And today I did......
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Bird fancier Jamie ? :?
(Drongo is actually one of our feathered friends.)
Today
Today, Today, Today
Well actually 3 days ago.
That elusive Hope 9:74 C2 caliper is mine Fantastic condition too.
This gives me all the calipers from 01-10 Plus the No2 version I.S.
Next task there is to get them all a uniform colour :? then mount them on a proper board as a proper display.
Ill lay out all the 1/2's along with a pro and sport levers, rear caliper half,adaptors and a rotor too.
Im also thinking of adding a quartz clock mechanism to the rotor because it gives it a use other than something to marvel at.
As a clock it can live and be useful. Otherwise it could eventually end up in the back of a cupboard.
(Drongo is actually one of our feathered friends.)
Today
Today, Today, Today Well actually 3 days ago.
That elusive Hope 9:74 C2 caliper is mine
Fantastic condition too.This gives me all the calipers from 01-10 Plus the No2 version I.S.
Next task there is to get them all a uniform colour :? then mount them on a proper board as a proper display.
Ill lay out all the 1/2's along with a pro and sport levers, rear caliper half,adaptors and a rotor too.
Im also thinking of adding a quartz clock mechanism to the rotor because it gives it a use other than something to marvel at.
As a clock it can live and be useful. Otherwise it could eventually end up in the back of a cupboard.
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I was down near Glasgow at a wedding last week... from the moment we checked into the hotel until the time we were heading back, I genuinely felt like I was in a foreign country. There was a noticeable pause between being asked a question and my answering it while I mentally attempted to translate the question into something vaguely akin to English!
Up here in the middle of the supposedly wild and remote Highlands, I suspect we generally speak English far more intelligibly than almost anywhere else in the UK.
Of course if you head further north into Caithness, down into Aberdeenshire, or even venture overseas to Orkney and Shetland, you may well need the services of a translator!
The History Man":3aeg48gk said:
I was down near Glasgow at a wedding last week... from the moment we checked into the hotel until the time we were heading back, I genuinely felt like I was in a foreign country. There was a noticeable pause between being asked a question and my answering it while I mentally attempted to translate the question into something vaguely akin to English!
Up here in the middle of the supposedly wild and remote Highlands, I suspect we generally speak English far more intelligibly than almost anywhere else in the UK.
Of course if you head further north into Caithness, down into Aberdeenshire, or even venture overseas to Orkney and Shetland, you may well need the services of a translator!
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I wouldn't say I felt oppressed as such but more resentful that the words we used were deemed to be of lesser value than the proper English spoken by most of the teachers. My 2 daughters are now living in a country where the richer, older language is all but gone due to lots of people now using an Amercanised/homogenised language. For instance, just one word, in the part of Scotland I come from the word for slippers is baffies, to my mind a brilliant sounding word, it even feels comfy. It's all but gone, only auld, crabbit people like me still use it. All over the UK it is the same, so many good, local words for things are just being lost, our language is all the poorer for losing these words.
On the other hand my working-class Scot's accent hasn't always been a disadvantage. I've been to North Wales a few times to rock-climb, once with my climbing mate and also with the Jacobite climbing club from Edinburgh. With my mate we went into pubs for a pint after climbing and the locals would start to speak in Welsh till they realised we were Scottish not English then they'd revert back to English. The trip down there to Llanberis with the Jacobites made me realise how much some of the Welsh dislike the English. We were in the pub one night and amongst the Jacobites there were a few English members and also some Scots with the posh Edinburgh accent that sounds so very English. Whenever the English guys or Edinburgh Scots with the affected posh accent went to the bar, they were ignored as soon as they spoke and the bar staff would serve someone else. It eventually twigged with them and it was us guys with the recognisable Scottish accents that got served no bother even though the bar staff knew we were with the "English" guys. :shock:
People may accuse us Scots of not liking the English, it's not really true, but funny as it was at the time what happened on the trip to Wales went too far. Been to Llanelli and Cardiff to play rugby and go to the Wales v Scotland games and never had any problem with the English guys in our rugby club so maybe it's just North Wales. :roll:
What are my marks out of ten for my grammar and spelling? :mrgreen:
The History Man":2og26bx0 said:
I wouldn't say I felt oppressed as such but more resentful that the words we used were deemed to be of lesser value than the proper English spoken by most of the teachers. My 2 daughters are now living in a country where the richer, older language is all but gone due to lots of people now using an Amercanised/homogenised language. For instance, just one word, in the part of Scotland I come from the word for slippers is baffies, to my mind a brilliant sounding word, it even feels comfy. It's all but gone, only auld, crabbit people like me still use it. All over the UK it is the same, so many good, local words for things are just being lost, our language is all the poorer for losing these words.
