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[Closed] Fresh Goods Friday 589: The attraction of distraction edition

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Are you familiar with that meme of the ‘This Is Fine’ cartoon dog calmly drinking from a mug whilst its house is burning down all around it?

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Posted : 25/02/2022 11:25 am
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That dual purpose pump is a stroke (forgive the pun) of genius.


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:09 pm
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You surely want flush cutting jaws for smooth / non-lacerating zip ties? Those aren't flush cutting jaws.....


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:17 pm
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capra with bottle access preferentially for southpaws?


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:23 pm
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Nail clippers make a nice rounded off ziptie end.


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:34 pm
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No batteries, no problem

Hannah: “[Non-digital] because I’m tired of batteries always being dead just when I want to set my bike up.”

I's confuzzled, what do batteries, or the lack thereof, have to do with shockpumps/trackpumps?


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:39 pm
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Yes I have cut myself on a zip tie and yes I still have the scar!


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:47 pm
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what do batteries...etc

Do digital pumps have a lickle battery to power the display? Hannah's must do.

Unlucky Mark, getting a busted leg on his hols all the way in Canadian Canada. 🙁


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:50 pm
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I’s confuzzled, what do batteries, or the lack thereof, have to do with shockpumps/trackpumps?

Pros and cons of digital pressure gauges vs analogue pressure gauges?


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:51 pm
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Pros and cons of digital pressure gauges vs analogue pressure gauges?

Ah, of course, duh. I've only ever had analogue, hence my confuzzlement


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 12:53 pm
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Those Pro bars remind me of Tribe bars by their packaging...


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 2:41 pm
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I'm off to patent a solar powered digital shock pump and a headset spacer cup/bottle holder.😀


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 4:42 pm
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I’m off to patent a dynamo powered digital shock pump

A couple of pumps should give enough charge to read the pressure gauge - what could be simpler and more reliable than that? (except a dial, obvs).


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 4:50 pm
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Solid bearings, it's something to do with sausages isn't it?


 
Posted : 25/02/2022 6:01 pm
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Liking the bird of prey in the top left corner of the pic of Mark getting airborne on his crutches 🙂


 
Posted : 26/02/2022 12:07 pm
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@dessie72 it's Vancouver so that'll be a Seagull of some kind, just saying .....


 
Posted : 26/02/2022 12:44 pm
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every days a school day...........


 
Posted : 26/02/2022 1:17 pm
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Stopp, Seisku Aeg is very pretty but the melody seemed immediately familiar. I've just now remembered - it's Clannad's Passing Time (see

to make your own comparison) from 40 years ago. Nice to know someone still remembers the Brennan kids! (Their sister, Enya, is rather better known.)


 
Posted : 26/02/2022 8:22 pm

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