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Wanted: some good luck

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  • Started 13 years ago by Arellcat
  • Latest reply from Stepdoh

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  1. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Somewhere on a 15 mile route between my house this morning, Cameron Toll, Scotland Street yard and Bruntsfield there's a lovely brand new Smart headlight lying in the grass/gutter/next to some bike stands. I did a recce this evening to no avail. To the bumbag who found it and kept it, thanks a bloody lot. I hope you looked into the beam to see how bright it is. >:-(

    My GPS cradle has gone missing somewhere in my garage.

    Then my optician said that he couldn't make my glasses prescription as strong as it ought to be, because my brain was too programmed to one-eye dominance and got confused when we tried full correction.

    And my non-stick frying pan is most definitely notnon-stick these days, as I now have two protein-packin' fried eggs securely welded to the base.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. Smudge
    Member

    :-( sympathies.
    Hope things improve for you soon :-/

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. Kim
    Member

    Brake a leg! ;-)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. ruggtomcat
    Member

    Nevermind Arellcat, if you buy another one it will be the equivalent of full price... :-/

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I've just realised that I must've lost my multitool at the same time as my light. *cries*

    What's next? My bike? :-(

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. SRD
    Moderator

    I always figure i'd rather someone picked up the light and used it, as other likelihood is it getting run over by cars....but still very frustrating.

    I've given up on non-stick and gone back to cast-iron entirely....except for fried eggs....

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. LaidBack
    Member

    That should be your quota now...

    Sorry to hear of light, multitool loss etc...

    Hope this week's better.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. kaputnik
    Moderator

    I have a jogger's clip-on light that goes nicely over jersey pocket or a bag strap that I found flashing on Argyle Place and rescued. I reckoned it was the right thing to do to save it from being squished by a car and make use of it as my back-up-back-up rear light.

    I have an egg pan that I guarded jealously from flatmates in my student days as they all seemed to think that a metal fork was the best implement for stirring things in a non-stick pan.

    I think now that one of us has found a light and has an egg pan that doesn't stick the universe is hopefully slightly more in harmony again?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. wingpig
    Member

    I've lost three lights in the past few months, two on one day on the first Monday of Snowland, one of them on a journey-extension which turned out to have been unnecessary due to the people supposed to be present at the journey extension's apex not bothering to be in.

    I found my original Topeak multitool last year a couple of days after buying a new (and slightly less multi-functional) Park to replace the one I had looked for everywhere and considered completely lost.

    My recent knackered-zip bag which wasn't worth getting repaired for the quoted price and which I replaced via the bike shop sale was repaired despite a repair having been requested to not have been performed; although I'm "not required to pay anything for it, though half the quoted price would be nice" I've still paid for a new bag, albeit an improved shinymodel in a sale.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. Dave
    Member

    I lost my keys last week which means I'm now the proud owner of many unlockable bike locks (fortunately none of which are securing a bike in a dubious part of town).

    I also mentioned at PY my missing orange Kryptonite...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. thebikechain
    Member

    Arellcat - lets replace that for you FOC. You seem to have been more than unlucky,
    if you pop by today ask Adam to give you a new one, tell him i say its fine,

    if tomorrow onwards then i will see you then.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  12. kaputnik
    Moderator

    I've lost my Brooks saddle. I swear it just fell off...

    *hint hint*

    Posted 13 years ago #

  13. thebikechain
    Member

    uh huh. aye. yep...

    ;-)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  14. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Aww Mark, thank you! That's really very generous of you. I will stop by after work today. :)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  15. Min
    Member

    Gosh, that must have caused a really nasty injury Kaputnik!

    *points and laughs*

    Posted 13 years ago #

  16. ruggtomcat
    Member

    lol 'on the rivet'

    Posted 13 years ago #

  17. Kirst
    Member

    Aw. What a lovely thing to do, bikechain.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  18. LaidBack
    Member

    Min Gosh, that must have caused a really nasty injury Kaputnik!

    *points and laughs*

    You see TBC could sell cards for these occasions - as I was saying on the other 'get well soon' thread.

    Sorry your saddle fell off. Get well soon.

    What do you think? is there a market for this?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  19. kaputnik
    Moderator

    What do you think? is there a market for this?

    I'll knock up a few examples maybe!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  20. LaidBack
    Member

    Thanks. I had started with:

    Sorry your brake cable snapped. Get well soon.

    Then we could personalise.

    Sorry your Shimano brake cable snapped. Get well soon.

    I think Alan Sugar might be interested

    Posted 13 years ago #

  21. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Sorry your £3,500 Wilier lost the fight with the pothole. Get a new credit card soon

    Posted 13 years ago #

  22. LaidBack
    Member

    Yes.. that will do nicely! D

    Posted 13 years ago #

  23. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Posted 13 years ago #

  24. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Posted 13 years ago #

  25. wingpig
    Member

    "SORRY you selected the largest chainring and largest sprocket SIMULTANEOUSLY"
    Despite following manufacturer advice and removing a couple of links from my new chain so that a line drawn between the jockey wheels was perpindicular to the ground when on the largest at each end I'm still going to have to take a couple more (now significantly oilier and unclean) links off to stop the pulley rubbing against itself when on the third-smallest (or smaller) sprocket and smallest chainring.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  26. thebikechain
    Member

    That would explain the noise your bike was making as you passed me last night ;-)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  27. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Sigh.

    Possible cracked frame discovered last night, then arrive at work and find the tie I was going to wear today (you'll see why this is important in a mo) has a mark on it, then I sat down in my new troos, pocket catches on the arms and tears a hole in the side of them. On the day I have an interview at 1.

    Sigh.

    Right, off out to buy a new pair of troos AND a tie (yes, the colour of tie is important with the shirt I'm wearing, and yes it has to come from a specific place - I have matching saddle and bar tape on both my road bikes, you expected anything different?)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  28. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Hmmm. Jacket covers up the tear by about 2 inches. Do I risk it? I've not had an interview yet where the jacket came off...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  29. ruggtomcat
    Member

    Doh! Hope the interview goes well!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  30. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    The 'shaking hands motion' reveals the tear. Damn and blast. And it's tipping it down. Can I start this day again please?

    Posted 13 years ago #

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