"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

LostViking said:
Now that right there, is something I could wrap my head around.

Be forewarned, us Vikings are a thirsty bunch!

Seax and Mead I say!
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I'll be sure to have a pint for you Viking! :thumbup:

r redden said:
Perhaps you should take a lifejacket with you. :thumbup:
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It might offer some protection, last year I was nearly impaled by a dozy teenage 'Viking', walking along the pavement, head-down and glued to the screen of his mobile phone, while carrying a six-foot spear horizontally in his other hand! :eek: :D
 
Jack Black said:
It might offer some protection, last year I was nearly impaled by a dozy teenage 'Viking', walking along the pavement, head-down and glued to the screen of his mobile phone, while carrying a six-foot spear horizontally in his other hand! :eek: :D
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I don't understand these kid's and their phones. My granddaughters that live with me had a couple friends spend the night with them and when I looked up they were walking in a straight line down the hall headed for the kitchen no talking, giggling or horse play as teenagers used to do. They were all staring straight down at their phones and looked like four zombies headed for a kill. :eek::confused:
 
r redden said:
I don't understand these kid's and their phones...
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Not these kids and their six-foot spears?! :eek: :D :thumbup:

Yeah, I know what you mean Randy, it's a real problem, most of them only communicate via their phones :(
 
Wassail
enjoy the vikings.
looking forward to a descriptive report of the event and its people.
 
By the Hammer of mighty Thor.
Young folk wander like the undead.
Oblivious to all but yon devices.
Truly! 'tis the work of the trickster Loki himself!
 
Is it luck or bad luck?
Last october, on my way from my brother (Narbonne) to Mèze (my son) # 80km, the gearbox of my flat twin BM decided it had enoughand started rattling and whistling badly.
I could get back to my son's and called my insurance technical support for help. They told me they would find a motorist to fix the problem and gave me taxi and TGV ticket (1st class) home.
After one and a half month with no news from the garage, I called and they told me they did not find a gearbox. My hack is quite old (1991) and new parts from BM way too expensive , so i took the war path and found a used but recently serviced box at reasonnable price tag. It was in Limoges, middle of nowhere, but the PO are pros and last month the garage received it and mounted it.
So far so good.
Last tuesday I rushed (see pict) down to get the bike.
Got it friday, took the road today (770km) leaved at 12 am and was home at 1/4 to 9 pm. No officer, twas not me speeding, it's the way she likes to be pushed round the Cévennes's bends!
Only , I had to do the last 500m pushing the bike home.
So am I lucky because the bike broke again very close to my home rather than in the middle of some frozen desert (and I crossed some during the journey, including snow)?
Or am I unlucky because the "motorist" did not use a new set of gaskets, nor checked the shaft for problem?
(I don't say that the transporter broke my seat's fibreglass support...:grumpy:)
Anyway, nothing to deal with knives? Indeed yes it does, because I had scheduled to pay a visit to my friends of La Monnerie, les Vieilles Lames (old blades) near Thiers (about half way), but postponed when I saw the weather forecasting ice and snow).
Now my warm bath with bubble should be ready...

I really rushed (or was it the train? writing also in Spanish as this train ends in Barcelona))
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A souvenir from Mèze (friday)...
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Airheads had circlip issues, and shimming problems. Tolerences need to be very close to spec.
It seems not a lot of folks get it right.

What was your mileage, somewhere north of 160,000 Km, but probably under 240,000 ?

I could be off. The side car could accelerate that. Especially on the wrong side and all.
 
I think it is around 140 000, yes.
What makes me mad is that the guy used the old parts!!! (except the box of course). Not even a new gasket...But 25€ worth of oil!!! I'll call him tuesday (monday closes).
I ride on a Commando since 1975. This is the kinda bike that need the know-how (and not always sufficient).
A Beemer imho is a car on 2 wheels besides.The gearbox may be a weak point, but even if these bikes did lose the war, they are very properly made. Any good (I do insist on the good. ie that respects the customer and the gears) mechanics can do it.
I've just been trapped. Technical assistance says it is to expensive to bring back the hack home, so find a garage in the neighbourhood. Find a garage they did, find a good mechanics, they failed!
 
LostViking said:
Distracted Vikings with Cell Phones and Spears.

Now there is one, I never saw coming.
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Me neither, he nearly got me in the backside with the spear! :eek: :D

I'll try and get some pics up from yesterday soon guys :thumbup:

Bad news on your BMW JP, and frustrating :mad: Hope all is resolved soon :thumbup:
 
meako said:
Get a japper
They dont break down
And when they do they are cheaper to fix.:)
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I had two, a 125 Honda long ago. Then a Suzuki 750 2 stroke. I spilled so many times that I said never again and went to a bike that grips on the road.
At least these had some soul, todays bikes (including new Beemers have as much soul as a dead skunk and look like insects). To my eyes they are to motorcycles what tacticals are to knives. I'm traditional for both.
I'll stick with my two old timers. When I want to gast fast I'll take the train. I rarely need to go fast somewhere now I am retired. B roads in the mountains are such a delight on the Commando...
They are probably cheaper to repair, that is as long as they have the parts (never could get a right headlamp bracket for the Suz). I can get nearly all the parts for my Commando from the Norton factory in Andover at reasonable price.
In my case, it is not the bike breakdown I'm angry about, those things happen with a 25 y old thumper, it is the incompetence of the guy who repaired it.
BTW it is a dealer of bikes whose name start with a K and a S...
 
A few pics taken at the Jorvik Viking Festival yesterday. My girlfriend has a better camera and sharper elbows, so I might post some of hers at some point.

















I wondered if this pair of 'York's Finest' were still looking for Earl? No wonder they didn't catch him! :D

 
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