tuesday like that bit in star trek
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weather in a rut
ride, nip into gmc, bail, cafe, wfh
weather in a rut
ride, nip into gmc, bail, cafe, wfh
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
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Wet on the way home last evening, very wet roads on the way in this morning, I expect more wet on the way home. Nice tailwind this morning though - I can always tell, because I can twirl the 15 cog like it's the 17 cog, and it reminds me that I need to fettle the gears because the change from 15-14 is very slow, and liable to chonk into place just as I get out of the saddle, causing fear of groinal bashage.
Wfw today and tomorrow, then wfh Thurs and Fri.0 -
Ahh the dreaded fear of slipped gear groinal bashage, I know it well. Tune those gears you lazy b.ugger.beansnikpoh said:Wet on the way home last evening, very wet roads on the way in this morning, I expect more wet on the way home. Nice tailwind this morning though - I can always tell, because I can twirl the 15 cog like it's the 17 cog, and it reminds me that I need to fettle the gears because the change from 15-14 is very slow, and liable to chonk into place just as I get out of the saddle, causing fear of groinal bashage.
Wfw today and tomorrow, then wfh Thurs and Fri.
Surprisingly un-wet at the moment. Should have pedalled in but knees a bit sore because I’m too lazy to move my seat back until new pedals & cleats arrive.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Almost recovered from a weekend away in Keswick which included a 10 mile hilly run on Sunday.
Got the turbo trainer set up last night and up early this morning. No doubt I'll want to be in bed by about 8.30 tonight.Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!8 -
Congratulations to you both!Advocate of disc brakes.1
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Fantastic.haydenm said:
I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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2020 Voodoo Marasa
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Congrats Hayden and good luck with all of that. Wondered where you had disappeared to.haydenm said:
I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
It's 9/10th's there. It has been a huge restoration and a solo effort too.seanoconn said:
Seems like the porker is constantly under construction of some kind?pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
I can literally list all the untouched things on the car:
1. ABS pump
2. Brake servo and master cylinder.
3. Torque tube bearings (although the torque tube was cleaned up and enamelled).
Everything - literally everything has been stripped, powder coated or painted/enamelled, restored, replaced, re-built, re-bushed, re-bearinged (uh?). Even removal of the instrument cluster to restore the functions and lights back to former glory.
[I'll post the jobs list later]
...and slow. I have sourced parts from the US, Australia, Germany which takes eons. This as opposed to paying the thieving sons of flea bitten motherless goats* Design 911 or Rose Passion silly money. So many things are NLA.
Recent issue was clutch judder: Squidgy rear gearbox mount.
Ordered a new one. My bad for not doing it in the first instance.
Time. Such a protracted wait. For example: Ordered a mount from Design 911. They had a sale on. Found an online discount code and it worked (on top of the sale price! That'll teach 'em, the baskets) 2 weeks later, nothing (this was mid September). Emailed them to find out what was going on with my order and they told me that they wouldn't have then in stock until mid November. Uh?! I asked for a refund.
Then decided to make my own out of fast cure liquid polyurethane.
Ta da!
But I also got the x member that the mount sits (hangs) on powder coated. So the wait for the Poly to arrive and the powder coating to be done took me to last Tuesday and other commitments meant I couldn't get started on putting it back together until yesterday.
If I had a mount, I could have had this particular job wrapped up 2 months ago.
*Seano™.
If you are not bored:
https://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=24357
Once this has been done, i'll strip and re-build the dicky ABS unit, then it get's a bit of welding and then it's MOT time.
Then drive the fcuk out of it for a while.
...then it will disappear into my mate's body shop for... I dunno. Yonks but i'll press the hell out of him.
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Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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Congratulations!haydenm said:
I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!0 -
Nice work @pinnopinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
But can you keep it clean [inside and out] that's the question
Wet n Windy on the way to WFW this morning. Brightened up a little after sunrise so hoping for a nice day now.
...OOWWHH gasp! gawd blimey I hate it when a tea-bag breaks and I didn't realise, cough spit cough spit...
