Author Topic: What are you doing right now? (Read 2464474 times)

Jurek · « **Reply #15550 on:** 10 February, 2013, 11:01:46 pm »

Wondering whether I'll make it back to Londres tomorrow.
I'm in Whitstable, it is snowing hard and blowing a hooly.

L CC · « **Reply #15551 on:** 10 February, 2013, 11:11:17 pm »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 10 February, 2013, 09:25:18 pm

Quote from: interzen on 10 February, 2013, 07:40:31 pm

I'm not aware of any problems with using QR skewers with disc brakes, but having said that one of the first things I do is dump them in favour of allen-key skewers.

Remember uk.rec.cycling? A bloke on there, Russ Pinder, broke his back after losing a front wheel from a QR equipped disc braked bike. James Annan wrote an article about a proposed mechanism for such a failure.

Interesting.
I have also had a disc braked wheel come loose and throw me. Is that the same Russ Pinder we have here?

interzen · « **Reply #15552 on:** 10 February, 2013, 11:23:10 pm »

As ever, Sheldon (RIP) had something to say on the subject of disc brakes and q/r skewers:

http://sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html

There's even a link there to the stuff that James Annan wrote.

andrewc · « **Reply #15553 on:** 10 February, 2013, 11:53:24 pm »

Quote from: interzen on 10 February, 2013, 11:23:10 pm

As ever, Sheldon (RIP) had something to say on the subject of disc brakes and q/r skewers:

http://sheldonbrown.com/skewers.html

There's even a link there to the stuff that James Annan wrote.

And the stuff James wrote has a link to his current web page. They are still in Japan, some nice tour pics

tiermat · « **Reply #15554 on:** 11 February, 2013, 10:26:24 am »

Playing "Guess how many watchers actually bid" on eBay.

And fretting about going for a blood test @ the docs

essexian · « **Reply #15555 on:** 11 February, 2013, 10:38:53 am »

Panicking!!!

We have our first viewing (our house is on the market) this afternoon and the place is not clean!

Best get on and finish my work work and get down to it.

Lets hope we get an offer as we have found the place we want to move to....its opposite a graveyard so no problems with the neighbours (we hope!)

interzen · « **Reply #15556 on:** 11 February, 2013, 10:51:25 am »

Prepping the lovely OrangeGina (checking brakes, putting air in the tyres, remembering how to use gears etc.) and then I'm going to have a pedal up into town to pick up some orange cardboard for Wednesday night.

Kim · « **Reply #15557 on:** 11 February, 2013, 10:58:24 am »

Wondering if the gasman's going to come back for his flue gas sniffer pole thingy...

ETA: He did.

numbnuts · « **Reply #15558 on:** 11 February, 2013, 12:36:05 pm »

I'm watching the snow

interzen · « **Reply #15559 on:** 11 February, 2013, 02:13:04 pm »

Thawing out.
It looks quite pleasant out there, but it's still bloody cold (and quite windy too)

Feline · « **Reply #15560 on:** 11 February, 2013, 11:38:05 pm »

I'm thinking I really need to make an appointment at the doctors. I've had a little lump in my armpit for a while now and monitored it to see if it will go away. It hasn't. Unfortunately my GP won't be able to say its fine either. I'm too busy to be worrying about a biopsy right now ... Meh.

Peter · « **Reply #15561 on:** 12 February, 2013, 12:06:52 am »

L. it might just be a cyst. It was with me. Good luck.

L CC · « **Reply #15562 on:** 13 February, 2013, 11:39:17 am »

Ditto. Blocked sweat glands are very common.

Notsototalnewbie · « **Reply #15563 on:** 13 February, 2013, 11:48:49 am »

Quote from: Feline on 11 February, 2013, 11:38:05 pm

I'm thinking I really need to make an appointment at the doctors. I've had a little lump in my armpit for a while now and monitored it to see if it will go away. It hasn't. Unfortunately my GP won't be able to say its fine either. I'm too busy to be worrying about a biopsy right now ... Meh.

I’ve had that, a few years back. I can’t even remember what its official name was (I did show a GP and without any tests she said it was nothing to worry about and eventually it went away on its own). So your GP may be able to put your mind at rest.

Feline · « **Reply #15564 on:** 13 February, 2013, 01:04:30 pm »

Thanks guys. I've made an appointment for Friday. I would have done a fine needle aspirate on it myself and stuck it under the microscope, but I figured it would be difficult to do one handed and could possibly hurt too much to do to myself. I'm hoping I don't need to be referred for the hassle factor. It's not a lymph node so I'm not super worried. If it was on a dog I would think it was a cyst.

numbnuts · « **Reply #15565 on:** 13 February, 2013, 02:32:33 pm »

Waiting for the boiler service man to come

interzen · « **Reply #15566 on:** 13 February, 2013, 02:33:30 pm »

Trying to stay awake.
To say that my heart isn't in it today would be a chronic understatement $:-\$

Wowbagger · « **Reply #15567 on:** 13 February, 2013, 02:37:50 pm »

About to go to work, bus also looking forward to the arrivival of friends...

bumper · « **Reply #15568 on:** 13 February, 2013, 02:50:21 pm »

Having a rest after lugging a new bed and mattress up the stairs and bringing the old one* down them.

The old one isn't two years old, it's a memory foam mattress that my wife really, really wanted and I really, really, really, really hated!

Looking forward to a good nights sleep now

Tim Hall · « **Reply #15569 on:** 13 February, 2013, 08:48:37 pm »

At a scout group executive meeting and quickly losing the will to live. Why can't people stick to the point and STFU?

BrianI · « **Reply #15570 on:** 14 February, 2013, 10:41:31 am »

nuddy housework!

Vince · « **Reply #15571 on:** 14 February, 2013, 10:48:11 am »

Eating Twiglets^(TM)

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #15572 on:** 14 February, 2013, 07:02:43 pm »

Ordering a chinese take-away for valentine's day

<-- romantic, me

interzen · « **Reply #15573 on:** 14 February, 2013, 08:10:08 pm »

Cleaning up after a singularly infuriating brake-fettling session.

Valentine's Day can go pound sand up it's wazoo .... romantic? Me? Naaah ....

IanDG · « **Reply #15574 on:** 14 February, 2013, 10:17:25 pm »

Brown Turbo saddle.

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