http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Off Topic - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:49:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19794#post-312942 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:57:40 +0000 unhurt 312942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://themannthemyth.home.blog/the-mann-the-myth-conference/" rel="nofollow">https://themannthemyth.home.blog/the-mann-the-myth-conference/</a></p> <p>This sounds like an excellent day out - and only £10.</p> <p>"2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Glasgow’s great eccentric antiquarian and amateur archaeologist Ludovic Mclellan Mann (1869-1955). A controversial figure during his lifetime, Mann nonetheless carried out important excavations, was Scotland’s first ‘rescue archaeologist’ and lived a life committed to public archaeology and heritage education. He is well known for his colourful books on ancient measurements and Earliest Glasgow, and his excavations at the Druid Temple, Clydebank in 1937-9."</p> <p>...I admit I didn't know much about him, and I certainly didn't know about the "druid temple" in Clydebank (my mum's from there)!</p> <p>I know one of the organisers, Kenny Brophy, and he is dead good, you can get a flavour of some of his interests at <a href="https://twitter.com/urbanprehisto">@urbanprehisto</a> or read his stuff at <a href="https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com</a></p> <p>Venue is Glasgow University Union. Email to let them know you're coming by end September (so they can get enough sandwiches in). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265666 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 23:31:36 +0000 crowriver 265666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's always Freecycle/Freegle: someone will come and take your unwanted stuff away to find some use for it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265646 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 20:14:10 +0000 gembo 265646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Skips beckon </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265639 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 18:01:01 +0000 crowriver 265639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Snowy, ditto, except the gardening tools are in the shed down the allotment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265637 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:19:35 +0000 Snowy 265637@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm too afraid to go into the garage now. I can reach the boxes of bike bits and gardening tools from the door. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265635 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:13:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 265635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Yes a typo IWRATS but</em></p> <p>Typo indeed, but a truthful and poetic one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265631 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:37:34 +0000 crowriver 265631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"there is a othe stage when they are lost in the garage"</p> <p>Oh yes the "putting things out" equivalent of the Sargasso Sea. </p> <p>Which reminds me I really really really really need to have a garage clear out!</p> <p>If only I could remember where I put everything... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265630 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:31:56 +0000 Sheeptoucher 265630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi Gembo, cheers for taking the glasses! I have sent you a PM.</p> <p>Unhurt I've got curse of the viking grave... somewhere.</p> <p>And there's films of both..<br /> <img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWNiMTFmODUtYzM5NC00MWY4LWE0MGItYmJhM2UxMTViZDU1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzMzMjU5NDY@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,635,1000_AL_.jpg"><br /> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100058/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100058/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102338/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102338/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265627 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 09:52:22 +0000 SRD 265627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt me too. i was amazed to reread it recently and realise how short and simple it was, yet I came away with such lasting impressions of it.</p> <p>you know there was a sequel? Curse of the Viking Grave. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265624 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 08:33:55 +0000 gembo 265624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes a typo IWRATS but things do stay put, there is a othe stage when they are lost in the garage </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265618 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 22:47:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 265618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> the next step is petitioning for them to be flung put</em></p> <p>Flinging things put is a common practice in our house. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265611 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:50:40 +0000 unhurt 265611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo I will give him an ultimatum: claim them or see them giften to another.</p> <p>@SRD Oh, I imprinted on an ex-library copy of Farley Mowat's <em>Lost in the Barrens</em> as a kid. Think it might still influence me... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265596 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 16:43:57 +0000 SRD 265596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I bought my kids a (secondhand) copy of Farley Mowat's "The Dog who wouldn't be" about a month ago. Then I found a second-hand copy in a box that I had obviously bought for them several years earlier, but not yet given them. And when I bought both of those, I also knew I still, probably, had a copy somewhere at my parents, although since it was also my big brother's he might have taken it. So, three second-hand copies... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265593 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:51:04 +0000 gembo 265593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have this mostly with bke kit but may well have several,copies of the same book both in good order. Many DVDs not watched. Fugue that comes over you when buying on line or in shop induced sometimes by a bargain or other subliminal desire. The Canadian film studies books nmaybe will impress a Canadian film studies lecturer?</p> <p>I could swap you four wine glasses coloured red for the book? Mrs Garto has now started questioning their existence, the next step is petitioning for them to be flung put </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265592 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:48:39 +0000 gembo 265592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fugue </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18331#post-265591 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:22:22 +0000 unhurt 265591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Packing for a move. In addition to discovering ever more spare sets of handlebars, mysterious bits of plastic that were probably kept on the grounds they were an important part of something-or-other, and unexpected stashes of Ikea STOPP non-slip rug matting, I keep finding books I had forgotten I owned. This is a small flat. I've sorted through all my books at least once since I moved here in 2015. How does this <em>happen</em>?