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Help with vintage BSA dash

2009-12-20T02:10:03Z

I am restoring my father's 1937 BSA M22
All the dash components are missing. There are four holes: two large
upper left and upper right, a smaller one center, and a smaller one
yet at the bottom. I know an ammeter goes in one hole and a black
light switch goes in another. Not sure what goes in the other holes.

Wheelie to stoppie - in a C130

2009-12-19T21:09:00Z

[link]
Fucking hell, what were they thinking?
Ah, this apparently:
[link]

Lost a camera lately?

2009-12-19T20:53:58Z

Here's an idea to prevent a recurrence:
<[link]
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Made me smile.

UR Request Sutton Surrey to Kidderminster

2009-12-19T20:00:30Z

Non urgent but I need an Underground Railway from TOG'S Chateau in
Sutton South London to Kidderminster Worcestershire. Its a low value
package ( worth £5) comprising an Apple Mac G3 tower.
Anybody help? Drink and one of Mrs Boxers home made mince pies
available for the courier. Glass of sherry, mince pie and a carrot if

Silver lining and FOAK tyre question.

2009-12-19T18:05:16Z

Just after I finally decided to call of my expedition to foreign parts
today I got a call to say that my YZ250 hillclimb front wheel had been
rebuilt. It had taken longer than usual as my local wheel builder (and
also frame straightener) had to order the spokes in specially.
A Morad 17 inch rim, so shiny that at first I thought he had made a

ping the Rum buggers

2009-12-19T17:34:47Z

<psa>
Asda have Mount Gay reduced from £17-summat to £11-summat.
</psa>

OT : Free to a good home - Lapdog Memory

2009-12-19T16:35:52Z

Due to upgrading mothers ol' lapdog to 2GB I've a couple of Trascend 512MB
DDR2 667Mhz 200-Pin SO-DIMM's here; free to whoever wants them.
Datasheet is here :
[link]
Quite reliable stuff that uses Samsung memory chips.
Mail or sms me if you want 'em. a d m i n [ a t ] b r o w n z [ d o t ] o r

Paging the diesel-engine-isti - long-ish.

2009-12-19T14:38:04Z

I've been playing about with a nice generator I got cheap, sold as
spares or repairs. It's a 6kW 'silent' type with a Yanmar L100 engine.
At some point it's been fuelled with petrol. The PO had fiddled with it
a little and got it running, but in the end had bought a new one. He
didn't do much as he was obviously not mechanically inclined.

Ping Jeweller.

2009-12-19T13:51:38Z

You utter star. If the SO's as impressed as I am, I'll have brownie
points coming out my ears.
To everyone else - get Jeweller to make something for you/your SO & you
won't be disappointed. I won't be buying any ready-made jewellery
again, that's for sure.

OT: Garage roof

2009-12-19T13:02:44Z

Just been out to the garage and it's "raining" condensation in there. Anyone
here have any advise on roof insulation they've used or any other method to
stop this?
Seems moisture gets in, freezes on the roof then as the weather warms it
rains inside :)

French Run 2010 booking forms

2009-12-19T10:45:13Z

Every Run brings out its own gems on the booking forms.
Special Dietary Needs, this time:
"Allergic to nuts"
"Awkward"
"Hah!"
"Food and beer"
The cake is taken this time, though, by the clown who left the form
blank and simply signed it.

Continent cut off

2009-12-19T07:39:51Z

Not sure I'll even bother setting out.

Seeing is believing...

2009-12-19T01:06:11Z

And then again...
[link]
A pretty good optical illusion.
Tricky cove, the human visual cortex....

F*ing inboard vented twin front disk.

2009-12-18T23:17:22Z

Seems to seize at about 2C.

Paging TOG

2009-12-18T22:28:57Z

You cheesy cunt!
Happy Christmas to you too.

OT: Toys r us ?

2009-12-18T22:23:11Z

I have a sneaking admiration for this bloke's style !
[link]

OT : Your Humble Narrator needs some eyes...

2009-12-18T20:33:19Z

Way way OT, but....
I have the white boiler suit, I have the boots, I have a pucker bowler hat,
I have the braces, I have the oversize sports groin protection, I have the
cane/club... the only thing I'm missing is the "bloody eyeball" cufflinks.
Has anyone here purchased such items in the past perchance ?

