I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

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(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

Wrong pic, that's Jezebel.

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      Try again dingus!

(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

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(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

Wrong pic, that's Jezebel.

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  Try again dingus!

Hey, look at you. It worked. I think maybe that "error" you got was just a rando connection issue, not really related to the forum software. 

Jezebel is the truck, Buttercup is the bike, right? My bike (bicycle) is named Functional because of the sticker that said "Functional" (duh) on the top tube. I should post an updated photo here.

(06-18-2019, 05:35 AM)jaybreak Wrote: Hey, look at you. It worked. I think maybe that "error" you got was just a rando connection issue, not really related to the forum software. 

Jezebel is the truck, Buttercup is the bike, right? My bike (bicycle) is named Functional because of the sticker that said "Functional" (duh) on the top tube. I should post an updated photo here.

Iain asked me to post this higher resolution version of the same picture:

   

It does appear to be a network thing somewhere between him and the server.

(06-18-2019, 05:35 AM)jaybreak Wrote:

(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

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(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

Wrong pic, that's Jezebel.

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  Try again dingus!

Hey, look at you. It worked. I think maybe that "error" you got was just a rando connection issue, not really related to the forum software. 

Jezebel is the truck, Buttercup is the bike, right? My bike (bicycle) is named Functional because of the sticker that said "Functional" (duh) on the top tube. I should post an updated photo here.

 
Jezebel was what my cousin called his old Chevy back in the 80's. I liked it enough to call all my trucks Jezebel. It had nothing to do with the Biblical character except the name. It was more of a Delilah but, Jezebel just sounded better. The one in the picture is my second Jezebel, the first was a wheezy 6 cylinder which provided 9 years of reliable service from 1991-99 when it lost compression on two cylinders. I had always wanted to build a hot rod truck and began the process with a short block 355 ci small block Chevy. My Dad and I took J apart down to the frame during this we realized that the truck was junk. I found another that came with a V8 and was heavy duty. That is the truck in the picture. I took eight years to build and I drove it for eight months before wrecking it. I decided then that if I continued building hot rods eventually one would kill me. 
   I liked the original Cartoon Network show The Powerpuff Girls (1996). I named a pitbull "Bubbles" and "Buttercup" for the bike. I like the idea of giving sissy names to brutal beasts. Bubbles was the opposite of every pitbull stereotype and her name fit, even though she looked mean she was absolutely not. "You are a disgrace to your kind, Bubbles you know that?" Pant pant, wag tail nod " yes I am ain't it great?". I loved that dog. 
  So all I have left is Blossom and haven't found anything to name yet. When I get another pitbull she will be Bubbles 2.0. 
  Functional is a good quirky name, like "dog" in the John Wayne movie Big Jake, recently ripped off by the character Daryl Dixon on the Walking Dead. It actually works for him but, it irritated me because I wanted to use it. I could use Pup which I use on stranger dog. "Hey Pup, it sucks being locked in a car don't it?"
Every gift my Dad received he named after the person who gave it to him. He carved wood so he had a lot of knives with people names. I have kicked myself for not getting him to write down who was who so, now I have a bunch of pocket knives and carving tools without their names.

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(06-18-2019, 09:35 AM)Ed Hurst Wrote:

(06-18-2019, 05:35 AM)jaybreak Wrote: Hey, look at you. It worked. I think maybe that "error" you got was just a rando connection issue, not really related to the forum software. 

Jezebel is the truck, Buttercup is the bike, right? My bike (bicycle) is named Functional because of the sticker that said "Functional" (duh) on the top tube. I should post an updated photo here.

Iain asked me to post this higher resolution version of the same picture:



It does appear to be a network thing somewhere between him and the server.

Thank you now you can compare the differences. It took me two months out of which I had 7 days of weather and schedule lining up so I could work. I need a building. I informed my people " if I build the frame, the rest will come"  thought bubble of tribe ("lunatic"). They will see.

(06-18-2019, 03:26 PM)IainH Wrote:

(06-18-2019, 05:35 AM)jaybreak Wrote:

(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

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(06-17-2019, 11:06 PM)IainH Wrote:   I've got lots of Scots blood and we're persistent bastards so, I'm gonna try with my ol' kindrle far. Okay it seems to have worked on Kindle Fire. This is a before pic because the only after pix are on the tablet that won't post.

Wrong pic, that's Jezebel.

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  Try again dingus!

Hey, look at you. It worked. I think maybe that "error" you got was just a rando connection issue, not really related to the forum software. 

Jezebel is the truck, Buttercup is the bike, right? My bike (bicycle) is named Functional because of the sticker that said "Functional" (duh) on the top tube. I should post an updated photo here.

