So... What oiled your gears today?

[recman]

[to v or not to v]

[to v or not to v]

[Skudd]

Pissing knob heads off from work. Such joy playing their own games against them, makes me chuckle every time.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[Islander]

[Islander]

[recman]

Narrowly avoided a near death experience in the works car park just now. A chap was trying to jump start a car from another car without success when he asked me to help.
Needless to say none of the jump leads connections were correct so you can image the smoke.

[King29]

Operation a success,well not so much an operation but more of a procedure. Gall bladder removed 7 weeks ago, ERCP today. In at 8.30 for booking in, went into the treatment room for 9.20, procedure started at 9.30, in a hospital bed recovering by 10.15. Back home by 2pm.

NHS staff and system is nothing short of brilliant. 1 major surgery and 1 procedure both text book results. Happy is an understatement.

[Howling Terror]

North West 200 has started.

Supersport Live now
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/northern-ireland/61277080
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Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[pepperami]

Went out for dinner for the first time in about two and a half years.
Good scoff (roast duck, potatoes, & fresh local vegetables) was had and a beer too .

From the local pub to my house is a short walk, so I didn’t even need the car
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[virus]

My day job is as a CNC monkey making parts for various food processing industrial machines. Today my gears are oiled because we had an old boy come in with a 1960s honda CB77 upper crankcase half with a bolt that was fucked in it.
He had tried to drill out a rounded allen key bolt thats an oilway cross drill blank and had snapped a drill bit in it.
After a bit of careful setup on the old Huron as this case still had the barrel studs and the lower case studs in it I managed to mill it out, clear the snapped bit of drill and tidy up the thread. Old boy came to collect it very pleased and paid in both cold hard cash and beer.

Win win! Got to do some interesting engineering for both money AND beer!
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[hellkat]

[MCN]

[hellkat]

Yes, civet is an acquired taste, so to speak.

I tried a really civetty perfume once that I *swear* smelled to me, at least, of pissy knickers (in a good-ish way). I wasn't at all sure of it when I first tried it on but the boyf at the time thought it was wonderful.

My mate Elena - who is entirely responsible for getting me into fancy niche perfume testing - can't stand it. She went to kiss me, mwah mwah, as ya do, and she literally backed off with her nose wrinkled and went "Oh! Jen! What is that fragrance!? I don't like it at all."
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

[A100man]

Pulled out an errant nasal hair at first attempt.
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[Islander]

[Diggs]

[hellkat]

Spent the day in my favourite office on the senior management floor, chatting up The Chaps
And working very hard for your tax dollar, naturalmente.

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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

The old dear from next door just showed up with a bag full of lunch.
Nice, home made Indian vegetarian food, spicy as fuck but unbelievably delicious.

Happy to break the carb thing whenever she shows up.

*Strips of ginger, mouthburningly hot, cooked with some sort of seeds and turmeric, yikes. Awesome.
* Lots of yoghurty stuff with ?semolina balls
* Some potatoey veg curry
* An unseemly stack of warm chapattis



Its well worth the odd five minutes of pidgen english banter on the front doorstep.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[recman]

Today I made it up all of my nemesis hills during my e-bike trial with surprising ease.
Yes, it still took effort but I made it to the top of all of them without feeling the need for oxygen, not too bad for an extremely unfit 53 year old.
The bike itself wasn't the best fit, too small. Way too much pressure on my arms and shoulders. Also back ache.
I'm thinking a Switch conversion kit for my existing bike is the way forward and probably the most cost effective option.

[grr666]

Went to my storage unit today and cleared out everything but the bike. Got a full vanload out which will be going into
the new shed now it's watertight, locked and covered by CCTV. Couldn't be arsed unloading it all today so I'll do it in the
morning then head back down there and endeavour to get the bike started for the first time in nearly three years.
Fitted the MOT compliant number plate this afternoon, new battery to go onto the bike tomorrow, baffle to re fit and
a blob of glue to smear onto the loose hand grip and it should be good to go. Next step, book MOT. Still waiting on some
poly top nails so I can finish trimming the rubber sheet on the shed roof in but it's bone dry in there, loaded it out with
some of my power tools, those shelves were under my stairs but it turns out they fit in the shed nicely. For my next project,
my understairs space, now no longer needed for tool storage will be turned into a mini office. And the Spacker will
soon be home. Damn I've missed that ridiculous thing.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[grr666]

Spent some time getting the Spacker running this afternoon. It LIVES!!! Going to try and get an MOT booked up pronto.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I was just in the off-site garage putting the Yamaha back together when my neighbourhood friend the ginger cat appeared in the doorway meowing his demands, so I had no choice (seriously, that cat has powers) but to stop what I was doing, go into the house and get the cat/hedgehog food out. A brief rest on the decking and then he made me open the front door. Gone now. I feel used, but in a good way.

* I still call him “Cat” though I spotted him in a discussion on Nextdoor.com and his owners call him Jasper. Someone else whose house he invaded called him “The Lion”.

I can’t decide whether I should be a cat person or a dog person when (if) I retire.

[hellkat]