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You've just armed them with knowledge and if they have a sense that records are meant to be broken then you're in trouble Did anyone ever get kids they didn't like in trouble with the teachers? One lad less than affectionately nicknamed "smack head" because his eyes bulged out of his head was always hassling me. I took issue with it as I didn't join in with the piss taking against him One day he called me something, and one of his mates said "You know it's bad when even smack head can get shots off on you". So in our English class I had a bag of skittles in my pocket. I told my mate next to me what I was going to do and I threw one at the white board while the teacher was writing on it. She spun around and demanded to know who threw it and I immediately went "IT WAS BOBBY!" and my mate next to me went "Yeah smack head, wind it in". He erupted into "IT WAS HIM MISS" but she didn't have any of it and told him to pack it in. As she turned around I took another skittle out of my pocket and I then clocked one of the other kids looking at me. He was one of the cool kids as well, so I took a chance and figured he wouldn't grass on me. I threw the skittle and with nothing other than that glance, this kid went "Bobby, what the f**k are you doing!?" as the skittle hit the board and the teacher went mad again and put him on his last chance. Bobby was going crazy, he said to search me so I stood up and turned out my pockets (id slipped the packet to my friend next to me). At this stage I was done, but Bobby was now making gestures at me and wouldn't stop. I knew he'd dedicate the rest of the hour to it so I took the bag of skittles back, poured half of them into my hand under the table. And as the teacher turned around I threw the bag of remaining skittles at him while launching a good 10 of them at the board. They hit the teacher, the board, the noise was fantastic, and she turned around and saw Bobby frantically trying to throw the bag of skittles back at me. And this time, over half the class was like "BOBBY!!?". He was sent out of the class and he didn't try much with me after that

Have to hand it to the guy who figured out you could mechanise a chemical bomb

Just another case of a grumpy old man on a adventure bike You can sum a lot of these grumps up with this

My head of year was an arse. He didn't like me as while I was quiet and generally did fine, because I hung out with some trouble makers I was punished by proxy. Detentions and grief when they did anything, but was very fixated on me. Others who were more involved would be let off, he was absolutely convinced. So in the end I decided if I was going to be punished either way, I may as well have fun. I sneaked into the science teachers lounge during an hour they were all out teaching, stole the chemical stores key, using a 5 litre tub and partially filled it with various acids I then mixed with regular water but not enough that entire containers were going missing so no one would notice. I hid this in some overgrown bushes near the science labs. Then after school, avoiding the CCTV cameras I went onto the rear school field and marked out a 25 foot high sketch, which would be visible to the most possible people. I then carefully poured this cocktail in a thin line along the markings i'd made. And about 2 days later the grass yellowed revealing the sketch. A bit blotchy in areas, but most definitely a set of cock and balls.

I had the theory home life is what had the bigger impact on how a kid turned out. The "hard kids" in my school could have the most serious teacher screaming/swearing in their face but they'd just smile. It was often the case that their parents just didn't care or were bad themselves. A lot of my teachers were pretty strict, and not afraid to ramp up the punishment. Taking away a mobile phone and then telling the child their mother would have to come and collect it, and explain why they were looking at explicit pictures during maths etc were personal favourites as the shame of that. If I got in trouble I knew if my parents found out I was a dead man, so while I wasn't the model student, I was always cautious of not overstepping the mark. The only real trouble I caused was with religious studies. It's not that I don't believe there could be a higher being of some description, it's that I find 4200 religions that have followers believing they are believing the "right one" very hard to get my head around. And this caused issue as most of my RS teachers were Christians

My brother went to uni there. It seemed ok, no real problems to report. If it's being developed that's a good sign as it was a bit lacklustre if I had to describe it. Usual mix of nicer, and worse areas, but overall seemed quite a quiet place. It's going to get more popular as a place to live as places like Manchester grow and get better transport links. I think it's already a 20 minute train to Picadilly so good if you commute to the city for work.

