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Continuing the theme of refurbishing parts I dug out the box with the pedals in for a look and set about stripping them down for a good clean up. like so many of the the parts they’re covered rust and a thick covering of body shop dust and overspray from storage. half hour on each pedal with the wire wheel got them back top bare metal. Lovely to see the braided joints. then a couple of coats of tough satin black to finish.

Castrol R - now there’s a fragrance!

New venue voted by the regulars... Essex Area monthly meet is usually the 2nd Sunday of the month but due to the adverse stormy weather due to hit us on the 9th February we have decided to postpone until next week. So February's Essex monthly meet with be on Sunday 16th February at the Cafe on the Water at the Hanningfield reservoir (Gifford Lane, Downham, Chelmsford CM3 8HX). Meet at 09.00 for breakfast and possibly a run afterwards.

FYI i am a returning WSSC member currently building an sei

As Dean said, come along anyway, be good to see a new face!

I'll be there.

This is the new venue second Sunday of the month,you don't have to bring the Westy just turn up,we are very friendly bunch. Mine is bits at the moment so I'll be in the tintop.

... proper stuff is Castrol R!!! And smells wonderful too!!

Who needs valentines....... we shopped for food today..... she says "I'll treat me to these" as she stuffs some flowers into the trolley (the irony being that I pay for the shopping)...... but back to the subject of benzine and oily odours....... I wonder if I could get the Sage to play with my grease gun........ Nem....

Happy new year to you all. I'm a lucky git and get paid more than I can drink, and trust me I can drink a fair bit ! Since the revelations a couple of years ago that some of the Oxfam "employees" were exploiting victims of an earthquake the Sage and I have been struggling to choose a worthwhile Charity to support. I know that Charity can be an emotive subject and the Sage and I have differing views on who or what to support, we often disagree on the choice of cause. I'm most uncomfortable with the thought of my cash going to the pockets of Charity exec's and fund raisers, and I hate handing cash to homeless folks for fear that it turns into booze or worse, I'm far more comfortable buying them food or a coffee, this then leads me on to where this meandering essay is going. A lot of these folks have a companion animal, the animal didn't get to choose it's circumstance, yet to date I've not seen an animal that didn't look well nourished and loved, the same can't be said for some of the owners ! I read a book last year called "A street cat called Bob" there were a few lines in there that to me highlighted the problems homeless folk have when their animal is ill, barely enough money to feed themselves yet the pet gets fed first, then how do you you find Vet's fees, after all they are up there in the stratosphere along with Solicitors and Dentists. This was brought to a sharper focus a month ago when one of our dopey house rabbits managed to self inflict an open fracture to one of her back legs (ankle), we woke up to blood and a lame bunny looking for somewhere to hide, so a quick dash to our Vet's and we were £67 lighter, then a trip to Pets at Home for a cage to act as indoor hospital ward saw us a further £60 lighter, since the first visit to the Vet's it's been another 3 and more dosh paid out, but hey ho we do love our animals and we can afford it. Our Vet's practice is in Hopwood on the outskirts of Birmingham, they have a collection tin for a Charity called StreetVet, I asked the Vet's nurse "who, what, why, when" she gave me the low down. It would appear that these guys & girls are real life Samaritans, they have regional teams that give up their time for FREE and do MOT's & check-ups and treat / vaccinate companion animals, they also offer a FREE engraved ID disk registered with them, so if the animal gets lost they know who's it is and will get it back to them. Now it impresses me that the volunteer Vet's have got to be supplying the prescription med's for the animals, I can only assume that any cash donations will be funding this..... as you and I can't readily buy such items for them. However StreetVet have an Amazon wish list, each region has their own, and it's painless to use, the donor is one step removed from any "pleading" mailshots and such, as any stuff you've bought just gets delivered to them, so no sign up and no pestering from fund raisers (not that they have any that I know about). So in short..... if I've guilt tripped any of you fellow animal lovers into taking a chance and sending your local StreetVet a gift or two then feel free to mention it to me when we meet and I'll buy you a beer.... after all I get paid more than I can drink. Nem........... https://www.facebook.com/streetvet/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARBWjFrjg2qQl0sFjVdwdsPdH6lz1NLOQnOXhD7ocbjPNMz3QMBmfBHdwdJVyfd6Sv_THZsTj_ekZuAe&hc_ref=ARTAAR-gMpzC-sIjPjallPKsswAmdjvdIPl2W9K8xfL5NyahMJYe4Mkt1ireQJo9dvA&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARDWvOXbhOkR8s8UnP9A0uKOrYm9FBom15KVgaFAgP6oNn5i3nKAsuLy88aggYnVRaK77vgtkSbCATROSN8hT0OwqR0tuGO1X21M9lSk2qhEWZoPAjykckwyEdN91pKrPrCvERPW3icFOp95SF8MiMoOoUSqfieqj09JeL3GZiYgfylHM8hQ54EOenr_iOu66GaCfu7BUnqTAloVZEsBbboY6n1zhfBDa1WsYThodJN68Af_dUFoYeYBV4iSvMGHYW-USJvCDUfNsW6ao0P6cZMPxckQtqbZveJr4UOjeu6V0SX0cuM-35OBzDz18owroAccMEZdfjC8g30Z0wIf-_XZ6BG6_p_8d7LH6CcSj73Fa8WK4DvR9Q

The entire triumphalism of this really is revolting. This wasn’t a war or sporting trophy won. This was a political decision on an extremely serious matter with unknown and unpredictable future outcomes. I do hope it all turns out well in the end, but I wonder if those public figures crowing about their “victory” Friday will be as quick to accept the blame if it goes wrong. I very much doubt it.

My recently purchased Megablade, which im really enjoying at the moment

Good thread. Here's mine undergoing a throttle body conversion......

I’d rather the petrol smelling candles over the ones Gwyneth Paltrow is flogging...