The scene...

.... Kawasaki Heavy Industries design shop, some time in the early
Eighties. Two designers are hunched over a brightly lit drawing board in
an otherwise darkened office. It is late.

"So, how much crearnace is dere for dat drain prug on der Z1300 bevel
box, before it hit honourable exhaust pipe?"

"About eight mirrimetres."

"OK, make honourable drain prug twelve mirrimetres rong. Dat'll **** em
up!"

"I rike your style. How 'bout we make indent in honourable exhaust pipe,
so it rook rike prug will come out without removing honourable exhaust
pipe?"

"Ooh, you nasty bastard. Do it!"

<fits of giggles>



Fortunately, application of Eaton Special Tool #8434787B (FOAD ratchet
strap) has shot the wily little fuckers *right* up the arse.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Nigel Eaton says...

<snip>

Should have bought a chain drive bike.

 

Lozzo emerged from their own little world to say

or a BMW

 

wessie says...

Not enough bling, not enough anything really. In that I include power,
brakes, handling, looks, reliability and just about everything
desireable in a motorcycle.

I'll stick to Japanese bike TYVM.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Good-oh.

 

# Memories, Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-coloured memories
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73066../..17485.../..3184./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

Lozzo was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

I don't assume that you read German, do you? I've got this nice comic
strip that shows how the R1100RS *supposedly* was designed and that
would be right up your street...

 

Go on - scan it, put it up with a translation, and post the url.

 

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

Fucking pedant. I shan't send the "good news" email now.

Oh, all right then. I shall.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

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

Demarcation? Paging Brother Sweller! Brother Sweller to the megaphone
please. Can he do this?

NP.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

I used to get optical networking, but that never seems to crop up
anymore.

Can I swap with someone?

 

If he wants to, sure, let him have a go.

I mean if we object to multi-skilling, less security of employment,
increased productivity (aka 'flexibility') without any additional
renumeration we're just being petty dinosaurs who aren't team players.

 

Here! Have some molecular biology. It's a bit rusty...

 

Perhaps you could do French, the current incumbant is shite.

 

I can't see me getting much use of it, to be honest. Got anything
else?

 

OpenInsight?

Prolly a less common topic of conversation than molbiol.

 

well, not exactly, but if you can go away and find me a good
explanation of the difference between NAS and SAN, that'd be handy...

 

darsy says...

If you want to share stuff on a file level use a NAS, on a block level
use a SAN.

 

jobs a good'un.