cricket n other shit

So anyway,

I captained Bligh Park 7th grade to an outright win on Saturday. I was hoping not to have to bat twice but you know… these things happen. We ended up chasing 10 runs for victory. I didn’t personally bat again. It was a nice cool day and we played a decent bunch of blokes from Riverstone. It was a pleasant change from the lot we played from Windsor Leagues last year.

I still have not conquered the evil rear wheel of doom on my Peugeot racing bike. Putting new tyres on should not be this bloody difficult. Maybe I am just a total spaz. Yes Kassi I can hear you laughing. So ok they are slightly larger than the skinny supermodel bloody tyres on it when I got it. It just won’t line up properly with the rebate in the lower arm. Stupid thing. It’s tough cuz I’m forced to ride my KHS at the moment. Annoyingly it is just not that at home on the road. Its bloody marvellous on dirt however. And the dog loves to chase along next to me while I ride it.

We (if by ‘we’ I mean ‘Dad’) fixed a couple of things on my car. I now have a functional Odometer and trip meter. Now THAT has been driving me nucking futs for about 3 years now. It appears that we have also conquered the evil ‘I’m not starting, not even turning over’ gremlin. It happens every now and then. Car will start 3, 4, 5 times once after another. Then nothing. All the lights on the dashboard come on but the ignition does nothing. We have changed the starter motor, the battery and the something or other (I cant remember what it was heh). Today we went to change the ignition barrel itself (the bit you put your key in). In passing Dad casually pushed the wiring harness connector more firmly together. We then test started the car it must have been 50-60 times in a row. It has fired up first hit EVERY time. Now I would have assumed at least ONE failure in that sequence. So I think it has been fixed. We also found a loose earth connector elsewhere in the car. I doubt that has anything to do with the starting trouble but you know, at least it is connected properly now. So now all that needs doing is the tappet adjustment, the air-con re-gas and the injectors. The mystery of the crappy too fast idle speed seems to have majically righted itself too. I think praps cuz of all the earth wires are now actually earthing. Now with a trip meter that is working properly I can figure out if the fuel economy is carp or about right.

We have been half toying with the idea of somehow trying to get a new (not literally new) car. Be blowed if I now how we were planning on paying for it. But it never hurts to think ahead. If I come into some money (yeah yeah dream on etc) Ima buy a Renault Megane RenaultSport 225. The 5 door version, Gordini blue, and I am going to have 2 big white stripes up over the bonnet and roof ala Renault 8 Gordini. If I ever come into a LOT of money
I will also buy a Renault A110 Alpine 1600S. And have my Peugeot 505 rebuilt to new condition. Cuz I do like my Peugeot. Ive driven a lot of cars over the years but I haven’t driven one I like driving as much as my 505. I drove them from brand new. My one has at the minimum 500,000 kilometres and as many as 750,000 on the clock. It still steers, rides and handles as well as when it was new. Ok there is the odd rattle here n there it didn’t come with. But being 20 years old is a good excuse for the odd rattle. No rust. Still stops on a dime. Still goes exactly where it is pointed. Only recently we swapped out the seats from mums’ GTi 505 as mine had finally given up the unequal struggle to reign in my bulk comfortably. It also has the suspension from mums’ car under it (hey when you have a perfectly good ‘wreck’ why BUY stuff?).


So I saw the doctor today. I have osteo-arthritis in my right knee as well as fairly extensive cartilage damage. The doc thinks he is funny. He says ‘you getting old heheheheh’ (he is Chinese so insert accent – sounds a bit like Uncle Benny from Lethal Weapon 3). Now I have to figure out why my shoulder hurts like a bastard. I have found that tramadol is wonderful as a pain killer.













I read Careys’ column in Wheels this month. Finally someone with a national voice said exactly what I have been saying for at least a year now. Most Commodore drivers are total dickheads. Micro penis, micro brained idiots. They are over aggressive, under skilled, over compensating, under endowed shit-wits. 8 out of 10 acts of rank stupidity I see on the roads are perpetrated by Commodore drivers. Some truck drivers are not much better. I was almost forced into oncoming traffic yesterday by a 5 tonner trying to merge right into my passenger side front door. He seemed not to understand that HE did not have right of way. If Ida been by myself I think I would have just let him fugging HIT me. It is insured for about $5000. So deal with it idiot. Can he be in that big a hurry he has to try vehicular homicide to get ONE stinking car length ahead of me by charging up the gutter lane KNOWING it ended and when there was no car in the lane behind me? Vacant. Empty. But he needed to get in front of me. He was going so fast I didn’t even see him in my rear mirrors. I check every 5 secondsish whether there is anything to see or not. So he came up fast.
Arsehole. Probably Victorian. They’re without doubt the worst drivers in Australia.

