What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Great 'stache (and costume!)

Her 'stache isn't big enough.



As for my manly thing:

I helped SWMBO with cleaning the 1st floor and with grocery shopping.

 

Ditto

 

Whoops! Looks like you have a mispelling

 

Eliminater.....well could ya help me place this call? Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me?(Couldn't resist lol...well, come to think of it Jim Croce was a manly fella).

 

No, the writer of that ad does. (I checked.)

 

what did you do.....call him? (chuk yuk yuk)

 

Yes...I called him a poor speller.

 

OOOOOH, you just won a Gold Medal in the Clever Olympics!!!

 

Changed the gasket on the freezer. Took longer to get the door front off than to pop in a new gasket!

 

New faucet installed. Had to replace the cold water valve too. The one I installed about 5 years ago is already bad. Went with the higher quality version this time.

 

good gym workout

 

Went to work. Only holidays I get off are on weekends.

 

Sent an email to my boss to ask for my wages (they arrive quite late: the wages of June aren't completely transferred yet)

Called an employment agency for a job and tried to convince them to consider me (I think I did)

Worked om my moped: closed an air leakage in the air intake (between the air filter and the carburator); fastened bolts that attach the handlebars to the front fork (they weren't tight enough); adjusted the headlight (was too high and to the left); adjusted the carburator; adjusted the chain tension; cheked the front and rear sprocket on wear and amount of teeth (front 13, back 41 - I'm thinking of replacing the front sprocket with a smaller one so as to lower the top speed and strenghten the power when riding against headwinds).

 

But is he using Spacely Sprockets?

 

Was ist das alles Sprechen über <<Sprockets>>?

 

7 miles of killer rough mountain biking and ate a large thin crust pizza !!!

 

That doesn't sound like Dutch. Have you quit your lessons?

 

Nope, still going strong. I just needed the sprechen - sprockts rhyme.

So, here ya go:

Wat is dit allemaal praten over tandwielen? (with some help from google)

 

Spacely makes much better sprockets.

 

I'd like to, but I haven't got an address.

Bijna goed. Beter is: "wat is al dat gedoe over tandwielen" (of "wat is al dat gezeur over tandwielen")


So. The sprockets. The front sprocket (at the engine) has 13 teeth. The rear sprocket (at the wheel) has 41 teeth. So the front sprocket has to make 41/13 = 3.15 revolutions to turn the rear wheel one time.

If I change the 13 teeth front sprocket for one with 11 teeth, the engine will need 41/11 = 3.73 revolutions to turn the rear wheel one time. Therefore the top speed will be less. (3.15/3.73=0.84). That means 55 km/h in stead of 65 km/h (34 mph in stead of 40 mph). Just what I need.

Otherwise, for the same road speed, the engine has to turn faster. These one piston four stroke engines have more torque with more revolutions per minute, so it will be stronger when riding at the same speed. Useful when riding against head winds.

On the downside: the engine will use some more fuel. But right now it uses 50 km per liter (or 141 miles per gallon), so a bit less kms to the liter (or miles to the gallon) won't do much harm, I guess. YMMV of course!