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PaulB2 wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:28 am What Would Jane Say would be my guess.
dooh! Good fit.
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PaulB2 wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:28 am What Would Jane Say would be my guess.
:-bd
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Yesterday I scored a massive pile of tongue and groove cladding from a lady on Freecycle from an old flat with floor-to-ceiling wood panelling that she's renovating:

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Last year a I built a 12 foot square covered deck in the garden. The plan was always to make the back part of it into a shed (i.e. with walls around it) but I didn't plan exactly how that was going to happen for fear of never starting.

I made some racking and used some corrugated plastic packaging as temporary walls, then, when I got sick of the old shed lingering in the garden waiting to be dismantled, I shifted the rest of the stuff it contained into the new shed and nailed some butchered bits of the old shed to the new one as a temporary front wall. Meantime, I've watched the price of timber go through the roof. This is what it looks like now (well not right now):

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Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of de-nailing to do!
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thenorthwind wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:29 pm Yesterday I scored a massive pile of tongue and groove cladding from a lady on Freecycle...
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of de-nailing to do!
:-bd
of course your know it the can't tap back through, pull the all the war through...
Also if you sweep over with a broom, followed by a magnet, put a bag over. so they all drop in bin when you take magnet out of the bag. #nopunctures
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122mph at the Needles then Sean - highest speed in England ever recorded :-O :YMAPPLAUSE:
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thenorthwind wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:29 pm
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Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of de-nailing to do!
Nice raft Mister :grin:
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I like the old-fashioned netty in the corner....
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RIP wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:46 pm 122mph at the Needles then Sean - highest speed in England ever recorded :-O :YMAPPLAUSE:
It was a bit breezy on my ride home, had to dismount to climb over trees 3 times within half a mile of cycle track. After that the others had fallen more considerately and I could just ride round them. There's a carpet of twigs and branches covering the whole route but I could just ride over them as well, only had to bunny hop one, which fortunately wasn't very big :lol:
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Aye its cheery, Mum has dealt with B cancer related opp famously, survived another hectic week at work and just been out for a breezy bike ride. I had a puncture at one point which was most annoying (just as it was getting dark / rain coming on / wind getting up) but I seem to be able to deal with such things with serenity these days. Is this old age?
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fatbikephil wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:43 pm Is this old age?
Yep. Welcome aboard.
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fatbikephil wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:43 pm Is this old age?
Pretty much. You've pretty much got two options: either you don't give a sub standard (which you've taken) or you start reading the Daily Mail.
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whitestone wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:35 pm
fatbikephil wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:43 pm Is this old age?
Pretty much. You've pretty much got two options: either you don't give a sub standard (which you've taken) or you start reading the Daily Mail.
It's funny really. Time was a path that turned into a tussock and bog infested schlep, a climb which made your neck hurt looking up it or the aforementioned puncture in the dark/rain/wind etc. used to cause immense amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth, nowadays it just causes a rolling of the eye, a grumble and then you just get on with it. Been there, done that I guess....
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Cheery here, survived (obviously) an exciting 129 mile drive home, which was
Interesting. Spent another Friday evening with my son, mainly listening to music. He’s just informed me he spent some of his Christmas money on Talking heads ‘Stop making sense’ I was so impressed I’ve accidentally bought a nice arcam CD player, I don’t own any CD’s so I’ve agreed to swap it for one decent album on vinyl, I’m hoping for Violent Femmes or Marquee Moon.
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ledburner wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:03 pm of course your know it the can't tap back through, pull the all the war through...
Also if you sweep over with a broom, followed by a magnet, put a bag over. so they all drop in bin when you take magnet out of the bag. #nopunctures
Cheers, sounds like you've spent way too much of your life banging nails out of pallets and such too :-bd Once you've found the right method for whatever you're working with it gets a lot quicker. In this case it was mainly tap back out, or pull through with mole grips, which didn't really cause any obvious damage. Got through the whole lot on Friday, reckon there's about 100 lengths, mostly 8-10 foot, so should be enough to do that whole front of the shed, and maybe one side, then I can just board the back where it's not visible.
RIP wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:27 pm I like the old-fashioned netty in the corner....
Not sure whether you mean behind the shed door, or the stove :lol: Toasty!
Cheeky Monkey wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:09 pm
thenorthwind wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:29 pm
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Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of de-nailing to do!
Nice raft Mister :grin:
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Ta! When I built this deck, I envisaged barbecues and parties, but it's mostly just a really good place to dry stuff, even when it's persisting it down.
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I know, I know, it's only Thursday....

Not very cheery at all in terms of world news, but I'm cheery because today I'm driving up to Caersws for a work thing, always a pleasure to be out and about in Mid Wales countryside, and knowing that I am vaguely passing the playgrounds of bikepacking...
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Roads might be icy in places V.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:40 am Roads might be icy in places V.
Thank you, I'll take it steady... :-bd
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I'm early but having just finished building my gearbox, I'm cheerier than I was before.

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Burman?
Also on the Arial - I do like the shear size of the gears and shafts. Made unit single BSA boxes look like lego.
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So.....after struggling through 'piece of sh*t Thursday' today I've decided I'm shoehorning some cheeriness into tomorrow.

Gonna ditch work, ignore the fact that I've got children on half-term, overlook my current fitness levels and bugger off somewhere pretty with my bike for the day.

:-bd

Only one more sleep..... :)
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:46 pm I'm early but having just finished building my gearbox, I'm cheerier than I was before.
Phew, I though a cyber man had invaded your workshop...
either way you've managed to disarm it...
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AMC box Phil.
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it must be cheery some where*. the sun's out here, an improve t on the thunder n lightning in the early hour 05.09am.
Thats quite opposite of the situation Ukraine, what have they done to deserve this? My heart goes out to them.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:16 pm AMC box Phil.
Oh aye, Burman boxes were used on AJS/ Matchless bikes pre '56 apparently
Can someone tell that Russian idiot that having just survived a global pandemic, we, the people, don't want WW3. They can use a bullet to make their point and I don't often say things like that....
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Oh aye, Burman boxes were used on AJS/ Matchless bikes pre '56 apparently
That's right Phil. I believe the AMC is considered a much better bet.
Can someone tell that Russian idiot that having just survived a global pandemic, we, the people, don't want WW3. They can use a bullet to make their point and I don't often say things like that....
Thought exactly the same yesterday but to be fair, I'm quite inclined towards that type of thinking :wink:
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