stupid stupid stupid

Me that is. went down n had a bit of cricket practice this morning didnt I? Stupid knee. Stupid me. Stupid stupid stupid.
I started taking glucosamine again. That seems to have a positive effect. Feels somewhat better. Still, the turn and pivot on my right knee as I bowl definitely is not good.

Still havent fixed my Peugeot rear wheel yet. Decided I couldnt be arsed today. Helped my mate pick up some fertiliser instead.

Took one of the girls' tramadols last night. Ahhhhh Now THATS a pain reliever!!
Good lord give these out wherever you think there will be a riot or some such. theyll calm ppl the hell down in about 20 minutes.

well

Dont you love winning a competition THEN finding out it is elegible to UK n Rep Of Ireland residents only. We are talking about guaranteed 250 pounds up to 1,000,000 with various in between depending what number we get. But we cant claim it.
Gunna see who we know in ENgland.

ebay n stuff

I broke my ebayginity last week.
Im nothing if not cautious about some things. Now Ive bought 5 items. All car type stuff that Im interested in.

Cricket season started on saturday. Finally. I made a fighting 10 after coming at 2/15 which quickly became 3 for not much more. So me n one of the young blokes dug in for a bit. Wore the ball down some. Wore the bowlers down a bit. Took the sting out of it for the blokes who came after us. I like the young bloke I was batting with - level headed young fella, polite n respectful with out being obsequious.

We knocked them over for 95 then went in n we are 8/154 so we have the game well in hand for an outright win next saturday. I intend to bat for an hour on saturday (not me personally - the team) IF the guys who are in can hang about - Id like a lead of about 100 -120 runs. See if we can bowl them out without having to bat again. PS I am captain next week as I am the official Vice Captain n the captain is unable to play next week. HAHAHAHAHH POWER POWER POWER....muawahahahahahaha

I went to the doctor today. He thinks I may need keyhole surgery on my right knee.
Im going for an xray tomorrow. Something about torn cartilage (spelling?).

In more serious events... I swapped the brakes from my Pacific brand racing bike onto my Peugeot. Both bikes have the same Shimano Exage (old late 80s gear)but the Pacifics' brakes looked near new in comparison to the Peugeot. So over they went. The Peugeot had serious front braking issues. Now it stops quite well. The back got frustrating. We discovered that the rear cable has frayed badly as it passes through the top tube (interesting idea but not i think sound) which has impacted badly on the brake performance. It was also badly badly seized. we have freed it up some so the cable is actually moving freely now but the brakes in the outer sheath make it catch. We also replaced the tyres and tubes. Struck a real issue there - the rear wheel wont go back on properly - so the tyre is not seated in the correct position. I walked away from it last night muttering in my beard.I KNOW that overall diameter will fit as i swapped a 27 1/4 inch wheel onto it before - hich is a taller tyre again!! I only changed the damned tyres cuz theyre skinny little racing tyres. As I am not a 45kilo racing monkey i dont think theyre really suitable for my riding. I went up in width which handles my extra bulk better than the skinny rubber. The bike is a really smooth ride as it was, it should be like a magic carpet with the bigger tyres - they require less pressure (the skinnies need upwards of 90 - 110PSI the bigger ones around 65 -70) which is a touch more comfortable on the old arsecheeks. Should increase stability as well. Also did a grease n oil of the chain n gears on my KHS dirtbike. I want it to last for a long time.

Ive been taking the dog for a run in the mornings - I ride my KHS n she runs along furiously sniffing then bolting after me. She gets a good workout without being yanked with a lead constantly. She doesnt go wandering off much either which was a nice surprise. Sees me getting the bike out n starts whimpering to go running. She loves it heh.

Colin Mcrae...
dead... damned helicopters.
Die in a rally... sure I can see that. Well I hope Possum Bourne gave him a hearty welcome at that great Thousand Lakes Rally in the sky. Rallying got a little less exciting when you retired.

hello to my old friend Katey whom I hadnt seen online for ages. Good to see you again mate.