It is actually an interesting combination of Schrödinger's cat & Sod's law - whilst in the drawer of no return both codes are in an inderminate state, being neither right nor wrong. It is only by the act of observation, being the loss of 1 key and taking 1 code to get a new key, that the code is resolved into a single state - which Sod's law dictates will be wrong.WestcoastPete wrote:Just received two new identical bicycle locks. Took them out of the packets. Each had a "Code card" that you use if you ever need new keys for the lock. Great! Put them safely in the draw of no return.
Then I realised; which code is for which lock?
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My second one. In the early '90s I was riding my first 'bent trike and I found I was low enough to ride through the metal staples that sometimes inhabit footpaths. As I passed through I heard a scraping sound and then felt a whack on the back of my head. I'd forgotten I had a safety flag on a springy fibre glass pole, and it had bent backwards, then snapped forwards. Luckily I always wear a helmet.
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Postby westab » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:31 pm
Round first corner near home - bike feels too light for cloths and everything. Stop - check panniers everything there yes must just be going mad ok of we go.
Still not right - stop again open panniers check again - feel laptop bag - Bag yes - LAPTOP NO BACK HOME get laptop put in bag glad I was feeling good so tore up hills and made up the time lost - got to work on time no harm done - and no explaining it to the boss (at work or home).
Am going to put laptop in bag now.
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Every time I get shifted to a different cubicle on the same floor at work, for the next few months (!!) when I'm thinking intensely about a task I'm working on while walking back to my desk, I will find myself standing in my old cubicle...harmonix1234 wrote:When I was a kid we moved house one weekend. On Monday after school I caught the bus home, to my old house. Still had my old house key. Let myself in and there was a strange lady in my house who screamed and told me to "GET OUT, GET OUT"!!! Oh yeah, sorry bout that love. Oops!
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At least all of yours have been on the same floor.InTheWoods wrote:Every time I get shifted to a different cubicle on the same floor at work, for the next few months (!!) when I'm thinking intensely about a task I'm working on while walking back to my desk, I will find myself standing in my old cubicle...
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Postby westab » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:07 am
So mate which pub did you spend the day at It's a safety committee meeting you know.silentC wrote:Several years ago when I still worked in Sydney. Got up at 6:30 like usual. Had breakfast like usual. Ironed a shirt, had a shower, got dressed. Jumped in the car to drive to work. Had a great run in. Arrived at work half an hour later, drove into the car park underneath our building. No cars. Hmmmm... Oh yeah, public holiday today.
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I knew it was stupid way to do it, but did it anyway.
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Postby ironhanglider » Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:27 pm
Late at night and remember that I'd promised to take the wheelie bin down to the skip and empty it out. Thought that I'd speed up the process and ride it down on my pub bike.
Discovered that speed wobbles, hopf bifurcation or whatever you want to call it can also happen to wheelie bins. Bin gets unstable and bashes into me before tearing out of my grasp and recycling rubbish goes everywhere. In the meantime I virtually crashed with an unplanned dismount, something went into the back wheel and broke two spokes, I end up with a sore back, bruised leg and several minutes of picking up rubbish before continuing the rubbish run on foot.
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Dumbest thing I ever did on a bike was to pretend to be a cowboy using a dog lead as a lasso. Swinging it around my head, as I rode one-handed down hill, hit a bump, sh**, grab the handle bar with the other hand, sending the catch end of the lead into the front wheel whereupon it wrapped itself around the hub, ripping the other end out of my hand. Result: 2 broken spokes and a bruised finger. Fortunately no-one saw me
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Postby InTheWoods » Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:46 pm
Hmm dumbest thing I've done on a bike. When I was a kid, I made a "rocket" for my bike. It consisted of a large tube of cardboard filled with a particular type of dry leaf which burnt with a lot of smoke. The tube had plenty of fins and inlets etc for extra air to fuel the rocket, and obviously had a intake funnel facing forward. I attached it to my bike, lit the leaves at the very front of the intake and started pedalling as fast as a I could. It actually really worked rather well, and when I got to a certain speed, it really went whoosh quite fast.silentC wrote:Dumbest thing I ever did on a bike was to pretend to be a cowboy using a dog lead as a lasso. Swinging it around my head, as I rode one-handed down hill, hit a bump, sh**, grab the handle bar with the other hand, sending the catch end of the lead into the front wheel whereupon it wrapped itself around the hub, ripping the other end out of my hand. Result: 2 broken spokes and a bruised finger. Fortunately no-one saw me
...The dumb part was I had mounted it on the front forks so all the "exhaust" coming out the back of the tube in a nice stream of burning hot air was aimed precisely at my pedalling right leg.........