On the other hand my working-class Scot's accent hasn't always been a disadvantage. I've been to North Wales a few times to rock-climb, once with my climbing mate and also with the Jacobite climbing club from Edinburgh. With my mate we went into pubs for a pint after climbing and the locals would start to speak in Welsh till they realised we were Scottish not English then they'd revert back to English. The trip down there to Llanberis with the Jacobites made me realise how much some of the Welsh dislike the English. We were in the pub one night and amongst the Jacobites there were a few English members and also some Scots with the posh Edinburgh accent that sounds so very English. Whenever the English guys or Edinburgh Scots with the affected posh accent went to the bar, they were ignored as soon as they spoke and the bar staff would serve someone else. It eventually twigged with them and it was us guys with the recognisable Scottish accents that got served no bother even though the bar staff knew we were with the "English" guys. :shock:
People may accuse us Scots of not liking the English, it's not really true, but funny as it was at the time what happened on the trip to Wales went too far. Been to Llanelli and Cardiff to play rugby and go to the Wales v Scotland games and never had any problem with the English guys in our rugby club so maybe it's just North Wales. :roll:
What are my marks out of ten for my grammar and spelling? :mrgreen:
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I've never met your grammar.
I just like words, and the rich tapestry they can be used to weave, regardless of source. I remember huge arguments with my daughter concerning her usage of 'like' like.
I just like words, and the rich tapestry they can be used to weave, regardless of source. I remember huge arguments with my daughter concerning her usage of 'like' like.
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Today I was cleaning the Bizango after my abysmal performance at Blairadam (Kelty Wids) on Sunday. And discovered that there was something sinister going on inside my front hub, the wheel is wobbling between the forks :facepalm: further investigation is needed (a bit disappointing given that the hubs are very low mileage XT). Anyway out comes the Blue Pig (not been on it much lately) well, slap me with a kipper and call me Jemima :shock: I'd forgotten how good the Pig was, GRIP climbing and braking, Bontrager XR4 Team 2.20 set @ 3.0 bar and Formula RX with 180 rotors, great combo. The Bizango has M750 shifters and the Pig has M770 both feel about the same 'under glove' but (push pull 'V' push push) took a wee bit getting used to again. The Pig climbs really well and descends just as good BUT it takes a bit more time/effort to get up to the speed that the Bizango can but that might just be the Bizangos forte?? I went out this evening and did my usual twice a week loop on the Pig and really enjoyed it
Today I was cleaning the Bizango after my abysmal performance at Blairadam (Kelty Wids) on Sunday. And discovered that there was something sinister going on inside my front hub, the wheel is wobbling between the forks :facepalm: further investigation is needed (a bit disappointing given that the hubs are very low mileage XT). Anyway out comes the Blue Pig (not been on it much lately) well, slap me with a kipper and call me Jemima :shock: I'd forgotten how good the Pig was, GRIP climbing and braking, Bontrager XR4 Team 2.20 set @ 3.0 bar and Formula RX with 180 rotors, great combo. The Bizango has M750 shifters and the Pig has M770 both feel about the same 'under glove' but (push pull 'V' push push) took a wee bit getting used to again. The Pig climbs really well and descends just as good BUT it takes a bit more time/effort to get up to the speed that the Bizango can but that might just be the Bizangos forte?? I went out this evening and did my usual twice a week loop on the Pig and really enjoyed it