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but was that punishment not excessive? A good bollocking and a decent sized fine perhaps. But £3k and 3 month ban? Just for speeding? On what looks like a large, well maintained road in great conditions? If it was in a busy area, an area with kids playing or similar I'd not have any sympathy as I'm all for tough punishments for dangerous driving, especially when it endangers others. I think the later part of the video with a steady stream of bikes flying through the stretch of road makes a strong point.

General shenanigans no. Like if someone tears by at 100+ on a country road or big A-road, so long as I carry on as normal, I'll just let it go. Or if someone (usually a white van) jumps ahead at merge points and bullies his way in, again I'll just let it go as they always end up being spotted by a rozzer eventually. Violence, running red lights at speed, overtaking into oncoming traffic that requires evasion of everyone but the offender, and things worse than that and I'd happily hand the footage to the police. Some people would call me a snitch for that online, and those are usually the same people you need to be weary of on the road, as 99% of people never in their lives drive that way.

Electrical engineer, or "dancing shoe wearing, tool averse, chess player" (favourite piss take quote of the year). Redken, I see it stocked and hard sold a lot in hairdressers I frequent. I don't know what's in it but it appears to be the hair equivalent of redex.

Overheard a few days after the year 2000 "How are you?" "Oh you know, same shit, different millennium"

Wrap it before you tap it

Didn't realise you were a hairdresser. A sparky. But I'm informed by site mechanics on a regular basis that that's even worse And in my defence it was the hard top 2.0 TFSI with a manual gearbox. But it was white soooooo, wanna buy some Redken?

Nice! I always liked the Mk3 MX5 as it was the first one they did where I felt I'd happily have one. The Mk2 was such a let down on the Mk1. I'd love to experience a turbo charged version. In the end I bought a 2012 Audi TT as I figured I'd want a turbo charged lump. It was noticeably heavier feeling than the MX-5 and ultimately I didn't get on with it. Much more a fan of hot hatches but the odd coupe still catches my eye. I keep on the lookout for a turbo Hyundai Veloster. They only made them for a few years, they were very quirky looking, but 180bhp from a 1.6 is similar to the Ford Fiesta ST.

I hate these sort of things. They're cheap but effective. At the cost they're a pain in the arse to remove. Brute force is usually always the way with them.

I wouldn't jump to compression tests yet though, if he's been leaving the ignition on and testing it while fixing it, I'd start with the basics and charge the battery and give it a good run. If it worsens or the smoke gets thicker/blue/smells strongly then he can get to the fun stuff.

It's air cooled so it won't be a head gasket fault. Much more likely unburnt fuel. Those bikes have a terrible charging system, it's barely able to keep up at idle. Make sure your battery is properly charged, the bike is running well, and there's a newish spark plug in there and that should sort your problem. Reason I say is the old CBF I looked after did this when the battery began to die. Wasn't enough voltage for the coil to turn into a big enough spark to adequately burn all of the fuel. And it's always good to start with the cheap stuff.

If you buy a new one, the existing one will look the same and be sticking out of the engine somewhere near to where it can get a pick up from the crank/flywheel so look in this area of the engine.

My mrs used to have one which I stripped for a rebuild. The harness for the lighting ran up the left hand side of the bike. You may have popped the big connector back there, make sure all connections are secure. Change the fuses over just to be sure, visually they can look ok sometimes but the break is small.

As a TL;DR guide as I think you're a technical bloke. And if you want to go the whole hog. 1. Body filler, sand with 120-240 grit to bring smooth. Then smooth out with a going over of 400 grit, also do this to the rest of the fairing. 2. Filler primer would be a good shout anyway as it smooths any imperfections, sand back any imperfections to 400 grit and lay another primer layer. 3. Work through 600, then 800 grits all over the fairing to key the primer once it's cured. 4. 3 x layers of top coat with 800 grit cut back in between to help prevent orange peel. You don't need a mirror shine at this stage but get as smooth as possible. 5. 2 layers of top coat. 6. Buff out the imperfections with a polisher. You may need to mount the fairing to get good pressure. 1500 grit and above is ideal, finishing around 3000 with a good polish. This should give you the best mirror like finish. Note: You may find slightly higher/lower grits benefit you better depending on the filler/paint you use. So experiment as you go. Failing that, my paint guy near me will do a tail section with small filler repairs for £60 back to the original colour. You just need to provide decals as he insists doing a partial repair is never the best option.

