Author Topic: What are you doing right now? (Read 2465191 times)

oncemore · « **Reply #2850 on:** 12 September, 2009, 07:09:03 pm »

After a lovely week in Barmouth (big wind, very little rain and 3 glorious sunny days - morning rides on the Brompton each day), back in the inner city and thinking......HOW do I get enough money to MOVE there?

Answer of course is I can't. Sad.

clarion · « **Reply #2851 on:** 12 September, 2009, 07:15:04 pm »

Quote from: Malcolm Volio on 12 September, 2009, 05:41:18 pm

Quote from: Zoidburg on 12 September, 2009, 05:35:44 pm
It is intresting though, a google reveals it's not that old a bit of kit, I don't have a rear brake on the fixed at the mo so it could work from the top if I bolt it to the empty bridge.

I had one in 1982 or so. The Soubitez was (IIRC) an imitation of the slightly more substantial Sanyo Dynapower - which I had 1980-82. The Soubitez didn't last long (salt) and it slipped like buggery. I went back to a bottle dynamo.

Mounting it on the brake bridge sounds like a much better plan than under the BB

I was going to say I had a Dynapower (with a cool DIY job so I could switch it on while riding with a gear lever behind the seat tube

). The Soubitez did have a poor rep for water ingress. And were known to slip, so a lot of people put a rubber surface on it. My Sanyo was excellent.

Quote from: TimO on 12 September, 2009, 05:52:45 pm

I wondered about fitting one to a front rack, with a cut out in the mudguard for the dynamo 'wheel' to operate through, and providing some protection from the elements. I never got around to doing it, but the dynamo is still around here somewhere. It may well be a Soubitez one.

Seen a couple like that. I thought about it, but it would have been awkward with my bar bag.

gordon taylor · « **Reply #2852 on:** 12 September, 2009, 07:26:48 pm »

Having a rest from a puncture-fixing and tyre-swapping extravaganza.

peliroja · « **Reply #2853 on:** 12 September, 2009, 07:29:21 pm »

Just back at the tent after a big meal (Woolly ate a mixed grill for two people...) And realised the wedding we've just witnessed in town has joined us on the campsite

TimO · « **Reply #2854 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:04:52 am »

Preparing, and about to leave for the Foulness WARTY.

Chris S · « **Reply #2855 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:49:49 am »

Working.

Greenbank · « **Reply #2856 on:** 13 September, 2009, 11:21:12 am »

Not doing a DIY 200.

Chris S · « **Reply #2857 on:** 13 September, 2009, 11:38:02 am »

Quote from: Greenbank on 13 September, 2009, 11:21:12 am

Not doing a DIY 200.

Oversleep?

SandyV · « **Reply #2858 on:** 13 September, 2009, 12:02:32 pm »

Preparing the route sheet for our 200/400

Greenbank · « **Reply #2859 on:** 13 September, 2009, 05:47:08 pm »

Quote from: Chris S on 13 September, 2009, 11:38:02 am

Quote from: Greenbank on 13 September, 2009, 11:21:12 am
Not doing a DIY 200.

Oversleep?

Tired (late night last night), OU Maths Assignment to do, stuff to do round house, etc.

clarion · « **Reply #2860 on:** 13 September, 2009, 06:04:00 pm »

Waiting for the kitchen floor to dry, and wondering what's best for getting bike muck off the lino $:-\$

alan · « **Reply #2861 on:** 13 September, 2009, 06:58:09 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 13 September, 2009, 06:04:00 pm

Waiting for the kitchen floor to dry, and wondering what's best for getting bike muck off the lino $:-\$

WD40
lemon juice

clarion · « **Reply #2862 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:20:03 pm »

Ta. I'd tried mopping it with extra Milton, which helped...

Chris S · « **Reply #2863 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:23:25 pm »

Sitting in the kitchen, watching the young'uns making dinner.

C'mon you lot - I'm hungry!

Butterfly · « **Reply #2864 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:34:00 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 13 September, 2009, 07:20:03 pm

Ta. I'd tried mopping it with extra Milton, which helped...

Some of the ecover cream cleaner might help, too.

Frenchie · « **Reply #2865 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:37:51 pm »

Cooking: Duck, garlic and mushroom sauce... The steamed broccoli and cauliflower are ready! Bon appetit!

peliroja · « **Reply #2866 on:** 13 September, 2009, 07:39:51 pm »

In our tent in Trogir... What a magical place!

rusky · « **Reply #2867 on:** 13 September, 2009, 08:12:27 pm »

Scanning in a 16 page manual for a cooker as I can't find an electronic version online

peliroja · « **Reply #2868 on:** 14 September, 2009, 01:48:55 pm »

Survived a humungous storm las night with minimal dampness. However, we were eaten alive by mosquitos, and I've broken a tooth this morning eating an incongruous doughnut. Bugger.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #2869 on:** 14 September, 2009, 01:54:01 pm »

Quote from: peliroja on 14 September, 2009, 01:48:55 pm

Survived a humungous storm las night with minimal dampness. However, we were eaten alive by mosquitos, and I've broken a tooth this morning eating an incongruous doughnut. Bugger.

Um wrong smiley.

I meant:

Hope it doesn't prevent you enjoying the remaining days away!

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #2870 on:** 14 September, 2009, 04:40:45 pm »

Trying to work out how to space the bannister spindles on a staircase. The distance means I can't space them the same as the other bannister's spindles and have the same space at the posts. Should I reduce the overall spacing or keep it the same but leave smaller gaps at the ends?

I've finished finding out that I bought the wrong nails for the joist hangers I am using. They are 2 cm longer than the tables specify which hopefully is an error in the right direction as the shop is 50 miles away and only had one size anyway. Going to take a lot of hammering in though

These are all quite normal problems..

rusky · « **Reply #2871 on:** 14 September, 2009, 06:02:22 pm »

Quote from: asterix on 14 September, 2009, 04:40:45 pm

Trying to work out how to space the bannister spindles on a staircase. The distance means I can't space them the same as the other bannister's spindles and have the same space at the posts. Should I reduce the overall spacing or keep it the same but leave smaller gaps at the ends?

I've finished finding out that I bought the wrong nails for the joist hangers I am using. They are 2 cm longer than the tables specify which hopefully is an error in the right direction as the shop is 50 miles away and only had one size anyway. Going to take a lot of hammering in though

These are all quite normal problems..

I've always wondered about spindle spacing which is mine is still sheeted over!

L CC · « **Reply #2872 on:** 14 September, 2009, 07:04:38 pm »

Stealing my mother's keyboard to type stupid remarks on her forum

Note to self: Log out when you go out.... Doh!

andrewc · « **Reply #2873 on:** 14 September, 2009, 11:07:07 pm »

Having fettled a bike, I've given myself a haircut and also given the pelt a good going over with the clippers. Now relaxing with a late beer

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2874 on:** 14 September, 2009, 11:58:29 pm »

We're fighting with an interminable form for The Bastards, the bastards.

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