100cc V8

2009-12-18T19:43:24Z

I'm sure there must be some imaginative uses for this...
[link]
...other than just as a desk ornament.

Firefox Easter Egg?

2009-12-18T18:15:17Z

Can't see it on google, so
in mozilla put about:mozilla in the address bar.
a bit underwhelming, but I thought I would share anyway,
coz I'm just that kinda guy, you know?

Xmas Barbecue

2009-12-18T18:15:17Z

Was what we had at out place today!
One of the tenants is a world-championship class
barbequer[1] <?>
Anyway, he volunteered to cook us up a feast, he provided
all the meat etc. and the tenants provided side dishes,
nibbles, drinkies etc.
A bit surreal having a BBQ in the snow, but the food was
bloody marvelous!

OT: can you tell what they're saying?

2009-12-18T18:13:09Z

Hi,
[reposted as OE doesn't like blank subjects, and I can't see the message,
nor the replies]
Without me saying much, watch this first:
[link]
Then watch this:
[link]
and then comment.

OT:

2009-12-18T18:02:41Z

Hi,
Without me saying much, watch this first:
[link]
Then watch this:
[link]
and then comment.

Saab Down

2009-12-18T17:42:11Z

[link]
Pity, I quite like them. Never owned one, of course...
Oh. There's your problem, right there!

Police motorbike escort

2009-12-18T15:33:50Z

You know when people have a toy run /egg run and the old billys ride along
with the group, stopping cars at junctions n lights so people can proceed
without stopping. If the coppers refuse to attend, is their anyone else
empowered to do do the same thing? The old billys have refused to help with

Ping beer cognoscenti

2009-12-18T11:09:08Z

[link]

OT: LCD TV reviews /recommendations wanted

2009-12-18T01:26:19Z

The old faithful CRT Grundig has finally turned up its toes big-style,
its demise probably hastened by running for two full (non-consecutive)
days on spiky inverter power when the local power company was replacing
lines in the area. Bit of a bugger, I was hoping to keep it going for
another year or two yet until the Irish broadcaster RTE settles on a

So, how much was your pay rise this year?

2009-12-17T23:21:44Z

Making a lot more, are you? Good, good. Excellent.
The EU budget is up 6% on last year to 122.9bn euro, by the way.
But hey! No worries, it not like anyone's having to tighten their belt,
eh?
Cheers!
<clink>

OT: New San Miguel advert

2009-12-17T22:50:45Z

Just watching sky1 [1] and a new ad for San Miguel comes on.
At the end there's a caption in the bottom left corner saying "It's not
a quick beer"
However, the voice over seems to say "San Miguel, it's not a good beer"
Disgruntled voice over guy or am I deaf?
[1]Lie to me

Pisshead parents are child abusers

2009-12-17T22:29:01Z

So what does ukrm make of Sir Liam Donaldson saying that parents are
turning their children into binge drinkers by allowing them a sip of
beer or wine when they're young and by drinking alcohol in front of
them?
[link]
While it was a bit harder to get hold of alcohol when I was a teenager I

Revenge of the Killer Crumblies

2009-12-17T21:29:37Z

"In a world gone mad, old people are killing each other at random"
[link]
"An 82-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a
92-year-old woman at a residential care home in Dartmouth, Devon."
[link]

Trip across the USA by an Englishman on a Henderson four?

2009-12-17T20:51:28Z

I remember reading (online) not too long ago (within the last 6 months I'd say)
a book written by an English fellow who rode from New York to California on a
four cylinder bike that he bought new. It was pretty soon after the Great
Way, so in 1919 or 1920 I think. The book was displayed in facsimile form,

OT: Mayoress

2009-12-17T17:40:34Z

Is the word mayoress used (in the UK) these days to describe a lady
mayor? It used to mean mayor's wife, but I notice the dictionary says it
can also mean lady mayor. I'm sure I remember female mayors being
referred to as mayor.

OT: Blog: Woo-hoo!

2009-12-17T17:39:54Z

Mrs WUN's new job (which she has been enjoying inordinately) was a
temporary 12-month contract.
Today - four months in - they've told her that they'd like to make it
permanent.
Now... Where do I take her for dinner tonight? :^)

OT: Holy Fuck

2009-12-17T14:02:18Z

[link]
Offensive to skyfairy worshippers

installing xfce on ubuntu 9.10

2009-12-17T12:59:53Z

[URL="[link]
ubuntu-910.html"]installing xfce on ubuntu 9.10[/URL]

OT: 'Quattro' good...

