not me but a hapless guy who used to work with me at a landscaping firm. Appropriately his nickname was “f*ck it Farley” as he had a unique talent in being able to break almost anything he touched. One notable occasion he was loading tools into an astravan and getting steadily more pissed off with everyone slagging his latest mishap. In a fit of pique he told everyone where to go before horsing a fencing mel into the rear cabin. Unfortunately he threw it with such gusto that it went straight through the windscreen and made several large dents on the bonnet. We fell about laughing, he picked up his cards later that day.

On another occasion at the same firm the mechanic was tasked with giving a standlone chipper a safety test. This thing was a beast that could devour 4″ tree trunks like they were breadsticks and featured a safety cut out that meant the machine wouldn’t start unless the hopper feed was in place. Now, any normal person would have reasoned that if the hopper feed was up and the engine didn’t start then the safety switch was doing its job. This poor chap, however, tried to put his hand on the safety switch (right in front of the grizzly feed rollers) whilst struggling to reach the start switch, purposely sited miles away so you can’t do what this guy was doing. Needless to say when the engine turned over the machine jolted and the poor guys hand was planted into the feed rollers, breaking every bone in his hand and scalping the back of it. not nice at all.

normal tires fit fine on my UST 819, sometimes a bit easier than ust tyres because they dont have such a tight bead because they dont need an airtight seal. certainly not had any issues getting non UST tyres on or off.

turn your head and look where you want to point, your body will follow.

synergy. hate that f**kin word. lets explore synergies. lets not, ok?

sorry.

not to be confused with Anbesol of course….

The apprentice = Economy FAIL.

CEO’s have whole teams of people waiting on “high level” complaints. I emailed BT chief exec because they pi$$ed me off before I was even a customer and got a response within 45 minutes and a resolution, £125 refund and a case of wine within 5 days.

It pays to complain 🙂

black double diamond for the Runway FFS?

those guys were on a hatchet mission…

its s’posed to put a smiley in for you, like this 🙂

You’ll need to watch here. The older 36’s have a ridiculous 2 piece axle where the allen key head is screwed into the axle body itself, on the opposite thread to the main axle. This means if you try to remove the allen bolt head, the axle end cap unscrews, leaving the axle still in place 🙁

The best way to remedy this is as above, but screw the axle cap in with some loctite on it, leave to cure and then remove both. Of course the good bit about this set up is that if you round the Allen head you can easily replace it.

However, it does sound like you have a different problem where the allen bolt head has rounded and the axle is still stuck fast. If thats the case you could try the methods above with boiling water etc.

he’s probably reading this right now whilst piggy-backing off someone elses unsecured router connection on a stolen laptop.

he’s also on ebay for some cheap bombers….

what are the chances that he’s watching this thread and getting a squad ready to come round and kick your chips in?

yup, drop him (in it) quicker than 3rd period french.

imagine the fright you’d get! it’s not like you can pull over and give the guy a b*llocking for not looking 🙂

i can’t be arsed reading all 243 posts so may i just try to summarise whats happened here?

some random weirdo (who’s probably up on bricks) has a beef with other random weirdos who like spouting off on a forum. cue hundreds of posts where people forensically examine every word and talk about “issues” because “people dont know what its really like”.

Our random-up-on-bricks-weirdo trolls like a demon and ends up looked like a complete crackpot, generating more laughter and derision.

have I covered it?

what if you were wrong? I think i saw Prince Andrew standing next to me in the lunch queue, I could swear it was him…

nina – and then spend the day processing order cancellations?

wont some insurers not pay out if you admit liability before they’ve had a chance to investigate?

sorry, tasteless joke removed…

think you dropped something

djg – took the words out of my mouth mate 🙂

^ with her teeth? means she’s flexible….

really flexible. 🙂

its just gravity man, what goes up must come down…

He had a hi-viz on at least….

“partially-sighted baldy Jock pervert feels up man outside take-away with his one good arm”

Abu-Hamza, bystander, declined to comment

I could write for the BBC

Or a jock? They have plenty of sexual frustration and like a good punch up

” angry scots pervert bams someone up in front of takeaway “

🙂

“I guess it depends on the law. I’d hazard a guess that most people on here choose not to obey the law on fitting pedal reflectors. “

And thus you should be willing to accept the consequences.

rights and responsibilities….

@ murdoch and Jose –

why have laws if there are acceptable criteria that make it ok to not participate?

that train of thought has serious consequences…

fair point sofa but why should I pay if he doesn’t? Would you do the same if you found someone was uninsured?

endura mt500 or cheaper. great kit.

2 x9 mechs lasted two rides.

plastic is cheap sh!te IMO and reverted to an CRC flood sale X5 mech to avoid further waste of cash.

do CRC see us all as apes then?

has he got really good eyesight?

hi Si, is that kinetic up for sale still? Have a mate looking for a bike and it might fit the bill.

cheers

bump?

sacked for stupidity.

no leniency required, thats why our economy is fcuked – we already employ too many morons.

discuss.

Pics? You must be joking. I’m not making myself the laughing stock of STW!

you needs pics to achieve that?

😉

haste ye back for more countdown style nerdage….