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Postby harmonix1234 » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:54 pm
Took me about an hour to put it back on properly running that little bead in the whole way 'round.
I took my tools back to the shed, turned around, walked straight back through it from the other side.
It stayed off.
My wife said I looked like the Hulk crashing through a wall with the worlds worst spiderweb face.
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Done it twice this year
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Looking at upgrading.
Took a few 2014 bikes for a test ride...
Kept reaching down to change gears...
Repeatedly.
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Sometime later I pulled off another ripper. Rolling along on 26" cruiser BMX 2km to work and perfomring "manuals" - i.e. just standing and leaning back, wheelying without peddling when also flipped. Unfortunately foot slipped on pavement and again went down hard flat on my back. This was on my way to work for my (at the time) role managing a high profile re-sourcing project at work with important, serious people. "sorry to be late to meeting guys with scruffing looking business clothes, just flipped my BMX on way to work"
Anyway, I think I wheelie motorbikes pretty well - dirt bikes, race bikes, whatever. It's this pushbike stuff I can't seem to get a handle on
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Postby harmonix1234 » Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:41 pm
Once upon a band, we did a support gig for Boom Crash Opera and the Choirboys on New Years Eve.
It was an outdoor gig and we were provided with a caravn situated in between several dozen almost identical caravans.
I was young, and a bit reckless, and somehow managed to ingest a whole bottle of vodka on top of two six packs after the gig.
We hung out with the guys from the other bands and partied until it was time for me to retire to the caravan.
My key didn't seem to fit in the door, or maybe I was just too drunk to get it to work. Ashamdely now I look back, at the time I thought the best thing to do was to 'help' the door open with my boot.
Once in, I laid down, had a mighty spew all over the bed, passed out for a bit and then woke up and raided the fridge. Sweet! A roast chicken! Nom nom. Passed out again.
I woke up later on, not sure how long and ran outside for another heave.
I was round the side of the caravan having a spew between what seemed like about a dozen harley davidsons when I heard some voices from inside the caravan. Swearing and threats of revenge and 'If I find out who dun this, i'm gonna tie him to the back of my harley and take him out into the forest'.
It turns out that I had kicked in the door of the rebels caravan thinking it was my caravan, spewed all over their bed and left a half eaten chicken on the floor.
I don't remember much after that, but I woke up on the beach about 300 meters away, and by the time I made it back to the camping grounds the rebels had all but cleared out.
Ultimate idiot. Things you do when you are young and stupid.
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Oh, so that was you....harmonix1234 wrote:Ok, time to digress.
Once upon a band, we did a support gig for Boom Crash Opera and the Choirboys on New Years Eve.
It was an outdoor gig and we were provided with a caravn situated in between several dozen almost identical caravans.
I was young, and a bit reckless, and somehow managed to ingest a whole bottle of vodka on top of two six packs after the gig.
We hung out with the guys from the other bands and partied until it was time for me to retire to the caravan.
My key didn't seem to fit in the door, or maybe I was just too drunk to get it to work. Ashamdely now I look back, at the time I thought the best thing to do was to 'help' the door open with my boot.
Once in, I laid down, had a mighty spew all over the bed, passed out for a bit and then woke up and raided the fridge. Sweet! A roast chicken! Nom nom. Passed out again.
I woke up later on, not sure how long and ran outside for another heave.
I was round the side of the caravan having a spew between what seemed like about a dozen harley davidsons when I heard some voices from inside the caravan. Swearing and threats of revenge and 'If I find out who dun this, i'm gonna tie him to the back of my harley and take him out into the forest'.
It turns out that I had kicked in the door of the rebels caravan thinking it was my caravan, spewed all over their bed and left a half eaten chicken on the floor.
I don't remember much after that, but I woke up on the beach about 300 meters away, and by the time I made it back to the camping grounds the rebels had all but cleared out.
Ultimate idiot. Things you do when you are young and stupid.
(Just kidding)
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Postby fat and old » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:00 am
I have 2 tubes now, like normal
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