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Pingu

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #725 on: 18 February, 2018, 11:23:56 pm »
A picture at the railway station at Eidsvoll, just one stop away from Oslo airport.


IMG_0388_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

In the wrong frikkin' direction :facepalm:

T42

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #726 on: 19 February, 2018, 07:47:48 am »
So flip it in Photoshop and nobody will know.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

citoyen

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #727 on: 19 February, 2018, 08:50:09 am »
That's what you get for cleaning stuff.

ITYM that’s what you get for letting other people clean your stuff.
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Feanor

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #728 on: 19 February, 2018, 09:16:05 am »
That's what you get for cleaning stuff.

ITYM that’s what you get for letting other people clean your stuff.

It was me wot dun it!

citoyen

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #729 on: 19 February, 2018, 09:35:17 am »
That's what you get for cleaning stuff.

ITYM that’s what you get for letting other people clean your stuff.

It was me wot dun it!

 :facepalm:
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #730 on: 19 February, 2018, 09:59:09 am »
Definitely a good idea to fire the mechanic then.
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Paul

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #731 on: 22 February, 2018, 01:33:33 pm »
I will (one day) measure the chain before I clean it.

 :facepalm:
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Guy

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #732 on: 22 February, 2018, 01:58:26 pm »
I will (one day) measure the chain before I clean it.

 :facepalm:

Did it shrink in the wash?
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andytheflyer

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #733 on: 04 March, 2018, 08:59:26 pm »
Over the past month I've made new nacelles in GRP for a radio controlled twin engined model aeroplane I built a few years ago, and am now building a new wing for it.  The previous wing had nacelles made of balsa and ply and were now a bit tatty.

Making the nacelles, which are about 300mm long, 100 mm wide and 80mm deep, necessitated making a balsa wood plug to the exact shape that I needed the nacelles to be, then using the plug to make GRP moulds.  I then made the two nacelles, each one in upper and lower halves, in the moulds with a layer of gelcoat and two layers of glass cloth and epoxy resin.  They take a few days to harden sufficiently to retain their shape. 

Fitting them is difficult as they need to be cut and shaped to fit to the wing cross sectional shape, and accomodate the engine and the propeller driver boss at the front.  There are lots of lines and angles to get right.  Anyway, shaped and fitted three of the four halves over a period of a week or so, taking my time to avoid mistakes.  Then marked up the fourth and final half ready to cut. 

As usual, I measured several times, from various baselines, marked the line of the cut with 25mm wide masking tape and cut (once) the part along the edge of the tape with a cutting disc in my Dremel.

Along the wrong side of the tape.

I've just finished laminating up a new nacelle half.

Rats.

Bet TheLurker OTP wouldn't have made the same mistake.....

Feanor

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #734 on: 04 March, 2018, 09:04:34 pm »
I've been away in That London for a week, and left the commuter bike a bit wet, dirty and sorry for itself.
So this evening, I gave it a quick clean-up for next week.

I managed to repeat my previous cassette fuck-up with 100% accuracy.
WFT is going on?

At least I spotted it this time as I was checking out the indexing.

Mrs Pingu

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #735 on: 04 March, 2018, 09:27:43 pm »
I've been away in That London for a week, and left the commuter bike a bit wet, dirty and sorry for itself.
So this evening, I gave it a quick clean-up for next week.

I managed to repeat my previous cassette fuck-up with 100% accuracy.
WFT is going on?

At least I spotted it this time as I was checking out the indexing.


It's nature's way of telling you to stop cleaning your cassette so assiduously....
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Mr Larrington

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #736 on: 05 March, 2018, 03:20:28 am »
Or to go single-speed.
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The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #737 on: 05 March, 2018, 08:45:32 am »
I've been away in That London for a week, and left the commuter bike a bit wet, dirty and sorry for itself.
So this evening, I gave it a quick clean-up for next week.

I managed to repeat my previous cassette fuck-up with 100% accuracy.
WFT is going on?

At least I spotted it this time as I was checking out the indexing.


It's nature's way of telling you to stop cleaning your cassette so assiduously....