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Top job Pinno 👍pinno said:
It's 9/10th's there. It has been a huge restoration and a solo effort too.seanoconn said:
Seems like the porker is constantly under construction of some kind?pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
I can literally list all the untouched things on the car:
1. ABS pump
2. Brake servo and master cylinder.
3. Torque tube bearings (although the torque tube was cleaned up and enamelled).
Everything - literally everything has been stripped, powder coated or painted/enamelled, restored, replaced, re-built, re-bushed, re-bearinged (uh?). Even removal of the instrument cluster to restore the functions and lights back to former glory.
[I'll post the jobs list later]
...and slow. I have sourced parts from the US, Australia, Germany which takes eons. This as opposed to paying the thieving sons of flea bitten motherless goats* Design 911 or Rose Passion silly money. So many things are NLA.
Recent issue was clutch judder: Squidgy rear gearbox mount.
Ordered a new one. My bad for not doing it in the first instance.
Time. Such a protracted wait. For example: Ordered a mount from Design 911. They had a sale on. Found an online discount code and it worked (on top of the sale price! That'll teach 'em, the baskets) 2 weeks later, nothing (this was mid September). Emailed them to find out what was going on with my order and they told me that they wouldn't have then in stock until mid November. Uh?! I asked for a refund.
Then decided to make my own out of fast cure liquid polyurethane.
Ta da!
But I also got the x member that the mount sits (hangs) on powder coated. So the wait for the Poly to arrive and the powder coating to be done took me to last Tuesday and other commitments meant I couldn't get started on putting it back together until yesterday.
If I had a mount, I could have had this particular job wrapped up 2 months ago.
*Seano™.
If you are not bored:
https://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=24357
Once this has been done, i'll strip and re-build the dicky ABS unit, then it get's a bit of welding and then it's MOT time.
Then drive the fcuk out of it for a while.
...then it will disappear into my mate's body shop for... I dunno. Yonks but i'll press the hell out of him.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי1 -
Afternoon folks,
Busy day in the orifice, managed to time my wobble in to avoid the downpours, also managed to walk to Sainsbury's and back in one of the dry spells. Pretty sure I'll get drenched on the way home.
Poxy fookin' dishwasher packed up yesterday so spent last night dismantling it to try and find the fault and fix it. Fixed something, but now it has a different issue. I'll have another go before I admit defeat and call someone or just replace it. I'd just go with using the sink, but the EPO insists we need one.
Good work Pinno, even better work HM.1 -
Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill peopleStevo_666 said:Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄
Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?0 -
Congratulations @haydenm
These things were everywhere on hols the other week, they even had some 2x2 ones which would be ideal for you, mrs HM and the kids: https://goo.gl/maps/B9RA2WSDMYimKJRd80 -
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Run this morning due to weather
In the office but not much working, a day full of meetings
Off out again shortly if the rain eases off0 -
On the plus side, many carriages will be near spotless inside and out.thistle_ said:
Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill peopleStevo_666 said:Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄
Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?
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That's a bit unusual for me - I normally sleep quite well. Might have been the Merrydown...thistle_ said:
Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill peopleStevo_666 said:Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄
Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?
Yep, they still get paid. And London Underground are on strike on Thursday...must dig out that old song about them."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
The OH would love that when I inevitably steal the comfortable car and leave her to that! Admittedly it is probably more high tech than the Defender is....thistle_ said:Congratulations @haydenm
These things were everywhere on hols the other week, they even had some 2x2 ones which would be ideal for you, mrs HM and the kids: https://goo.gl/maps/B9RA2WSDMYimKJRd8
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Awesome news 😎haydenm said:
I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!pinno said:Morning Troglodytes
Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.
Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!0 -
Long day of shoot meetings down the toll road end of here, then a few jobs and no pub - not the most fun end to my 40’s0
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The interior is off white* so no chance.Charlie_Croker said:
However, the outside is black.
*'Linen' colour, according to the boys in Stuttgart.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I sleep terribly. I wake at about 3 and then work or irrational middle-aged health worries churn through my head. Drift off and wake at 5:30, try to sleep, then give up and get up.thistle_ said:
Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill peopleStevo_666 said:Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄
Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?0
