So... What oiled your gears today? ARCHIVE

[hellkat]

Went to see "Grandad" today.

He doesn't really know who we are, but it was good to connect with my sister-in-law (whilst Grandad drooled on his shirt) to have a right girlie nag and bitch about her brother (my ex)
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Fisty]

Finding wild orchids while out on a walk.

https://i.imgur.com/EeOARZI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/yHwhNmT.jpg
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[Snodvan]

No oil on my gears - just grit (
Saw the onchologist a couple of days ago.
Lung cancer as epithelial mesothelioma ---- asbestosis is the common name.
Not curable. Chemo may help slow things later but only maybe and not a lot
12-18 months is typical
SHIT !

Snod
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04 (UK Reg) BMW F650cs, but really 02 first Reg in Holland

[recman]

[Fisty]

[RhynoCZ]

[hellkat]

That's a bit arse, Snodders.
Really sorry to hear that.

If only they knew back then what asbestos was going to do to people!
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[RhynoCZ]

[recman]

[Howling Terror]

Sending my bestest vibes to you Snodvan.
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The Harry Turner Project

[RhynoCZ]

[Snodvan]

Thanks for your thoughts folks.
How did I get in contact with Asbestos?
Two options
1. I bought my first house in 1964. Prewar semi. Had been shaken a lot by bombing during the war and much of the wall/ ceiling plaster had fine cracks. Back in the late 60s through to mid 70s I used Artex to splodge all over the walls/ ceilings to cover over those cracks. It worked fine. You bought Artex as a powder, dumped it in a bucket and stirred it with water to make a porrage-like gunge to put on the walls etc. Mucky job. lots of dust.

Artex contained white asbestos up until 1980. My old house probably STILL has the stuff all over the walls & ceilings. No hazard wile it is emulsion painted and undisturbed but ......

2. At work I used to do work with talc and kaolin. That included mixing it with other materials in say 50kg batches of mix. Both talc and kaolin can contain some asbestos like minerals. We knew that later and part of my job was actually to have test samples examined (analysed) to determine how much asbstos like material and the particle size/ particle geometry.

One of them "got me" I am sure.

Snod
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04 (UK Reg) BMW F650cs, but really 02 first Reg in Holland

[Nobby the Bastard]

[M.C]

[thx1138]

mended flat, changed inner tube on bicycle and removed nail from tyre without hassle in a few minutes with no snags, hitches or hassle.

[chickenstrip]

Culinary success today, with BBQ beans. Tried Jamie Oliver's version, but thought it had too many competing flavours in it, so I left most of them out and used my mum's own BBQ sauce recipe that she gave me years ago. Worked a treat. And yes, it has had that effect
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THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Found a £5 note inside a bag of Walkers Ready Salted Crisps.

There was a clue. It said £5 inside this pack on the front in gold?

But who believes that shit!

Anyway, I feel like Willy Wonka
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Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right

[pepperami]

[hellkat]

Depends if its the Gene Wilder version or the Johnny Depp version ...

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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Hawkeye1250FA]

Filtering to the front of traffic lights next to a 17 plate £80k+ mercedes that decided his manhood had been threatened by my actions so booted it from the lights on amber.

I gave him the head start as I'm not daft enough to pull out on amber at this particular roundabout.

Only to (obviously) fly past him 2 seconds later without breaking a sweat.

its the simple things.

(The greatest part was that although he continued the "chase" after Id reached my cruising speed, he got cut up by a slow overtaking artic just after I went past it.)

Never saw him again.
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1993 RF400R - 2002 Bandit 1200 - 2012 1250 FA

[Tracey Suntan-King]

[grr666]

Had a successful couple of hours stripping the parrot kit, kenwood ipod unit, Stebel Nautilus and some additional
LED lighting from the Sprinter, It's now ready to go on Wednesday. Bye bye big bus.
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[thx1138]

"pup" he is a year and a month old now, is scared of.......

Cherry Pepsi Max bottles.




He likes empty plastic bottles, he likes to chew the lid off, rip the label up and then scrunch the empty bottle up. I guess there was a tiny bit of cherry pepsi left in the bottle, as he backed away from it and started barking at it. I became his hero when I put the nasty bottle in the recycling bin. I tried him again next day, same result, he runs away from the bottle, growling at it.. Yet, will happily rip up a regular coke or pepsi bottle.

[M.C]

[grr666]