2009-12-17T12:52:34Z

..in icey snowy slushyness, but 'Quattro' with 265 width summer tyres
is most definitely less good.
<cancels dinner plans>

Paging the Mac-isti

2009-12-17T12:51:48Z

Is this a good deal? 'tis for no 2 daughter, off to uni next year.
[link]

OT: I've always wanted to say this to an agent...

2009-12-17T11:55:26Z

Typical bodyshop agency just called and the usual fake cheerful agent
goes:
"I've just come across your CV on our database, what technologies do you
use"
"Well, if you've read my CV, it'd be all in there"
"Yes, but what is it you do most of the time"
"Well, if you'd read my CV you find that it's all in there..."

I say, I say...

2009-12-17T11:46:11Z

I’m on a train to Newcastle and my phone started vibrating, as I went
to answer the bloke opposite (my sort of age) shouts “This is a quiet
coach, this is a quiet coach” (which it is).
I give him a bit of a Paddington look and he shouts “do not stare at
me, DO NOT STARE ME OUT” – “if you continue I shall call the guard”.

Petrol pipe blocked - help

2009-12-17T10:35:14Z

The correct answer was to fix this before I gave the stuff to Beav for
painting, but well....
The reserve pipe on the CB72 tank is completely blocked with gunge, I've
been working on it for two days with carb cleaner and various small
tools and I've cleared it to where the external pipe bends 90 degrees

R1 Harris pipes.

2009-12-17T09:59:47Z

Are they utterly deafening, or just reasonable?
There's a couple of sets knocking about for sensible money.
N.

OT and FS Mac Mini

2009-12-17T08:40:05Z

One Mac Mini for sale, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2Ghz, 2GB Ram, 120GB
hard disk, usual bluetooth and stuff, fresh clean install of 10.5.8 and
comes with a mighty mouse and brand new wireless keyboard only used to
install OS. Original disks are on the way down so will be avaliable
soon.
£395.
Alan

OT: regs around plug in transformers

2009-12-17T07:37:01Z

If my google mojo's working, it appears that as a consequence of the
Plugs and Sockets etc (Safety) Regulations 1994 if you buy an electrical
item thatyou'd plug into the mains, it must be fitted with a plug that
meets BS 1363 (i.e. a UK 13 amp plug, or an approved adapter)
...but it's excluded from the regs if it's powered by a plug-in transformer.

seems it's not just me

2009-12-17T01:51:27Z

[link]
BBC found Zeppelin 'unconvincing'
Plus RP is a knob[1]
[1] based on empirical evidence as we used the same pub for a while

Eureka!

2009-12-17T00:32:28Z

Attentive readers will be aware that I've been trying to get the race
kit ECU for the ZX10R to run on the standard road loom, without, so
far, any success.
Detailed reading of the race kit manual, together with an imaginative
interpretation of the comedy Japanese->English translation [1] made me
realise that there was actually an adapter sub-loom to allow the exact

PSA: Pink Floyd - The Wall.

2009-12-16T22:36:34Z

As in the film with Geldof. On TCM at 22:55.

Not a typical day [longish]

2009-12-16T21:39:46Z

At 9:30 at work this morning, I got a call from Dave [1] saying it
looked like my garage had been broken into, as the main (up and over)
door was wrenched partially open[3]. So I headed home from work, went
in via the side 'person' door, and found that my mountain bike was
missing. Everything else, inc all motorcycle stuff, and tools, was

Snow in the South - pah!

2009-12-16T20:05:21Z

I enjoy reading the comments on this newsgroup and occasionally post a
comment now and again, so for those who may be interested, here is my
personal experience of the Winter of 1962-63
Back in those days, I lived with my parents in a small hamlet near Petworth
in West Sussex and I was apprenticed as a mechanic to a heavy truck repair

With regard to the "Rage Against The Machine for Christmas Number One" campaign

2009-12-16T19:15:46Z

I liked this:
[link]
I've bought my copy. Even tho I've owned the album for years.

Football's coming home..

2009-12-16T18:48:52Z

To Milton Keynes along with several stadiums not yet built and
probably the most infamous ground in the country...
[link]
I know a lot of you hate football but you've got to laugh at the
choices they've made.