To be fair, salt, snow and brine demands that the chain and cassette should be cleaned ASAP.

ElyDave

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #738 on: 05 March, 2018, 09:46:34 am »
all my bikes got cleaned at the weekend, once the hose had unfroze
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

TheLurker

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #739 on: 05 March, 2018, 07:51:31 pm »
Quote from: andytheflyer
....Along the wrong side of the tape.
Ouch, ouch, ouch.  On the bright side at least you hadn't fitted it and _then_ cut it.
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andytheflyer

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #740 on: 05 March, 2018, 08:50:41 pm »
Quote from: andytheflyer
....Along the wrong side of the tape.
Ouch, ouch, ouch.  On the bright side at least you hadn't fitted it and _then_ cut it.

Yup.  We live and learn.  Apparently.  I never do anything late in the day that can't easily be undone, nor after a GnT.  This was mid afternoon and I can only blame total incompetence.

The new cowling should be nicely cured by tomorrow am, so I can get on.

FWIW, I reckon the solution to your rubber band winding apparatus conundrum is an Irvine 25.............

Feanor

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #741 on: 05 March, 2018, 10:13:45 pm »
When I was re-mantling the drivetrain after yesterday's modestly embarrassing clean-up,
I put some lube on each half of the quick link, and then attempted to make it up with frozen cold oily hands.
After some minutes of ineffectual adolescent fumbling, the chain sprung apart under the tension of the rear mech, and sent one half of the quick link into space, never to be seen again.

Just as well that I mis-understood the pack size when ordering, and have a shed-load of quick links...

ElyDave

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #742 on: 05 March, 2018, 10:25:57 pm »
I thought I'd lost a quick link the other day when dismantling a bike, luckily found it on the floor of the bikeshed
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #743 on: 07 March, 2018, 02:23:28 pm »
I've got a little lump just inside my left ear which won't go away.    I've been meaning to get it looked at for ages....

Earlier today I noticed crusted blood on the outside of my ear.... oh shit, time to make an appointment with the GP.

An hour or so later I recalled nicking the edge of that ear with my razor, that's where the blood is from, phew.   
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ElyDave

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #744 on: 07 March, 2018, 02:41:18 pm »
I've got a little lump just inside my left ear which won't go away.    I've been meaning to get it looked at for ages....

Earlier today I noticed crusted blood on the outside of my ear.... oh shit, time to make an appointment with the GP.

An hour or so later I recalled nicking the edge of that ear with my razor, that's where the blood is from, phew.

Grow a beard, problem solved
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

T42

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #745 on: 07 March, 2018, 05:11:48 pm »
Put a sheaf of papers through the photocopier the wrong way up.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Torslanda

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #746 on: 08 March, 2018, 05:36:52 pm »
Just got the remains of the bearings out of a Fulcrum freehub. The inner race was a bastard to shift.

Hate it when they do that

Until I discovered a very sorry and mangled circlip.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

oh
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Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

fuzzy

Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #747 on: 09 March, 2018, 11:23:37 pm »
 :facepalm:

SoreTween

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #748 on: 10 March, 2018, 08:01:10 pm »
On Saturdays breakfast at my hotel is served late and the cafe over the road from work is shut so....
Remembered yesterday to nick a second breakfast and stash it in my room (fail count this year =3)
Remembered to ensure I had milk in the mini fridge for use with nicked breakfast (fail count =1)
Had breakfast today  :thumbsup:
Remembered yesterday to purchase a lunch and stash it in the mini fridge (fail count =2)
Remembered to get lunch out of fridge this morning (fail count =2)
Returned to hotel at lunch time to retrieve warm and dry cornered sandwiches  :facepalm:

I've managed to get the Friday / Saturday routine correct just twice of the 8 weekends I've been here this year. How can it be so hard?
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TheLurker

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Re: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread
« Reply #749 on: 10 March, 2018, 08:10:20 pm »
When picking up the yoghurt pot lid that you've been using as a "glue pot" for superglue make very sure you _don't_ put your thumb on a bit where there's still a tiny bit of CA. 
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