saturday 'cause i wanna be anarchy, It's the only way to be
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ride, i foresee much espresso
collect and play with new toys
food, wine, and port later
ride, i foresee much espresso
collect and play with new toys
food, wine, and port later
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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Chilled 6 mile run and then pack the car as we are off to Ludlow camping for the weekend. Tomorrow is the Shropshire highland challenge, one of my favourite rides of the year
So lunch will be seafood and wine
Then long shower to get warm and much carbs for tomorrow
new drill, old one erupted in a cloud of dense smoke when it jammed in the hole and the trigger wouldn't release (tbh the trigger had been a bit iffy for a while), just managed to get to the power switch before total meltdown
inspired by pinno i decided to get a chunky sds one
What make of SDS? Cordless?
Did you hang on to the drill and do a twirl about or did the sum total of your mass + gravity exceed the rotational force?
I once very stupidly put a drill through the round soldered loop on the end of a length of braided earth cable to widen it a fraction. It was an earth strap for a mini. I figured 1 extra millimetre wouldn't proffer much resistance.
I got through the hole perfectly and then loop jammed half way up the drill bit. The bit was stuck in the block of wood I used to carry out this process. Rat tail wrapped itself around my thumb and first 2 fingers of my left hand and the block of wood added a bit of 'punch'. My left hand was quite a mess, the bruising from the block of wood turned interesting and the scarlet ran freely. Best of all, there was a vice just 10 feet away on the workbench.
Thankfully, youth is a condition which cures itself although there are always remnants in those of a North Eastern persuasion.
Piddling down here. Me on toots watch. They seem settled for now.
When is Gazza back from his holiday? He's going to get short shrift from me about not posting. Proper BBers post no matter what. No feline tales, myths or general reports of Tom Foolery (contrived or otherwise).
Will 3rd tier sweaties with tons of determination and passion overcome the quality of the lack lustre, eternal under achieving, damp squibs?
Dauphine and Tour De Swiss and footie with toots. How the farq do I juggle that lot?
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this was a 12mm bit, deep in heavy metal, the bit was forced/locked against whatever it had caught, couldn't twist/drag it out, and 12mm is too big to snap off, just kept the cable tight to avoid it winding up and cut the power
You can jam the claw of a crow bar on the bit and lever it out sometimes. Slightly more agricultural is to use the claw against the chuck.
If the bit is too wide, use an angle grinder to cut two conducive grooves in it to accommodate the claw of a crow bar/hammer.
once the power was off the bit easily released
the funny bit was looking at the smoke and wondering could i make it to the power switch before it became flame
Lazy start to the day, this is good. Rode over to Battersea to look at a car last night, then I got outbid. Maybe I should have gone higher.
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The right glove compartment became a perfect mount for 3 52mm dials. A clock, an oil pressure gauge and an ammeter.
I managed to get an oil capillary from another Metro and 'plumbed it in'.
Driving in town, there was this stench of engine oil. I pulled over and as the glove box was on hinges, I managed to just peek inside (the capillary preventing it from opening far) and there was this jet of hot oil. I managed to duck.Oil capillary was split.
What a mess. What a clean up.
Off on Monday for a week in that there Menorkar, a bit of heat n sun hopefully will see off this bug once n for all.
made me think of oppenheimer quoting hindu scripture, "now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds", bwahahahaha
had a veggie samosa, lovely sunny day, too windy though
as any fule kno, dynamos are for communters
edit: where is everyone?
edit again: bizzarre, i typed "of course", and br is rewriting it to "have course"
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How uou all getting on with strong and stable?
Or for TCR or TransAm racers. Latter on the now, dot watching is us. 4,300 miles unsupported and xxxx loads of climbing. The sadly late Mike Hall set the record in 2014 at sub 18 days.
Now up North ready for some house clearing tomorrow. Curently pigging out at the local Thai place. Cider shortly.
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"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
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