been caused by me not fully solving a
problem when it arose.

Now that the clutch works properly, it's too much fun to get shot of.

 

Ok but ...

I wish, having space on the floor to stand a stool (let alone roll
one) would be a pure fantasy atm).

Check! ;-)

Too distracting.

Well, thanks for the offer, I'll be round later (with the 7 tonner).

But no, trust me, what I need is either a much much bigger place [1]
or (more realistically) less stuff (and this is coming from someone
who can't throw anything away).[2]

I have the 20x10' 'workshop' which currently has a narrow pathway from
the front to the back. The two lockups I rent are full as is the loft,
the spare bedroom and lean-to. There is also quite a bit of stuff
still on my 10x6 shed round my Mums, my 2L Pinto and various powered
garden tools round one mates old spray shop and a 1300 Kent round at
another.

Part of 'our' problem is we (as a family) are all involved in many
things, like motorcycling, power kites, shooting, cycling, camping ,
boating and all of it comes with it's own paraphernalia.

No, I'm afraid it's got to be several (hundred) runs to the dump,
charity shop, Freecycle, scrap yard [3] and the Post office (eBay
stuff) is what I *must* do.

T i m

[1] Wife and I have always agreed our ideal 'home' would be a small
easy_to_maintain cottage to eat and sleep in and a HUGE building and
yard out the back (like yer typical Wickes) where I could have, keep
and work on all my shite. I would get an old static caravan to keep
inside for working on smaller stuff in the winter and as a lounge for
visiting mates (when they too want to get away from the durge they
call 'The Soaps').

[2] The problem (for me) is that off cut of steel or 6" length of 1/2
diameter ally can so easily be used on a Sunday afternoon to turn a
sleeve to repair the belt tensioner pulley that collapsed on Saturday
night on the tumble dryer (wet clothes and no chance of a spare till
Wed as it's a bank Holiday weekend). Yes we could 'just go out and buy
a new dryer' but money is tight and we all would rather spend what we
have on more interesting things. ;-)

[3] I phoned the scrap yard the other day asking re the price of old
lead acid batteries. Forty pound / tonne apparently so it looks like
I've got at least another 40 quid coming my way. ;-)

 

I know someone who's taken a whole weekend to change an exhaust system
on a Japanese bike.

Like not using new exhaust seals and having to take the whole lot off
again?

I'm starting to feel the same about the outfit and the garden
organiser seems to be of the opinion that if I get rid of the spare
sidecar then there's enough space to keep the K without it blocking
off access to the back garden.

I wasted a lot of hours building that beast and I've not really used
it enough yet so it might stay a bit longer.