Inferior technology that did well

[User482]

On the other hand, how do raise the handlebars an inch or so?

Flip the stem over.

 

[Profpointy]

Flip the stem over.

Well that would lower my handlebars

 

[Dan B]

Or you can not cut the steerer so short in the first place. Admittedly then you do run the risk of having your bike mistaken for a Thorn

 

[User482]

Or you can not cut the steerer so short in the first place. Admittedly then you do run the risk of having your bike mistaken for a Thorn

Funnily enough, my Thorn has a quill stem.

 

[User482]

Well that would lower my handlebars

Is nothing sacred?

 

[Illaveago]

The wheel. Better than sliced bread.

Apart from making toast.

 

[classic33]

Apart from making toast.

Which is better to eat?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Dual shifters

 

[mustang1]

You're welcome. Do I take it you found a fix?

No, I will take a look at that site once I get too annoyed with the current thing. Usually I just go out and buy a new gadget though.

 

[petek]

Party lines. Have we had party lines?

Or even, just not having a phone. I spent a lot of the 80s living in dodgy places that didn't have phones.

We had neither phone nor telly when I was a small child in the 60s. We weren't poor, I just think my parents didn't see the point in them. My grandparents had a telly, but as it only ever seemed to have the football results on it (that was when we visited) I thought it was boring. I strongly recall first watching our own telly: Deputy Dawg. I really wanted to know his back story. How did a dog become an officer of the law? Especially a dog who seemed so badly suited to the job.

Nepotism.
Deputy Dawg's uncle was Mayor Hound.

 

[petek]

Has anybody said Manual Chokes yet?
I don't miss those of a cold morning.

 

[Profpointy]

Has anybody said Manual Chokes yet?
I don't miss those of a cold morning.

Mind you, there was an industry for retrofitting manual chokes on (in particular) mark 3 escorts which had automatic chokes. Was a standard upgrade so they would start reliably when warm, or even start at all.

 

[tyred]

Has anybody said Manual Chokes yet?
I don't miss those of a cold morning.

Automatic chokes where a complete pain in the arse that rarely did what they were supposed to.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

When we had our new kitchen put in, my missus was pressing for an induction hob. I said no, I like gas. She went on at some length about the delights of induction hobs - they look great, they react instantly, they're easy to clean, de blah de blah de blah. I said no, I like gas. Since I do almost all the cooking, she grudgingly conceded.

Moving on, we're at her sister's place, and I find myself cooking dinner for 10. Her sis has an induction hob. Her sis doesn't cook much, and has probably never had all four rings going at the same time. Or not going. Because maybe it's the full-on factor that makes the damn thing keep turning itself off, with all the indicators flashing E...E....E... I had to turn it off at the wall and on again at least a dozen times. Every now and again a passing munchkin would say helpfully 'That means 'Error', which helped a lot.

I like gas.

You're not concentrating on your cooking, it generally errors when you allow pans to boil over and get the surface wet. I went from gas to induction and really like it, great digital cooking method, better than analogue gas.

 

[swee'pea99]

You're not concentrating on your cooking, it generally errors when you allow pans to boil over and get the surface wet. I went from gas to induction and really like it, great digital cooking method, better than analogue gas.

I like gas.