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Thanks steve

Whats c24?

edited: chrono24 - of course. Completely slipped my mind there.

Hi all

I haven't been active on here for quite a while - although i do occasionally still drop by just to have a read and see whats going on.

My interest in watches was put on the back burner...

Some really nice watches on here.
I only have the one Seiko

My 1974 7016 - 5001

https://i.postimg.cc/k4hmLH60/seiko-7016-a-35mm.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZnBSmL6C/seiko-7016-b.jpg
...

We moved into our house 2 years ago and there was a hot tub already there.

We have never used it ...... don't know why but.. we are in Leeds not LA

Just agreed a sale with one of the neighbours...

Here's a picture

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f187/dh3ntr/Watches/DSC_1912b-1.jpg

Just had a message message back from Richard Askham

He's unable to fix it as he says omega are no...

Thanks for taking the time to reply chaps

I will let you know how i get on

thanks

Hi All

After moving house twice and not fiddling with my watches for about a year - i was gutted to find my 1967 speedmaster wont wind :0(

I dont really want to send it through the post system...

Yes the whole lamp is aluminium - so just gave it a light polish once the tar like paint had been removed.
I think they were originally like this as i found an admel label under the paint which i...

I have never liked the bright white light from modern bulbs, they can really kill the look of an old lamp.
Lamp light to me should be yellowish

For the last couple of years i have been using low...

Nice find sestrel

I've always liked nice old lamps so very happy to see this thread.

When we moved into our last house the garage had an old admel lamp screwed into the workbench.
It was in a...

Haha - i used to walk home from junior school in the 70's singing this.

Was quite gobsmacked when years later i realized the lyrics weren't - "Spare him his life from his mums sossy tea"

Er.....

Thanks for the suggestions.

It appears a rogue magazine was causing sidebooks to crash.
Seems to be behaving now that I've deleted the offending item - yay

Thanks

Hi all

I like to read magazines on my iPad and up until recently used the sidebooks app.
Unfortunately it seems to crash constantly these days.

The main reasons i used sidebooks was because it...

Ah - just did a quick search and can see i'm not really that special.

Thought i had been singled out coz i'm special like.

Oh well

Hi chaps

Not been around these parts for a little while but just had a message from the forum that somebody had tried to login to my account 5 times.

Someone in chicago according to the ip...

The last bike i had was around 15 years ago. That was a zzr1100.

Never thought i would get back into bikes - but they just do something to me.

Always really loved the cafe racer style and...

I saw the smiths 3 times

First album tour, queen is dead tour and meat is murder. - Loved each one of them

The smiths had a huge effect on my life. I can still remember the first time i saw...

Bravo - you are a gentleman sir

pm is on its way

I used to love the old asterix books - are these in comic form for the ipad?

Please tell me where i can find them

Heres mine


My first bike build using a gary fisher frame and bits sourced off ebay etc
Old picture from when it was not quite finished.
Now has xt drivetrain
...

Ah memories.

Holidayed around that area a few times - Positano
Liked it so much, we got married in Ravello (nearly 10 years ago now)

Really is a nice part of the world.

I think nearly all of my bikes in my youth were 2 stroke

AP50
DT125
DT125MX
RD125LC
RD250LC

Theres something special about that smell - always brings back memories

elevate?

Bugger - now the letters A and I and double L's are disappearing too :lol:

Thanks for the comments.

Some nice bikes on here and great to know that tz'ers are also keen cyclists

@dickbrowne - the guvnor is fantastic (as are your other bikes) and is definitely the route...

After i built my first bike over the summer, i decided what i also needed was something a bit more road friendly with skinny tyres as the mountain bike was just not a great ride on the tarmac. It has...