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someone out there might be interested to hear that the rear axle spacer (a bit of steel tube) that I ordered 16 months ago has now arrived (see moans in other threads over the past year) could this turn of events be due to the auspicious astrological conditions, as observed by Martin B? (see other thread elsewhere) it's as likely as any other explanation (for the scientifically-minded, this is the size that the moon used to be – before it started shrinking) = (for the pernickety, this is JRT's custom built super-fast spacer, not the oem part)

...or else send them off to Austrail a y er

Ahha. Highly trained skills of professional observation will out! I knew there was something... but couldn't quite put my finger on it! Serious doubt arises as highly trained observational skills are called into question. ! Or else this has the makings of a new Global Warming thread !

First port of call with bad shifting, is to check / adjust the external linkages. That stuff can all get sloppy. There's also the gearshift pedal retaining nut that works its way off the bolt, to look out for – tighten / replace / loctite. There's also something else that causes havoc, possibly supernatural. It gets attributed (including in my own case) to the gearbox getting too hot and upshifts become impossible.

I guess you're talking about the eccentric pin that limits the movement of the pawl arm. It replaced the plain old roll pin that was in the 2002, to act as a stop. There are photos of it in other threads, as at least one pin has been found in the bottom of the box rather than in the casing where it should be. Have you seen the "special adjusting eccentric" mentioned in a manual or something – or are you actually looking at it? – you're not talking about the big eccentric on the transmission plate that is adjusted externally, are you? It's the same on all models, as far as I know. Which isn't very far.

It's looking more unlikely for me. I'll have to chose between paying to go to Scotland or a visit to Vilnius, Lihuania, expenses paid. It's a great pity as these short outings are so rare and the company is a great pleasure. A wee skelp along the West Highlands coast with Guzzirider was one of the highlights of my 2006. err... where is Lithuania anyway?

1961 Condensed Books published in Norway. 1965 buys Funk & Wagnalls 1971 sells Funk & Wagnalls to Dun & Bradstreet 1987 acquires The Family Handyman 1994 Reader's Digest Association establishes Young Families 1997 financial crisis 2000 acquires World's Finest Chocolate direktemeldinger!

Yep, in that age range. She's just moved to Glenn Innes. Seems to be 'Celtic Country". Why don't you put them on ebay then?

I'd say so alright. Me daughter arrived up Brisbane direction today so I've been googling aroundabouts the (rather large) area.

Should you wear a helmet while bicycling? > Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:35:18 -0400 We've had previous discussion in RISKS of the unexpected side-effects that can result when human beings respond to safety measures by changing their behavior, taking on risks that previously were too great to feel acceptable. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...b-wah091106.php is a news release about some research in this area. Dr. Ian Walker spend a great deal of time bicycling around the UK on a bicycle with equipment that measured how close drivers of different kinds of vehicles came to him when passing. Half the time, he wore a helmet; half the time, he didn't. Result: Drivers approached closer (and average of 8.5 cm) when he was wearing a helmet. Walker's hypothesis is that drivers see bicyclists wearing helmets as more experienced and competent, hence not in need of consideration. In other interesting results, when Walker wore a wig so that he looked like a woman, he was given significantly more room. He also confirmed a feeling all bicyclist have: Yes, indeed, trucks and buses do approach bicycles more closely (average of 19 cm for trucks and 23 cm for buses) than cars do. As Walker points out, helmets definitely do protect a rider in low-speed falls. How much they help in collisions with vehicles is harder to say - and if wearing a helmet makes a collision more likely, the net effect is difficult to predict. (Walker was hit twice, once by a bus and once by a truck, during his experiments. He was wearing a helmet both times.)

Does the Readers Digest do Norwegian? It wouldn't be worth their while. Up there the people are more interested in Outdoor Activity: like whale catalogueing. http://130.241.163.46/spermwhale/ http://www.whalesafari.no/a/?id=31&vn=736

WHAT! Are you sure? Can I get a refund?

It's ok. I've no more money for stamps now anyway.

When you went for a spin, did you try... The ROUNDABOUT ?

manufactured at Bungendore Province, China. Here's the dyno stuff

Don't be concerned. He's probably just a typo. He's not really a signer, he's a singer. So that's alright then.

Yes. They are ignoramouses indeed. No. Certainly not. A semi-transparent Quiz Point to whoever guesses where it came from (though with a little adaption). Mr Wilson? These chaps should study the poll and increase their knowledge of world languages. A glance at Question One shows that Yes must be Ja and No must be Nei. If that's not right then I'm a Chinaman and the Poll is null and void. I rather like direktemeldinger.

Good

Are you American?

Those 'upgraded' points are soo much more tasteful than the old ones.

BTW, I took the idea for this poll from Too much information

Quite. And here's an example of just such a board from the wrong side of the pond. end-of-the-stick site across the pond Stick whitling is of course a popular passtime in the New World. There, a man or boy is only a big girl's blouse if he don't have a jack-knife in his pocket and a fair weight of shavings in his turn-ups. If you can't shave a pointy stick from a stave of firewood, well, it's all up: you might as well move to Canada and attempt to keep your spirits up with folk dancing. This probably belongs in Tech Topics, but anyway, I got these tips from one of JRT's favourite sites: Lumber the American Way. – The Best Way to Get the Wrong End of the Stick – A bundle of sticks is held in one hand with the wrong end of the sticks touching a flat table. A Big Stick, usually with a 'nice' grain, is set aside and can be used as a whitling stick during 'thinking', or 'resting', periods. The sticks are then released, and fall in a pile. The first player chooses a stick and removes it by hand by lifting it, pressing down on the right end of a stick, or clouting it out with the whitling stick. A turn ends if any bystander unintentionally gets the wrong end of the stick. The next player continues to extract sticks. The sticks may be worth differing numbers of points (based on how many wrong ends they have), each player trying to reach the highest total score possible.

Yes, you should be taking a fence.

Yeah. Seems to be one of those recent Chinese copies.

I suggest that we have a legitimate mechanism for reducing the ever-increasing size of Mike 'Mastermind' Wilson's underneath bit. As this is not the Quiz Forum, points gained here could be regarded as negative points. Therefore, a correct answer to a quiz here will result in a reduction of any disturbingly large display gained in that other place. Another possibility is that once, say, five ordinary points are obtained, then further points awarded are (very prestigious) invisible points. There need not be any limit to the number of invisible points that any one person may have in their signature. cultural Of course I meant, custard.