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panrider_uk
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PostPosted: 13:52 - 01 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bought new caliper bleed screws/ dust caps for the old Pan and new tacho/speedo bulbs for the new one
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PostPosted: 12:19 - 02 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

a rifle scope.
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PostPosted: 18:13 - 02 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

air filter foam - for SRX.
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PostPosted: 08:21 - 03 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mushroom bung kit that comes with the 'gun' to install.

Actually works really well, did two in the back tyre last night with it.
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PostPosted: 21:27 - 03 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the gubbins that you need to install a new toilet pan.

Also bought a ratchet cutter for slicing plastic pipe after making a total botch job with a junior hacksaw.
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PostPosted: 21:39 - 03 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

panrider_uk wrote:
Also bought a ratchet cutter for slicing plastic pipe after making a total botch job with a junior hacksaw.

Quite possibly one of the best purchases you'll ever have made. A decent quality one is worth it's weight in gold.
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PostPosted: 13:27 - 04 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

It does a good job but does slightly deform the pipe (no real problem getting it circular again).

I do have one for cutting trunking but that's aimed more at square section stuff.

Looking for more plumbing tools last night I came across this circular cutter from Knipex:

Clicky

Looks just the job
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PostPosted: 15:15 - 04 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

panrider_uk wrote:
All the gubbins that you need to install a new toilet pan.

Also bought a ratchet cutter for slicing plastic pipe after making a total botch job with a junior hacksaw.


I have a plastic conduit cutter and it's a revelation.

If you do have to use a hacksaw though, just wrap a sheet of paper around the pipe first and square it up and you'll have a cutting guide to follow. Also get yourself a deburring tool to clean the edges up.
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PostPosted: 20:02 - 04 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Islander wrote:
If you do have to use a hacksaw though, just wrap a sheet of paper around the pipe first and square it up and you'll have a cutting guide to follow.

A jubilee clip can also be useful as an improvised cutting guide.
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PostPosted: 22:26 - 04 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rob W wrote:
Mushroom bung kit that comes with the 'gun' to install.

Actually works really well, did two in the back tyre last night with it.


Which ones? I've had shit with mushrooms, better with string.
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PostPosted: 08:37 - 05 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:

Which ones? I've had shit with mushrooms, better with string.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08BNPMS87?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

I've always used strings, done probably 25-30 punctures over the years and never had an issue. For some reason the kit I had wouldn't seal the first one I found, whether the strings had lost there stickyness or the glue was off or something I don't know. Bought that kit and it worked straight away so for me it's been ideal, albeit a bit more involved. Still carry the strings (a new kit now) and an Airman pump with me every where I go, as I seem to get punctures constantly.
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PostPosted: 14:08 - 07 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rob W wrote:
as I seem to get punctures constantly.


2023-2024 was the worst time for punctures for me. I had 8 within a 6 month period. Shocked And yet, I've had none since late 2024.
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PostPosted: 14:49 - 07 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went to Aldi ( Thinking or was it Lidl? Thinking I can't tell the difference... Shifty )
... anyway - its not my usual place of shopping, but as its next to my GP surgery, so I occasionally stop in there.

Last time they had some very nice little Italian sausages with fennel, and they were extremely nice - they made fantastic authentic pasta sauce like my mother in law used to make.

So I thought I would stop and get some more this morning. But today they had the same sausages - only with rosemary. Even better! So I bought two packets of 8.

However, on the way out I went past the Dept of Food Bank and decided to leave one of my packs of Italian snaggies in there for someone else to enjoy.

I'm afraid I tend to be rather random in my FoodBanking habits, but I try to make sure that if I do put in some items, I put in something of really nice quality, cos I once lived in a womens refuge and was ridiculously grateful to receive a Christmas box with all sorts of things that I wouldn't normally have wanted to buy, but which somehow mattered that people had provided these "special treats".
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PostPosted: 14:51 - 07 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="panrider_uk"]
Thank you, that sounds like quite a good idea
except ...

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( or just any ols syringe with a needle and inject weedkiller directly into the weed.


I have absolutely no idea where one would even buy a syringe with a needle. (and why would I?)
Can I just pop into the Pharmacy at Boots and buy one?
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PostPosted: 18:43 - 07 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="hellkat"]
panrider_uk wrote:

Thank you, that sounds like quite a good idea
except ...

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( or just any ols syringe with a needle and inject weedkiller directly into the weed.


I have absolutely no idea where one would even buy a syringe with a needle. (and why would I?)
Can I just pop into the Pharmacy at Boots and buy one?


chemists give out free syringes. i used one to put oil in my shaft drive.
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 07 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked Who knew! (not me, obviously)

So, like - do you have to pretend to be a junkie to get one?
Thinking

I'm thinking about not going to the one on the next block from my place, cos they know me too well, and I can't exactly stumble in with my teeth gap showing, hair all messy and zits*'n'stuff, and go "hey man, I'll take a syringe to go".

What does the pharmacist ask when you request it?
And were you allowed to say "Oh I'm just gonna put some oil in my motorbike..."?

Cos I'm thinking if they say "What do you want it for?"
And I say "Cos I wanna inject some weedkiller ..."
... that there is gonna be some raised eyebrows.



*for the record I almost never get zits, even as a teenager I was comparatively un-spotty, how does one "make" a zit happen when you are no longer an adolescent?

Ok I am overthinking this Laughing
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PostPosted: 01:02 - 08 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="hellkat"]
panrider_uk wrote:

Thank you, that sounds like quite a good idea
except ...

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( or just any ols syringe with a needle and inject weedkiller directly into the weed.


I have absolutely no idea where one would even buy a syringe with a needle. (and why would I?)
Can I just pop into the Pharmacy at Boots and buy one?


Turkey baster Smile
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PostPosted: 06:27 - 08 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't like to assume a ladys age but hasn't the "HellKitties" ship sailed?
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PostPosted: 08:35 - 08 Sep 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote

hellkat wrote:
Shocked Who knew! (not me, obviously)

So, like - do you have to pretend to be a junkie to get one?
Thinking


just tell them the truth. i did.
they give them away free to druggies so its not like they give a toss.
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