</p> <p>Current theory: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BbE4jJ6DoZS/?hl=en">some sort of wormhole to the media studies section of a bookshop in Canada.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18288#post-264861 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:25:28 +0000 unhurt 264861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe I shouldn't admit that I came to Stan Rogers via <a href="https://youtu.be/QbeXh9FZT_g">due South</a>? </p> <p>Now, of course, I regularly listen to<a href="https://youtu.be/aAv_5ABmgcY"> cheerful tales of cabin fever, murder and freezing to death</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18288#post-264834 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:49:51 +0000 wingpig 264834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt Great find. That track was on Late Junction or World on 3 about eleven years ago and caused me to download the podcast version. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18288#post-264771 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 08:55:56 +0000 gembo 264771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bax posting some shamen videos in the poetry thread </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18288#post-264761 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:54:31 +0000 unhurt 264761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. Point! Sorry, there was wine. <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18169">Topic reference.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18288#post-264760 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:46:01 +0000 kaputnik 264760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm lost as this thread starts with an "@" reply to a post on another thread! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18288#post-264758 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:01:18 +0000 unhurt 264758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax: I agree that music can be poetry, but maybe we need a specific topic for musical links?</p> <p>My secret shameful Canadian love (SRD might understand? Or at least tolerate?): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8LoM47xI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8LoM47xI</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-137563 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:36:24 +0000 lionfish 137563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks algo for the advice - that was roughly what I suspected. However, there's been a bit of a hiccup with the landy, more on that later...</p> <p>Anyway, finally got a couple more posts up on the blog - one specifically about cycling in Cape Town :)</p> <p><a href="http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/cycling-in-cape-town/" rel="nofollow">http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/cycling-in-cape-town/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134921 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:18:52 +0000 algo 134921@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@lionfish - to address the observation less pertinent to cycling (apologies) - all combustion engines experience "blow-by" which increases crank-case pressure. This is regulated by a crank-case breather (called a CCV or PCV) which usually sits on top of the valve cover. If you over-fill the oil then the crank-case pressure combined with increased oil pressure can force oil to find its way out past the weakest seals. Once the oil level is a bit lower and the nominal pressure to oil-pump decreases oil will seep less out of seals. This is pretty normal. If you find a level of oil between low and high on the dipstick where oil leaks tend to stop then that is pretty normal - keep an eye on it for sure. You want to get worried about oil leaks if they are anywhere near timing belts or possibly clutches but otherwise it's a fact of life and chasing them down and repairing seals will only make the oil come out somewhere else!</p> <p>Apologies for the long post - it is very rare a topic comes up on here about which I know something.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134885 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:11:35 +0000 lionfish 134885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, is that just a temporary solution or something? Until the tram-works are complete?</p> <p>Anyway, thanks for keeping me up-to-date :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134877 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:35:12 +0000 chdot 134877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"How's the connection at each end with other bike-"facilities"?"</p> <p>Good question...</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10031#post-133835" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10031#post-133835</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134870 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:13:55 +0000 lionfish 134870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't see much sign of a bike-lane, but I'm liking how chilled and easy everything's become! I'm guessing the problem is a Christmas market or something's blocked the bike lane? Anyway, hopefully once that's sorted the bike lane will be good? :) How's the connection at each end with other bike-"facilities"?</p> <p>My first thought was why is everyone wearing so many clothes - it's taking me longer than expected to get used to being on the other side of the tilty Earth. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134698 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:28:47 +0000 chdot 134698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11039322005/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/11039322005_1d1fedc857.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11039326695/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/11039326695_93998592be.jpg"></a></p> <p>Well you did ask -</p> <p>"I'm also intrigued by how the George Street bike-lane trial is going??" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134685 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:59:37 +0000 lionfish 134685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@algo - I like that :) I'm not sure when to worry about the oil leaks (i.e. how much starts to go from an entertaining, if environmentally dubious, feature to a problem). We've noticed that it only seems to leak much if we top the oil up to near the High mark on the dip-stick... don't know if that makes sense either.</p> <p>Thanks for the link to the latest. I'm also intrigued by how the George Street bike-lane trial is going??</p> <p>We're in Cape Town now, and have hired a couple of bikes for a few days - so will be putting up a couple of blog posts about it soonish. The blog's a bit behind at the moment.</p> <p>In the meantime, a general cycling-in-SA post...</p> <p><a href="http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/cycling-in-south-africa/" rel="nofollow">http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/cycling-in-south-africa/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134302 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:40:52 +0000 algo 134302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>hope South Africa is fun and your Defender is going well - key to a Land Rover in my experience is to treat engine oil leaks as a clever chassis rust protection mechanism.</p> <p>If you want to catch up on the biggest recent story here I'd say it's this:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11324" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11324</a></p> <p>which documents some catastrophic design decisions by CEC and various knock-on effects. Plenty of press coverage and videos there to get through... </p>