The art of the field repair
 

Had a 150mm-long handlebar-stem bolt shear off on me a couple days ago, right at the junction where the 100mm-long unthreaded segment transitions into the 50mm-long threaded portion. None of the local boke shops had a replacement of the proper size - fonally found/ordered one from an Amazon-reseller, but ETA is late this coming week. So while waiting for the replacement bolt to arrive, managed to machine a patch for the broken one today - dug through my box of spare/junk bolts/nuts/screws/etc, found a little brass slug with a hole having the same-sized threads. used the Dremel to grind off the outside to make a thin enough tube to fit inside the handlebar stem where it needs to go, then used my trusty tap & die set to cut 10mm worth - all I could manage, as it's very hard steel, but all I need - of the same-sized threads on the broken bolt end where it buts against the threaded portion, the junction where the break is. Screwed the ends of the 2 broken-apart pieces into opposite sides of the brass patch piece, voila! Used my little xmas-gift-2-self $60 Epson flatbed scanner to take a pic, below.

[QUOTE]Had a 150mm-long handlebar-stem bolt shear off on me a couple days ago[/QUOTE]
:w00t: :bow wave:

Dual monitors
 

My 9-year-old Dell 27" monitor gave out last week. It started displaying a series of narrowly spaced bright vertical lines overlaying the image. It gave me good service through two PCs so I decided just to get rid of it.

Its resolution was 1920 X 1200 which is evidently not in use anymore since everything now is 1900 X 1080. That affected only the Access program I wrote for my CD collection, which I was not smart enough to programatically resize the screens. I had to manually resize a few.

I had wanted dual monitors for some time, so since HP offered a 27" monitor for only $200 I got two of them (27es). I am quite happy with this new setup. (The old Dell cost $780 nine years ago).

[QUOTE=Chuck;479147]My 9-year-old Dell 27" monitor gave out last week. It started displaying a series of narrowly spaced bright vertical lines overlaying the image. It gave me good service through two PCs so I decided just to get rid of it.

Its resolution was 1920 X 1200 which is evidently not in use anymore since everything now is 1900 X 1080. That affected only the Access program I wrote for my CD collection, which I was not smart enough to programatically resize the screens. I had to manually resize a few.

I had wanted dual monitors for some time, so since HP offered a 27" monitor for only $200 I got two of them (27es). I am quite happy with this new setup. (The old Dell cost $780 nine years ago).[/QUOTE]

My 27" HP monitor has a dual HDMI input as well... It was useful when I have a new machine to assemble or update.

Just finished an excellent beef Wellington washed down with a nicely robust red wine.

I had been thinking about eating Greek cuisine today. Somehow a St Valentine's Day Moussaka seemed appropriate.

Which red wine?

A few days ago we rode 1,500 miles in 28 hours. We were curious to see if we had the endurance to do so. Fortunately, it wasn't very difficult at all.

:mike:

Last Saturday at the Hash I made the mistake of making a sexual joke to the Religious Advisor (RA). This resulted in me getting the [URL="https://photos.app.goo.gl/MlNR3IBLqRHQEFNr1"]No Poofters[/URL] Down Down award.

To continue the humour, I then put my tee shirt back on [URL="https://photos.app.goo.gl/bJBmaUxG4rU7e5o62"]for the rest of the down downs[/URL], much to the amusement of many.

Yes, Hashers are weird people...

P.S. I didn't realize how uncomfortable bras are! I honestly don't know how women deal with them and breasts!!!

We purchased our current bike on September 28th. We were gifted heated clothing for Xmas, so we have ridden a lot more this winter than previously.

:mike:

In my past, experience says that I would have made more than 35 round trips between Houston and Edinburg, TX for a long-distance romance. Even in those circumstances, I would not consider 7 trips per month. Better 2 long visits.

This is just chatter. The miles were things to put behind me in eager pursuit of, or sad retreat from, joyful play.

I have almost caught up with Predicted Factors in DC TF. :smile: