Tea? (Part 2)

[phil_hg_uk]

too big a portion of fish and chips

No such thing

 

[potsy]

Ooooh have fun, Jo.....not too big a portion of fish and chips in the pub, mind

I believe the chef has just started preparing Jo's portion now

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Potsys are still been landed so it maybe a while

We may need a larger fryer

 

[Archie_tect]

Phil's lucky the Greek Navy didn't lock him away.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

How's the kebabs, Phil?

Shhh dont mention kebabs you know what it does to potsy

 

[Night Train]

I have made most of Arch's trailer.

It is another rucksack frame, the orange bit, that has been 'spread' wider and a few bits of tent pole and a bit of an old crutch.

I added the silver cross members to the rucksack frame and also bent a new end for it. The axle tube will need to be adjusted to suit the wheels that Arch has from her current trailer. I have another pair of QR wheel chair axles that I think I can use with Arch's existing wheels to make then fit the axle tube. But when I have access to the wheels I can check.

The curved part of the rucksack frame needs to go at the front, like a trailer head board, as I need the rigidity there due to the single sided draw bar arrangement. Done the other way around and the frame twists out of shape.

The draw bar is the bottom end of an old crutch that I put in the pipe bender. It fitted nicely in another bit of tent pole that I then drilled holes in for the spring pegs so that the draw bar can be slid in and out. The larger tube will be glued and stainless steel cable tied to the rucksack frame, as will the axle tube.

The coupling end of the draw bar is made from a slightly damaged M20 bolt that I drilled and tapped to M12, in the lathe, and then screwed into the end of the aluminium crutch tube. The ID of the tube was a nice 19.5mm so the M20 bolt threads cut into it and secure it nicely. That allows me to use an M12 rose joint as part of the coupling to hook onto a bracket that will fit on the bike.

So I only need to make up the bike end of the coupling now, a bracket that will fit on the left side of the rear triangle with a vertical 12mm post. The rose joint will be retained by an R clip.

Those will need to be bought in a moment.

Nearly dinner time!

 

[Night Train]

So I only need to make up the bike end of the coupling now, a bracket that will fit on the left side of the rear triangle with a vertical 12mm post. The rose joint will be retained by an R clip.

Those will need to be bought in a moment.

Bought now!

 

[Lullabelle]

*reboils kettle*

I has a sore throat. If I , does that mean it's man-flu?

Sounds very much like it, let the TLC begin

 

[Arch]

I have made most of Arch's trailer.

That's looking fab!

I'm just in from work, and have inhaled a cheeseburger and fries. A treat after spending an hour adding another coat of paint to the pinatas....

And, of course, .

I have hurty knees and elbow. I tripped over a bag of laundry in a back alley while I was carrying a recycling box, and went flying...

 

[potsy]

I have hurty knees and elbow. I tripped over a bag of laundry in a back alley while I was carrying a recycling box, and went flying...

I mean

 

[Night Train]

I have hurty knees and elbow. I tripped over a bag of laundry in a back alley while I was carrying a recycling box, and went flying...

"Have you had an accident at work?
Can you sue the arse of someone?
If you think that the sod who left the laundry bag owns their house then you too can make them homeless by claiming for whiplash, loss of earnings, dizzy spells, chronic pain and the after effects of being too scaredy cat to walk down an alley again!
Don't worry about costly solicitor's fees we will make sure that we get at least 10-50 times what you will ever see from this claim and the other side will pay through the nose for for our Christmas bonuses!"

 

[penguinking9]

OK, I'm getting fed up with all these cutsie dog & cat pictures, I'm off. Harumph!

 

[Night Train]

I've just put my 'buns in the oven'.
Made some more little cakes with apple in.

 

[Arch]

Arch, take no notice of Potsy

Here's a picture from the Daily Mail, that should cheer you up:

Hmmm, I'm unsure of that puppy's motives. He looks guilty...

One of our volunteers brings her dog in, a lovely bitzer-terrier called Milly. Today, Milly was int he doghouse () because before Pat left home, she's left her packed lunch in a tupperware on the side, and Milly got into it, spread the salad around and ate the ham.

She (Milly) was doing a very good expression at each of us in turn conveying both "I'm really really sorry" and "Please feed me, I haven't eaten for weeks."

 

[penguinking9]

The Leather Curtain?