Frankenstein's Kitchen P0rn

Rob Morley wrote:
I see you went for the recessed titanium neck bolts. :-)

A wise choice.
The NHS/Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Private Finance Initiative was
too teriible to contemplate:

http://www.brendanashbrook.pwp.bluey...uk/headset.jpg

Uncle Choppy writes:

Rob Morley wrote:
I see you went for the recessed titanium neck bolts. :-)

A wise choice.
The NHS/Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Private Finance Initiative was
too teriible to contemplate:

http://www.brendanashbrook.pwp.bluey...uk/headset.jpg

Now that would be the perfect solution to get Pete a couple of inches
taller. He keeps refusing my suggestion of breaking his legs and then
using one of those contraptions that gradually moves the bones apart while
they try to grow back together.

Roos

Roos Eisma wrote:
Uncle Choppy writes:

Rob Morley wrote:
I see you went for the recessed titanium neck bolts. :-)

A wise choice.
The NHS/Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative Private Finance Initiative was
too teriible to contemplate:

http://www.brendanashbrook.pwp.bluey...uk/headset.jpg

Now that would be the perfect solution to get Pete a couple of inches
taller. He keeps refusing my suggestion of breaking his legs and then
using one of those contraptions that gradually moves the bones apart while
they try to grow back together.

I was thinking of just a QR so I could grow and shrink at will, but
recent news shows I wouldn't be able to go to New Jersey any more.

lightbulbBing!/lightbulb
In which case it's an even better idea...

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Roos Eisma wrote:
Now that would be the perfect solution to get Pete a couple of inches
taller. He keeps refusing my suggestion of breaking his legs and then
using one of those contraptions that gradually moves the bones apart while
they try to grow back together.

Thinking about it, that would be a perfect (if painful) solution to my
problem.

I am a short man (5'7") with very short legs (think of a large, fat
monkey with a bald head and you're pretty much there).
I recently had a lot of trouble finding a bike to fit (ended up with a
15" frame Marin).
I therefore dream of the cheap cycling choices that are available to
all those regular-sized folks out there.

Having said that, I would probably go for the security skewers over
the quick-release option to prevent being stranded in town after
having my legs stolen.

Brendan

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 10:26 +0100, wafflycat wrote:
"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...
in message , Roos Eisma
') wrote:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/8895225...7600356991135/

New Bike and New Head!

Looks very like the head you had before... I mean, if why go in for
cosmetic surgery /that/ radical, if you're not going to change anything?


The simple answer is, Simon, that whilst in the operation it was finally
realised that it was not possible to improve upon perfection, so Roos was
put back to her perfect self

Actually, no. Her head was taken off, and left completely intact, apart
from her skull, which was replaced by polystyrene foam, in order to
protect her against leg injury.
--
A

Ambrose Nankivell writes:

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 10:26 +0100, wafflycat wrote:
"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...
in message , Roos Eisma
') wrote:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/8895225...7600356991135/

New Bike and New Head!

Looks very like the head you had before... I mean, if why go in for
cosmetic surgery /that/ radical, if you're not going to change anything?


The simple answer is, Simon, that whilst in the operation it was finally
realised that it was not possible to improve upon perfection, so Roos was
put back to her perfect self

Actually, no. Her head was taken off, and left completely intact, apart
from her skull, which was replaced by polystyrene foam, in order to
protect her against leg injury.

My story at graduation tomorrow will be that my head was full and they had
to take it off to clear out all the things I learned that I won't be
needing anymore.

Roos

Roos Eisma wrote:
Ambrose Nankivell writes:


On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 10:26 +0100, wafflycat wrote:

"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...

in message , Roos Eisma
') wrote:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/8895225...7600356991135/

New Bike and New Head!

Looks very like the head you had before... I mean, if why go in for
cosmetic surgery /that/ radical, if you're not going to change anything?


The simple answer is, Simon, that whilst in the operation it was finally
realised that it was not possible to improve upon perfection, so Roos was
put back to her perfect self


Actually, no. Her head was taken off, and left completely intact, apart

from her skull, which was replaced by polystyrene foam, in order to

protect her against leg injury.


My story at graduation tomorrow will be that my head was full and they had
to take it off to clear out all the things I learned that I won't be
needing anymore.

Tell 'em you've passed your brain to an undergrad who needs it more than
you.

Roos Eisma wrote:

My story at graduation tomorrow will be that my head was full and they had
to take it off to clear out all the things I learned that I won't be
needing anymore.

yes, but when your head becomes full, it automatically
pushes out old information to make way for new information.
e.g. today i learned something new at work, but it seems i
have forgotten how to operate a shift key.

martin.

Martin Dann wrote on 21/06/2007 22:55 +0100:
Roos Eisma wrote:

My story at graduation tomorrow will be that my head was full and they
had to take it off to clear out all the things I learned that I won't
be needing anymore.

yes, but when your head becomes full, it automatically pushes out old
information to make way for new information.
e.g. today i learned something new at work, but it seems i have
forgotten how to operate a shift key.


The other way round - the old stuff clogs up all the space and there is
no room left for new facts. Which is why I can't remember the name of
the person I met yesterday but at the weekend I was easily able to help
my daughter's thermodynamics revision even though I've not touched it
since University

--
Tony

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there
is no good evidence either way."
- Bertrand Russell

Tony Raven wrote:

The other way round - the old stuff clogs up all the space and there is
no room left for new facts. Which is why I can't remember the name of
the person I met yesterday but at the weekend I was easily able to help
my daughter's thermodynamics revision even though I've not touched it
since University

My memory has far more sophisticated algorithms than that. It
processes incoming new information and if it's the sort of fact
that I can reproduce with no particular usefulness (especially if
it's sort of geeky and anal sounding) then it's stored, but if it's
something important then it's straight in the bucket. Older
information is occasionally sorted and retained or destroyed by
similar rules

Hence I can tell you the tear strength of various tent flysheet
fabrics and what kept Vienna off the top of the charts in the early
80s, but would be pretty hard pushed to differentiate something
from first principles any more, and can't remember what I went to
the shops for.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/