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posted by [personal profile] damerell at 12:23am on 23/03/2007
We just attempted to repair [livejournal.com profile] kludge's bike - he broke a crank in half with his awesome lard^W power.

Nothing too hard except one bottom bracket cup was stuck. Very stuck. Penetrating oil and heat the frame up and STOMP on the spanner stuck.

That sucker came off then, but I learned a valuable lesson - don't tidy up the heat gun until it cools off.

I have a bag of frozen prawns stuck to my arm now.

Other than that it went OK. I have a torque wrench!
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posted by [identity profile] ceb.livejournal.com at 12:37am on 23/03/2007
At least you didn't use it as a hairdryer.
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posted by [identity profile] damerell.livejournal.com at 12:40am on 23/03/2007
I don't have any HAIR.
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posted by [identity profile] ceb.livejournal.com at 12:42am on 23/03/2007
Even WORSE.
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posted by [identity profile] angua.livejournal.com at 01:10am on 23/03/2007
Don't eat the prawns after.
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posted by [identity profile] damerell.livejournal.com at 01:28am on 23/03/2007
I wouldn't eat 'em before!
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posted by [identity profile] angua.livejournal.com at 01:47am on 23/03/2007
That's Ok then.

An important lesson in life is also don't eat the contents of a freezer as you are defrosting it. Especially if you can only identify it as 'meat'.
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posted by [identity profile] mjg59.livejournal.com at 04:00am on 23/03/2007
Skin retention novice.
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posted by [identity profile] kludge.livejournal.com at 09:20am on 23/03/2007

Well, I got to work without the bottom bracket exploding or either of my cranks or pedals falling off comically, so you can at least rest safe in the knowledge that your arm wasn't burnt in vain!
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posted by [identity profile] naath.livejournal.com at 10:39am on 23/03/2007
ouch! *cuddles*
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posted by [identity profile] hazyjayne.livejournal.com at 11:16am on 23/03/2007
*cuddles gently*
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