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From: SIRPip on 21 Jun 2010 11:58 Pete Fisher wrote: > In communiqu� <xn0gvnji48pcdwo01a(a)news.eternal-september.org>, SIRPip > <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom > > Pete Fisher wrote: > > > > > My joy, on putting the tap to 'reserve' and finding normal > > > service resumed, was almost unbounded. > > > > Your reserve pot runneth over, eh? It is close to a moment of > > divine revelation as most of us get, being able to twist the > > petcock round another notch and being allowed to carry on to > > greater things. > A classic case of what followers of Zen refer to as 'hasty closing'. > It's not the first time the wee beast has gargled all its main > ration, but it usually gives a bit more warning, and I'm usually not > half expecting something to go wrong. I was already looking round for > landmarks to give the recovery people and had pushed it along to > somewhere I could get it well off the road and even taken my helmet > and gloves off before trying reserve. If I had only taken the time to > take the cap off and check before setting out I could have spared > myself the anxiety, eh? I now recall, that in a fit of stinginess I > only put a fiver's worth of petrol in it on the last time it had a > decent ride (when it broke down) and foolishly zeroed the odometer, > so my range estimate was wildly off. Agent of your own misfortune, then. Zeroing on a fiver - who would do that? > > I was pretty sure I had screwed the stator and most importantly the > rotor back on properly, but there's always this nagging doubt for the > first hundred or so miles after reasonably major fiddling with bits > that spin round at up to 13000 rpm. Oh, I know that feeling. Waiting for something to fall off, whilst hoping it won't - and every bit of gravel that rattles a mudguard is a vital nut. -- SIRPip : B12
From: Champ on 21 Jun 2010 12:04 On 21 Jun 2010 13:46:04 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >Does anyone do Avebury these days? That would be a nice little run for >me, and the Hayabusa will need a blast when I get back to Blighty. Sounds like we have a DFV! -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Pete Fisher on 21 Jun 2010 12:07 In communiqu� <xn0gvnkmt8qz7v101e(a)news.eternal-september.org>, SIRPip <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Pete Fisher wrote: > >> In communiqu� <xn0gvnji48pcdwo01a(a)news.eternal-september.org>, SIRPip >> <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >> > Pete Fisher wrote: >> > >> > > My joy, on putting the tap to 'reserve' and finding normal >> > > service resumed, was almost unbounded. >> > >> > Your reserve pot runneth over, eh? It is close to a moment of >> > divine revelation as most of us get, being able to twist the >> > petcock round another notch and being allowed to carry on to >> > greater things. > >> A classic case of what followers of Zen refer to as 'hasty closing'. >> It's not the first time the wee beast has gargled all its main >> ration, but it usually gives a bit more warning, and I'm usually not >> half expecting something to go wrong. I was already looking round for >> landmarks to give the recovery people and had pushed it along to >> somewhere I could get it well off the road and even taken my helmet >> and gloves off before trying reserve. If I had only taken the time to >> take the cap off and check before setting out I could have spared >> myself the anxiety, eh? I now recall, that in a fit of stinginess I >> only put a fiver's worth of petrol in it on the last time it had a >> decent ride (when it broke down) and foolishly zeroed the odometer, >> so my range estimate was wildly off. > >Agent of your own misfortune, then. Zeroing on a fiver - who would do >that? >> An absent minded creature of habit. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: CT on 21 Jun 2010 13:37 Andy Bonwick wrote: > On 21 Jun 2010 13:43:55 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > > > I got to see Friday's game as it was a 2.30pm kick-off here, but > > Wednesday's is 10am, and I don't think I'll get away with pissing > > off to a bar for the morning. > > > Have you tried asking how they'd feel about it? Not directly - not yet anyway. The R&D director is a Brit, so I'm hoping that he'll be off out somewhere to watch it, and invite me along as a 'visiting Brit' privilege, like he did on Friday. If not, there's always http://www.legofussball.eu/?Lego-Videos:WM_2010 -- Chris
From: Champ on 21 Jun 2010 18:10
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:12:44 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >This Monday is 21st June, and therefore nominally the longest day of >the year. > >Anyone up for a ride to the Black Horse for dinner in the evening? >Some of us did it 3 or so years ago, and it was quite fun. According >to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=1325 sunset >won't be until 21:35, which means it'll be light-ish for an hour or so >after that with clear skies [1]. And the weather forecast currently >looks OK. And we did. A small but select band: - me - Andy Broadhurst and missus [1] - Pip - Gyp - Scraggy & Missus - Ginge It was the most beautiful evening, so we sat outside with beers and meal. Most of us set of a little before 9:30, when it was still very light. On the way home, I reckon it was 'dusk' at 10pm, and not properly dark until 10:30. [1] I hope he won't mind me saying - jolly attractive missus. I wouldn't bring her out to a full on UKRM do, if I were you, Andy -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |