They don't even pay road tax Joe. **Off topic thread**

Lusk_Doyle

buffalo wrote: »

A tip of the hat to the property company who immediately apologised and offered to reimburse me for a new lock.

You leave your bike outside of the apartment?!?!

Bunnyhopper

I don't know what to say about this.

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ThisRegard

Out for a run this evening and was running along the tarmac cycle lane rather than the concrete footpath, in the wrong direction. Came to a bend and a cyclist came around towards me, on the footpath part.

Given all the recent threads and posts recently I feel rather cheated we exchanged pleasantries rather than wrestle each other into our appropriate sides of the carriageway after a bout of fisty cuffs.

rollingscone

ThisRegard wrote: »

Out for a run this evening and was running along the tarmac cycle lane rather than the concrete footpath, in the wrong direction. Came to a bend and a cyclist came around towards me, on the footpath part.

Given all the recent threads and posts recently I feel rather cheated we exchanged pleasantries rather than wrestle each other into our appropriate sides of the carriageway after a bout of fisty cuffs.

You must have tired yourself out on your swim

Zyzz

My dad pops his head into the living room earlier..

"What's a magicians preferred bicycle tube?"

...




...


"Hey Presta!"

ThisRegard

rollingscone wrote: »

You must have tired yourself out on your swim

Lol. I never reached that level, that's why I did the races were they give you a boat instead of flapping around like an epileptic sea lion. Plus nobody can pull off tri shorts that's not female.

Raam

ThisRegard wrote: »

Out for a run this evening and was running along the tarmac cycle lane rather than the concrete footpath, in the wrong direction. Came to a bend and a cyclist came around towards me, on the footpath part.

Given all the recent threads and posts recently I feel rather cheated we exchanged pleasantries rather than wrestle each other into our appropriate sides of the carriageway after a bout of fisty cuffs.

I can call over and punch you now if you want?

It wasn't me, BTW.

Chips Lovell

Total Fredgasm: Garmin launches Edge 520 computer with Strava live segments

Lumen

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

Total Fredgasm: Garmin launches Edge 520 computer with Strava live segments

It's not live though, is it? The discerning Fred straps a smartphone to the stem. That's live.

It's a shame Sony doesn't do a waterproof compact smartphone the size of the Xperia mini. I'd much rather use that than a Garmin, if I wanted to strap a computer to my cock pit.

Ryath

Lumen wrote: »

It's not live though, is it? The discerning Fred straps a smartphone to the stem. That's live.

It's a shame Sony doesn't do a waterproof compact smartphone the size of the Xperia mini. I'd much rather use that than a Garmin, if I wanted to strap a computer to my cock

Is it because the garmin doesn't vibrate

They used to do the xperia active which was a nice size that would have been good stem mounted.

ThisRegard

Lumen wrote: »

It's not live though, is it? The discerning Fred straps a smartphone to the stem. That's live.

It's a shame Sony doesn't do a waterproof compact smartphone the size of the Xperia mini. I'd much rather use that than a Garmin, if I wanted to strap a computer to my cock pit.

The Xperia M1 aqua, although might be a little too big for what you want ?

Thargor

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Good to see a bit of justice happening in our courts, should have got 2 years! +

man-who-pushed-boy-off-bicycle-sentenced-to-10-months-in-jail

10 months will be commuted to 5 or even 3 months but the 5 year driving ban is a nice kick in the balls for him.

Fian

Alek

Does he even pay road tax Joe?

Thargor

The petrol powered chain looks very high up, wouldn't it be rubbing your leg there?

lennymc

I have a code for two free tickets to the laughter lounge in Dublin tomorrow night if anyone wants them - first come first served. No idea who is playing, but they can be a good night out

zurbfoundation

must be great stuff in there to rehash it so soon, just 11 weeks later?

magicbastarder

they're just retweeting a link to an article relevant to the warm weather, where's the crime?

GvidoR

I recently resurrected my old BMX. It had been sitting a shed for quite a while. I got a "new" seat for it, changed the the wheels and tyres. The next challenge is to make the brakes work properly.





^^ the wheels you see in the bottom pic here, are the old ones.

lennymc

lennymc wrote: »

I have a code for two free tickets to the laughter lounge in Dublin tomorrow night if anyone wants them - first come first served. No idea who is playing, but they can be a good night out

gone.

magicbastarder

good jaysus.

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/how-one-man-broke-the-773-mile-malin-mizen-malin-record-non-stop-aged-56-years/

Sarz91

How difficult is to fit a 5800/6800 crank? Tried quickly this evening but there wasn't enough thread on the non drive side to fit the crank arm. I heard the fit is quite close so I hit the crank once or twice with the palm of my hand but nothing.

Qualitymark

magicbastarder wrote: »

good jaysus.

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/how-one-man-broke-the-773-mile-malin-mizen-malin-record-non-stop-aged-56-years/

Hardy man!

RobertFoster

A designer at LEGO knows what's up.

Serve delicious muffins and espresso coffee to your customers at the cozy café. Then visit the neighboring bike shop, buy the cool red bike that's for sale, mount it on your car rack and head for the hills!

zurbfoundation

magicbastarder wrote: »

they're just retweeting a link to an article relevant to the warm weather, where's the crime?

no - re-published the piece

OldBean

RobertFoster wrote: »

A designer at LEGO knows what's up.

I nearly bought it. Then I saw the price.

No wonder my parents had a look of shock every time I wanted all the Lego for Christmas.

ThisRegard

Was it that expensive back then though (early through to late 80s) ? If so, there's thousands of euros worth sitting in my dads attic, a lot still made up from when we were kids.

I enjoy browsing the Lego aisles in Smyths, mainly to see what the most expensive item is, it's usually a Star Wars set, but some of them are just brilliant.

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Never really was a fan of lego 'sets', as once you made them they were kind of done. I absolutely loved the several boxes of regular lego though. Incalculable multi coloured bizarre structures were made. Any 'set' got taken apart and co opted to this end. There was never enough of it though. Loved lego!

GvidoR

I'm going to paint my BMX frame.

What colour scheme should I go for?
- Black on black
- Light blue and white
- Light blue and black

Any other suggestions welcome.

shaka

ThisRegard wrote: »

Was it that expensive back then though (early through to late 80s) ? If so, there's thousands of euros worth sitting in my dads attic, a lot still made up from when we were kids.

I enjoy browsing the Lego aisles in Smyths, mainly to see what the most expensive item is, it's usually a Star Wars set, but some of them are just brilliant.

Ya was costly back then too, I usually had to wait until the successor older brother came home from Germany to get something decent.

CramCycle

ThisRegard wrote: »

Was it that expensive back then though (early through to late 80s) ? If so, there's thousands of euros worth sitting in my dads attic, a lot still made up from when we were kids.

I remember a Mars one costing 60 pound when I was young, it was huge but very expensive.

gadetra wrote: »

Never really was a fan of lego 'sets', as once you made them they were kind of done. I absolutely loved the several boxes of regular lego though. Incalculable multi coloured bizarre structures were made. Any 'set' got taken apart and co opted to this end. There was never enough of it though. Loved lego!

I liked the sets,(only the large ones, the small ones were expensive and simple) once they were built though the plan became to see how much cooler a thing you could build. Oddly enough the Mars set above, I managed to build what I would see 15 years later, the drone ships from Star Wars, must remember to write to GL and ask for my design fees.

OldBean

Yeah, it was always dead expensive. I remember saving up pocket money for castles (As opposed to wheelsets).

magicbastarder

i got this when i was 8:


a family friend, who looked after the labs in a boys school up north, persuaded the school to buy half a dozen of them when he saw how they worked; reckoned they'd be great aids for the engineering class.
he had to put two together with superglue as permanent models. what a job.

ThisRegard

OldBean wrote: »

Yeah, it was always dead expensive. I remember saving up pocket money for castles (As opposed to wheelsets).