You need to find someone who understands circuits then, that's your first step as a dangerous installation could damage your bike or you. The best way by far is to connect it via a switched supply that is switched by the ignition coming on. So that you can't drain the battery when the bike isn't running. You need a relay, these can be bought all over the place but Halfords do them and will help in this example: https://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/garage-equipment/fuses-electricals-fixings/halfords-hef559-relay-12v-40a-5-pin?cm_mmc=Google+PLA-_-Garage+Equipment-_-Fuses,+Electricals+&+Fixings-_-184195&istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istItemId=witapir&istBid=tzwr&_$ja=tsid:94971|cid:865695754|agid:43902127335|tid:aud-297219198129:pla-328736075891|crid:203186037801|nw:g|rnd:10419328978860708156|dvc:c|adp:1o1|mt:|loc:9046625&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuafdBRDmARIsAPpBmVXgjbomd7WZKzo2MfQwORCN6FpqM3BgoVsU27sIocGUqis8ApwwHrgaAuSCEALw_wcB Look at pins 85 and 86 firstly. These trigger the switch in the relay, so need to be wired to a circuit that comes on with the ignition. The side light is a good choice as it only has two wires going to it, and you just need to break into the live side. I like to use a proper 3 way wire splice (rs components stock them https://www.rapidonline.com/Catalogue/Product?Id=50-0025). I cut this wire and run both ends into the splice taking up 2 of the ways, the third way is where you run your own cable to terminal 85, and 86 connects back to the battery negative. This can be direct or you can repeat the splice with the negative wire of the side light. Then you run a cable direct from the live end of the battery and connect this to terminal 30. Terminal 87 then runs to your heated grips, with the negative direct back to the battery. I appreciate I probably just spoke as good as chinese there, but if you get someone who knows circuits, this is an easy guide to follow.

That sentence and choice of wording gave me an unusual mental image I could have done without

Oh, can I jump in this thread and make it efficient? Same as above, but with light gaming too, £400-£600 budget.

They might be skint, which is why it's taking so long. I've been the "bad neighbour" before but it was much more trivial as it was over not mowing my lawn after the mower broke and I couldn't afford a new one until pay day. Ironically they had one they could have lent me but from their tone in asking me when it would be done, and how it continued after I said my mower was broken, I don't think that was on the cards. So just ask them what the score is. With a fence it's not hard, some post fix cement and that deals with a lot of the issue. A temporary patch on the hole as well wouldn't be too hard.

Reg/recs pop like balloons at a kids party on Hondas so I'd back that being the issue. I don't think it's an earthing issue anyway as it would create a short and you'd feel it riding a long. An earth fault is usually a short circuit, and the sudden load on your alternator would bring the bike to a stop. Something is draining the battery or not charging it. Best way to tell is check with a multi-meter periodically with the bike running, if the voltage is low or moving down you know it's not charging. If it's charging, unless it's overcharging (17V or higher on a 12V battery), then something is draining it. Maybe a relay stuck on in its storage and you have power going to parts of the bike.

When I lived in London I had similar happen a few times but with teenage lads. Walking towards my CBR600RR, which I'd blinged up with some Akropovic kit (making it just a big target in hindsight). As I get near I see a young lad with a helmet under his arm sat on my bike chatting up two girls. I walk over, pull the key out and say "You're sat on my bike" to which he jumps off sheepishly. These girls then laugh and start walking off so I think he was telling them it was his.