Saga Lout wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:14 am

MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 1:45 pm

Saga Lout wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:26 am
You must put the milk in the cup before pouring the tea.

[x] Plonk

Hey, I take my tea black so I'm not going to say you're wrong in how you prefer yours, but it ain't right

Furry muff, I had higher expectations.

Taipan wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:24 pm : My eternal quest to cure faded plastics came to and end today. Owatrol Polytrol was painted on and rubbed in with a cloth and seems to have worked really well.

Less than 12 months that'll last, even if you went through the rigmarole of cleaning the plastics properly beforehand

Just in from a 2.5 hour bimble around the shires, only to find I'd forgotten to shut the back door and patio when I went out, oops

Saga Lout wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:26 am
You must put the milk in the cup before pouring the tea.

Taipan wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:04 pm Hopefully get out in it at the weekend to try and get used to it...

First drive out;

Felix wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:17 pm Was Mr Benn a spin off from the BERO man, vice versa or just a coincidental look a like?

I've not got a scooby

There's only one Benn, and that's Mr Benn

The Gentlemen
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8367814/

OK so it's no Layer Cake or Snatch, but it is a decent British gangsta film, well worth watching

Cousin Jack wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:54 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:13 pm

Rockburner wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:08 pm "What colour is the boathouse at Hereford?"

The doors were a dirty blue when I drove past it on Saturday

Ah, but what colour are they on the inside. Only a chosen few will know.

Same colour, they're roller doors, so the outside is the inside when rolled up

Rockburner wrote: Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:08 pm "What colour is the boathouse at Hereford?"

The doors were a dirty blue when I drove past it on Saturday

MrLongbeard wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:14 pm and done battle for an hour with a bastard chain with a mind of its own

And today I found out it had won, so spent 20 minutes taking it off and sorting out the routing

David wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 12:23 am

MrLongbeard wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 10:33 pm

David wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:38 pm Has anyone bought an Evel Knievel TTT watch?

From the blurb..."Made from the clutch levers of Evel's last bike..."
Do Harleys have more than one?

Mine has 2

On the bars?

Nope, 1 on the bars in the customary position, 1 in the box of OEM removed parts

David wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:38 pm Has anyone bought an Evel Knievel TTT watch?

From the blurb..."Made from the clutch levers of Evel's last bike..."
Do Harleys have more than one?

Mine has 2

When mine does die it'll be swapped out for something along the lines of https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-workbench-vice-clamp-940mm/344TE?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD8IdPz-hjMCIhgJ1MBzS45C6Jp1N&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_JzABhC2ARIsAPe3ynrme9wiaEVskProEp534gi2ybrnVANrZ4ITgvgn9XEzhR9p5Ef ...

weeksy wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:18 pm I'm very very fussy with pillows and take my own anytime we go away.

Same, much to the chagrin of the missus.

That chain is a pain the backside to replace, 2 pulleys and the sprocket to get it on and lined up, whilst under tension and it wanting to fold over itself :angry-cussingblack:

Shock cord and cord pulley bearings were still in good nick so they got left alone and the parts squirrelled away in the ...

First time off of the year, so of course the weather has decided to not play ball.
So......... I've cleaned the bathroom, washed the pots, and done battle for an hour with a bastard chain with a mind of its own