This one is still at home, I remember at the time thinking it was the biz because of the working drawbridge.


They battled with these guys with tried to pilfer their treasure and wimmin

buffalo

ThisRegard wrote: »

This one is still at home, I remember at the time thinking it was the biz because of the working drawbridge.

omg, I had that set too! I want to go home to the parents' attic and dig it all out now.

tomasrojo

The missus bought the Lego Frozen Ice Palace for our girls, who were too small for it really (two and four). Which meant that I had to rebuild it everyday practically from scratch for about two weeks. Like Sisyphus in Lego Hades.

ThisRegard

Someone, well santy, got my daughter the Rapunzel tree, pretty much the same story as yourself. The fun doesn't last when you have a 4 year old grabbing and losing all the little pieces while you're trying to build it.

I have noticed though that these days they include a lot of extra pieces compared to when I was a kid which is a plus.

manafana

its not every day you run into the world champion of anything

ThisRegard

I don't know who is who there, but the guy on the left has the same top as me. I hope he's the world champion, of shirt wearing.

partyguinness

buffalo wrote: »

omg, I had that set too! I want to go home to the parents' attic and dig it all out now.

Jaysus...I got this for Xmas in 1984. Xmas 1985 was a LEGO airport set and Xmax 1986 was a LEGO train set. Bits of it still appear out of nowhere around the parents house.

ThisRegard

If I didn't know better I'd say we lived in the same house, we got all those at one Christmas or another.

Dades

Lego is king in our house. I loved it as a kid so it's not all bad.

Though my young fella probably has a lego collection worth more than my bike.

Harrybelafonte

gadetra wrote: »

Never really was a fan of lego 'sets', as once you made them they were kind of done. I absolutely loved the several boxes of regular lego though. Incalculable multi coloured bizarre structures were made. Any 'set' got taken apart and co opted to this end. There was never enough of it though. Loved lego!

That was the whole point though no? You followed their instructions to complete to the original plan. Then disassembled it and built to your own imagination with the skills acquired. One learned to follow instructions carefully paying attention to what exactly was required building patience and perseverance. I mean each step was/is basically a spot the difference puzzle.

That's what the whole premise of the Lego Movie was, not being constricted to the original plan.

I still buy sets. I keep them aside for sick days in bed and build them then.

magicbastarder

meccano used to deliberately insert mistakes into the instructions for their sets; that way, kids would have to figure out how to 'fix' the model.

Beasty

Think I largely pre-dated lego - had something called "penny bricks" which was a cheaper version, and all red. Was definitely into the meccano. However Airfix became my real "construction" hobby as a kid

Unknown Soldier

https://www.strava.com/challenges/giro-climbing-challenge

It's like Strava knows I want to climb these days :eek: (all though really poorly)

Wishbone Ash

Fcuking hell! :eek: (On a motor racing circuit)

911k in 23h 57m averaging 38km/h and with an elapsed time equal to moving time - literally non-stop!

Words fail me!

https://app.strava.com/activities/338340280

Raam

Beasty wrote: »

Think I largely pre-dated lego

And the pyramids.

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Harrybelafonte wrote: »

That was the whole point though no? You followed their instructions to complete to the original plan. Then disassembled it and built to your own imagination with the skills acquired. One learned to follow instructions carefully paying attention to what exactly was required building patience and perseverance. I mean each step was/is basically a spot the difference puzzle.

That's what the whole premise of the Lego Movie was, not being constricted to the original plan.

I still buy sets. I keep them aside for sick days in bed and build them then.

That's probably what it was designed for, but I hated building things to a plan. I never liked the plans. I didn't like that there was 'a way'. I built my own patience and perseverance

I think I might get one again, I like the idea of building one now though!

Do have a fondness for puzzles though. Love a good puzzle book!

magicbastarder

the problem with a lot of more recent lego is that there are too many specific parts, especially with the likes of the star wars stuff (this is based on seeing nieces & nephews and friends' kids playing with them).
there's not much you can do with a tie fighter wing except use it as a tie fighter wing.