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jackImagine this post with pictures of me, pictures of lusers, and pictures of bikes overlayed with pseudolatin captions and bright arrows, a la the start of Wile E. Coyotee and Roadrunner cartoons.
I have graduated from a complete novice who doesn't know what a computer is to someone who stores all their files on the desktop[2] -- I have wedded my two broken bikes, suffusing myself with Mbtwness
Much better than walking consists of:
* The cheaper frame
* The front wheel which was on it (though I can't remember if that was the original, I've swapped them a couple of times, finding a wheel not on a bike easier to change/fix inner tubes on.
* The (derailleur) back wheel from the other bike
* The spare, unused, chain
So, it doesn't have gears, well not more than one, but is ridable to a bike shop which is a major gain.
Remaining lying in my shed are:
* The better frame
* A sturmey-archer back wheel, with the hub worn so it doesn't take a new chain
* A derailleur
[1] Being a pun on mutant, as in monster, as in veloceraptor, and vélo, bike. OK, I know that's a stretch, since (a) they're etymologically related anyway (b) veloceraptor doesn't really make any sense there and (c) the new bike isn't *very* fast, but I'm sure you all see where I was going with it.
[2] Someone who is annoying in that they ignore how their tool is supposed to work, but respected in that they did work out what they wanted to do and force their world into compliance, which would be being a hacker if it was just a bit more obscure problem than "saving a file and opening it again"
I have graduated from a complete novice who doesn't know what a computer is to someone who stores all their files on the desktop[2] -- I have wedded my two broken bikes, suffusing myself with Mbtwness
Much better than walking consists of:
* The cheaper frame
* The front wheel which was on it (though I can't remember if that was the original, I've swapped them a couple of times, finding a wheel not on a bike easier to change/fix inner tubes on.
* The (derailleur) back wheel from the other bike
* The spare, unused, chain
So, it doesn't have gears, well not more than one, but is ridable to a bike shop which is a major gain.
Remaining lying in my shed are:
* The better frame
* A sturmey-archer back wheel, with the hub worn so it doesn't take a new chain
* A derailleur
[1] Being a pun on mutant, as in monster, as in veloceraptor, and vélo, bike. OK, I know that's a stretch, since (a) they're etymologically related anyway (b) veloceraptor doesn't really make any sense there and (c) the new bike isn't *very* fast, but I'm sure you all see where I was going with it.
[2] Someone who is annoying in that they ignore how their tool is supposed to work, but respected in that they did work out what they wanted to do and force their world into compliance, which would be being a hacker if it was just a bit more obscure problem than "saving a file and opening it again"
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