Oh bugger.

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

I *think* I made it up. But it flowed so easily it's probably partially
plagiarised.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Cool. Well, I'm going to steal it, anyway.

 

Let me guess. There's this echidna you fancy, right?

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

It's a touch Lewis Carrol, made me think of the walrus and the
carpenter and a touch rhyme as in

http://www.jessfarms.com/kitchen.shtml

You all feel sick now..

 

On the operating table, the hand of an apparently unconcious patient
reached out and quietly snaffled a set of Arterial Forceps.

Caused much consternation during the post-op instrument count.

 

Yes, as in ...
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!

 

Not a good time to ask for spares then?

 

Which is a parody, in turn, of:

Against Idleness and Mischief, by Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748)
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!

How skillfully she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.

In works of labour or of skill,
I would be busy too;
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be passed,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last

 

Can't you suck it out with a dyson?

 

muddycat wrote:

Mmmmm.... lovely thought.

"Clank-rattle-rattle..."

Hey, where's the number three piston gone?

 

steve auvache says...

I've got some of those too. I also used to have a lovely stainless
steel speculum hanging from the adjuster buckle of an old leather bike
jacket that I used to attend rallies in. Dunno where it went though.

 

An old mate, now a surgeon, is a keen fisherman and uses a stainless
steel artificial hip joint as a 'priest'.

 

Blimey! What kind of rallies did you go to?

http://www.medicaltoys.com/speculum.htm [1]



[1] It never ceases to amaze me, what you find on the web

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

Alex Ferrier says...

That's the kind of thing. People used to ask what it was cos no-one had
seen one before. I never let on until a rather large girl belted me
very hard around the head in a beer tent. Turns out she'd had a nasty
experience at the hands of an amateur gynaecologist ex-boyfriend.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

And I've got the little bastard. Drain and remove the rad, remove both
exhausts (*no* corrosion on the nuts at all!), drop the sump and there
he was. Grinning and flicking vees at me.

It turns out it *is* magnetic after all, but there was no way I could
fish it out from the bottom of the sump.

Now, big decision time. New sump gasket or trust in Hylomar? Only the
new cam cover gasket[1] is *outrageously* expensive[1], and I'll bet the
sump one's similar. I will check with the dealer.

[1] Which was *totally* fucked, so I've got to have a new one. It's a
bit too complicated to start pissing about with gasket paper as well.

[2] In fact, I think they've ordered a head gasket by mistake. The part
number is "superseded" on their system. It's > £50, FFS!

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

The Older Gentleman proposed

A friend of mine was in material science here in Ox, developing new
compounds for artificial hips, his entire bedroom was plastered with
proto-types. Looked like a 1960's horror/thriller with a mad people
killing professor, not help by the fact that he lived in some quite
posh but somewhat eerie college accommodation.

 

Bear proposed

I wouldn't call belting Lozzo around the head an intimate moment, but
it certainly appeared that she'd lost it there and then.

 

I fucking hope it's an echidna.

 

IF the old one came off ok I'd use the tiniest smear of Hylomar. That
stuff only got a bad rep because of monkeys using it like cake icing.

You might be surprised.

 

What I'd do, if it were I and the sump gasket was in reasonable nick, would
be to clean the sump gasket up nicely, smear it with grease[1] and let it
soak in for a day or so, then stick it back in and torque it carefully in
place. If it's knacked, it'll leak a bit and you might want to replace it
at the next oil change. But you may have more money than sense...

[1]tip from and old drag-racer builder: makes them swell up and fill the
gaps better.