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October 27th, 2011
Oh, Internet. If only you could see me now. Water circles on the knees of my jeans, damp socks, and pruning fingers; tools strewn about, nuts and bolts, and spare parts surround me. I am fixing a toilet. I have rebuilt one toilet since I moved in and am working on the second. In [...] April 27th, 2011
The motorcycle mods are all done. Mods…I should say mod (singular). I changed my rear sprocket, changing my 41 tooth to a 38 tooth. This involved cutting two links out of the chain. I purchased a chain breaker and riveter tool for this and it worked quite well. There was also a recommendation that [...] April 5th, 2011
My mood has soured. This weekend was great. I saw some great people, had a great run, listened to some great music really loudly in a great car. It seemed that almost nothing could bring me down. Never say never. Last Thursday some of the guys and I did some mods to my motorcycle. [...] March 12th, 2011
It was a little warm last Saturday in Ottawa so I spent a little quality time with the motorcycle in anticipation of getting to go for a ride in the next few weeks. The bike is a 2007 Honda Shadow Spirit VT750DC. I have been wanting to do a little bit of handy-work with [...] March 11th, 2011
As the spring thaw is now upon us I have been left to deal with a most exciting problem: an ice dam. I have an unheated garage with no rooms over top of it. The garage backs onto my house and a nice roof valley occurs over the back end of it. It turns [...] January 4th, 2011
Over the break I got a few little things for my home. The first was a programmable thermostat. This item was at the top of my Christmas list because the one I wanted was too much for me to spend on a thermostat. I specifically wanted a 7-day programmable thermostat, to accommodate the evenings [...] December 14th, 2010
Check this out: Warren & Brown Deflecting Beam Torque Wrench November 22nd, 2010
Yesterday I changed my tires over to my winter tires. I had fun doing this. Today the remastered edition of Pretty Hate Machine was released. It is nice that this classic got some attention. Tomorrow I am driving to Toronto. I am returning to Ottawa tomorrow as well. This should be interesting. November 14th, 2010
I have winterized my motorcycle. This involved fuel stabilizer, an oil change, a chain cleaning and lubrication, turning the fuel off, removing the battery, cleaning, over-inflating the tyres, and tucking the bike away. And since I have this venue I will say my bit about each part of this process. I started with fuel [...] |
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