 
Jezebel was what my cousin called his old Chevy back in the 80's. I liked it enough to call all my trucks Jezebel. It had nothing to do with the Biblical character except the name. It was more of a Delilah but, Jezebel just sounded better. The one in the picture is my second Jezebel, the first was a wheezy 6 cylinder which provided 9 years of reliable service from 1991-99 when it lost compression on two cylinders. I had always wanted to build a hot rod truck and began the process with a short block 355 ci small block Chevy. My Dad and I took J apart down to the frame during this we realized that the truck was junk. I found another that came with a V8 and was heavy duty. That is the truck in the picture. I took eight years to build and I drove it for eight months before wrecking it. I decided then that if I continued building hot rods eventually one would kill me. 
   I liked the original Cartoon Network show The Powerpuff Girls (1996). I named a pitbull "Bubbles" and "Buttercup" for the bike. I like the idea of giving sissy names to brutal beasts. Bubbles was the opposite of every pitbull stereotype and her name fit, even though she looked mean she was absolutely not. "You are a disgrace to your kind, Bubbles you know that?" Pant pant, wag tail nod " yes I am ain't it great?". I loved that dog. 
  So all I have left is Blossom and haven't found anything to name yet. When I get another pitbull she will be Bubbles 2.0. 
  Functional is a good quirky name, like "dog" in the John Wayne movie Big Jake, recently ripped off by the character Daryl Dixon on the Walking Dead. It actually works for him but, it irritated me because I wanted to use it. I could use Pup which I use on stranger dog. "Hey Pup, it sucks being locked in a car don't it?"
Every gift my Dad received he named after the person who gave it to him. He carved wood so he had a lot of knives with people names. I have kicked myself for not getting him to write down who was who so, now I have a bunch of pocket knives and carving tools without their names.

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(06-18-2019, 09:35 AM)Ed Hurst Wrote:

(06-18-2019, 05:35 AM)jaybreak Wrote: Hey, look at you. It worked. I think maybe that "error" you got was just a rando connection issue, not really related to the forum software. 

Jezebel is the truck, Buttercup is the bike, right? My bike (bicycle) is named Functional because of the sticker that said "Functional" (duh) on the top tube. I should post an updated photo here.

Iain asked me to post this higher resolution version of the same picture:



It does appear to be a network thing somewhere between him and the server.

Thank you now you can compare the differences. It took me two months out of which I had 7 days of weather and schedule lining up so I could work. I need a building. I informed my people " if I build the frame, the rest will come"  thought bubble of tribe ("lunatic"). They will see.

Here's two photos I took this morning. Last summer I found some spray paint for cars that matched the color of Functional (I think it was like dark gold or some such). She was gathering some rust in places and I didn't care, or spend the money, to have her professionally de- then re-painted. Plus the Functional sticker would have been removed. So far it's worked out fine.





Photo of me with the lady, almost 9 years ago!

The age of that bike almost guarantees it came with friction shifters. I got used to them and when indexing first came out, I kept unlocking the shifters to force them back to friction. Eventually I gave up and started making sure I bought good shifters and derailleurs. With friction, the difference was hard to notice, but with indexing, the difference is huge between cheap and expensive.

(06-21-2019, 12:02 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: The age of that bike almost guarantees it came with friction shifters. I got used to them and when indexing first came out, I kept unlocking the shifters to force them back to friction. Eventually I gave up and started making sure I bought good shifters and derailleurs. With friction, the difference was hard to notice, but with indexing, the difference is huge between cheap and expensive.

You got it. If you look closely at the down tube here, you can see the shift lever. There's only one because I never needed to use the front chainring shifter; I only use the back and I've never had a riding issue except on one very steep hill a while back.

A few years ago when I was getting new brake pads, the guy at the bike place said he could change the shifting system for pretty cheap if I wanted, but he said if I was used to the friction already, don't bother with the indexing. Friction is usually less maintenance because there's less "stuff" to go out of alignment, etc.

I got handed down my brother's "Raleigh" 10 speed after he got his first car. A Singer Rallye Chamois, a tiny rear engined upscale version of the Hillman Rallye Imp. It was made by the Rootes Group to compete with the world famous Austin Mini (the original 60's car). For a little, bitty car it could scoot.  
    Raleigh built very strong, heavy steel bikes that were nearly indestructible, my previous bike a one speed Raleigh Jeep was intact and still functional (he he) after several years of imitating Evel Knievel. It had 24" wheels and I had pretty much out grown it. I didn't abuse the 10 speed and it gave me reliable transportation until I left the old country. But, it was sooo heavy and my buddy bought one of the new all aluminium, I'll use the Brit spelling for fun, bike. It was so light and made me rather envious. 
   Anyway, my folks had a camper in the Galloway Hills, 50 miles south from our home. Me and my bud would load up and ride down there for long weekends. We would do some hiking and then hit the Pub to eat, relax and drink many pints of "heavy" an ale popular in Scotland. Now I'll describe the ride; the first 15 miles were relatively flattish, then 20 miles of increasingly steep and twisting single lane road. The last 15 was downhill. My friend would ride rings around me for the uphill section but, on the downslope my superior mass took over and it was his turn to struggle. If I still had the strength I would stand on the pedals and really pump, arriving between 5 and 15 minutes before him. Yay Victory! Boy oh boy, I was in tremendous shape back then. Whoa Izme!