So, what did i do here today, I drained coolant from the Fazer using the latest
additions to my toolkit a rubber duck with a drinking straw stuck up its squeaker!!
Yes, the coolant tank is dirty on the inside so I couldn't see the fill level and
overfilled it. Not wanting to suck out an anti-freeze/water mix as it poison or
having the time to take the tank off and drain the whole thing. So using the
sucktion from the rubber ducky to pull the liquid up a drinking straw into the
duck and expell it into a container! It's been that sort of day

O_o

So yes, my toolkit now conatins drinking straws and a wino rubber duck!

-- crossposted on uk_bikers--

Okay, on the 30th of May 2009 we at my Lovely new Home in Leeds
Dubbed FOC after its strange and unusual residents have finally
managed to orginise the above date for housewarmage. We are only
running about 8 Months behind schedule with this (which is pretty
good orginisation for a bunch of goths (sorry al I am taring you
with the same brush). Its going to be a lilliputian party so
the theory is you bring something to show your tiny size. Orange
has already posted some excellent links which I'll re-post here
I am particularly tempted by the HUGE tunnock tea cake or the
toffee crisp capable of flooring a rhino.

So to the particulars
What: lilliputian Housewarming Party *(nb)
When: Saturday the 30th of May 2009 Starting at 8pm
Where: Darkest Leeds
Why: Why Not!

So there are the details, if your coming from out of town let us
know so we can plan the crash space, there is some in the house
and we can probabaly find a few corners to tuck someof you away
into with sleeping bags. So hopefully see some of you then :)

Pimp That Snack! this is soooo cool :)

*(nb) costume is not essential just a good chuckle.

Well yesterday at work was hellish, filled with viruses and fail but I am about
to have a sausage butty and head over the moors (sticking to the path of course)
with young Ginger Spice (Eddy) and we'll see you kids in the pub ;)

Wooooo

Bike Name Suggestions

Well, I've just spend the day zooming about town and came back to clean the Bike. After cleaning it I have finally decided It needs a name, Currently we have veera after jaynes favourtie gun in Firefly ("See veera, you put on something nice and you get taken out")
so any other suggestions :D


( My FZS Fazer 600 2003 )

I was running a cable from the battery to my tomtom cradle today and I though since
I am under there I'll fit my heated grips (the irony of fitting heated grips when summer
is approching is not lost on me). The problem occured with the throttle grip, I fitted it
with the super glue as instructed and then went to run the cable under the tank. Once it
was all back together I tried it and the throttle wouldn't snap back into position it remained
open and it was a bit stiff to turn, I removed the grip using brake and carb cleaner again
and tried it with out the grip on it and it still doesn't snap back though it is easier to open
up now. I am not entirely sure whats wrong with it at first I assumed that it might be some
super glue squidged out the end in glued the plastic sheath underneath in place but i don't
know if this is possible or likely?

So I am a bit humped as ride it when the throttle won't close so any suggestions welcomed.

I don't promise I'll answer, but leave a question and I'll at least think about it. Comments screened, answers will either be posted as new entries or via email at request or my discretion.

Anyone fancy a evening watching films with beer and take-away (i know I'll
be bored by 7pm in the house myself).

Well Looking at it I am thinking of heading to the Palace pub for about
1pm (as i don't see anyone being up too early on a saturday) so I can get
a decent bite to eat first, so any time around and after that i'll be there
and we can take a slow lesuirely crawl round the pubs in town. I will leave
what pubs we visit open as I don't really know any and we can make that
up as we go. Its a lose plan ... more of a pla actually. I'll have my
Mobile with me 07912030455 (feel free to post this up so if anyones late
and fancies coming they can get in touch. Sounds good?

X-Box Live
X-Box Live, well after my temper straining antics with Microcrap techincal
support, I have two accounts. First in my Initial account which has a free
months Gold account IchabodGlass I am only going to use this for the first
month to get a feel for it, and then moving onto my main account Fuzzygoth
which is currently silver but I'll consider making gold afte rthe month free
has expired. All this brought to you because Microcrap don't *apparently*
let you delete gamertags and account from x-box.com numpties.

Leeds PubCrawl, Sat 31st of Jan
Right I've been living in Leeds for 4 or 5 Months now and it's occured to
me that I've not been as social as I usually am, so a while back I said to
young Squirrel and to Diceman (in a drunken conversation) about a possible
pubcrawl and with January having paid of a lot of things Saturday the 31st
of Jan seems like the ideal date. So the two fold plan would be find the
good pubs in Leeds (for future reference) and so we (the newcomers) get
know you lovely leeds people a bit better. So who's up for some beer and
chuckles? I might go for a big lunch before hand or a curry after as I'd
rather like to remember the experince unlike bendymouse and some people
might just be there to drink ;) but if some people fancy food could also
do that. Also feel free to pass it along to leeds people I might not know
after all i don't know many Leeds residents.

I in a very foul mood today nd it shows no sign of improving at the moment
and I fully expect to be a rather unplesant person over the next few days.

I feel like shite, i am not happy at the moment ... but a wee bit a listening
tae billy cheers me rifht up :) fr now at least.

... A motorway that 40 to 50 mph for nearly 100 miles. As jack burton would on a dark an foggy night when the heavens tremble and the skys quake ... Gimme your best shot, i can take it!

Besides not a great deal happens at 30 mph so i am going finish my coffee, feed the bike (she gets stroppy on a quarter tank) and enter the home stretch ;-)

mobile number is 07912030455 if you need to or want to get in touch
if you text me please tell me who you are as my numbers where irretrevable

HUZZAH!

Yes i am at work and am sooo bored today my brain is in overdrive
I can't concentrate on the mundane today so I need distracting.

Whats your type?
I've never really understood the point of this question, how do you
determine the critera to define the person you'll be interested in?
Most of the people I've dated or been interested in don't follow
any particular pattern, archtype or set of vague rules. So I am
curious how do you determine "your type" how do you answer that
question? maybe I just think to litterly.

Tell me something Interesting
A funny/dirty/interesting story, a new year suggestion, a funny
website, a cunning plan, a secret annnything to aaleviate the
utter bordom I am feeling atm.


With luck I can regain concentration tomorrow :)

Well, 540 miles done this weekend that takes the bike just about up 7k miles
almost time for a service. Am bloody knackered now but even with the high winds,
rain, poor visibility and bitter cold it was still great fun :)

ps: took the A65 back and it was quite fun.

After a conversation about singstar, I've had Chesney Hawks - I am the one and only going
round in my head all of yesterday and likely today too. So out came the one hit wonders
collection, and my poor housemates have been woken up to chesney opus :p

Also I think maybe 3am might be the best time to clean your room and sort out electronic
equiptment as my room is tidy and my tom tom, bluetooth lid and mobile are all connected
up ready for collecting people tonight if i need to.

*rar*

Okay, I've posted on forums to no avail and now I am turning on the
gEeK signal on from Livejournal Land. I am currently trying to create
a site search using the google search engine, the only drawback is
I cannot use JavaScript because as a Government Department we need to
provide JavaScript Alternitves.

So looking at the new Ajax Google search its provide an alternitive
using JSON, which so far returns information fine with JavaScript
being turned off. I am using the php Services_JSON.php with php
5.1.2 with wamp and the php_json.dll. I can return the dataset
and decode it with json and even see the info if i do a var_dump.

What I am having problems with is parsing the information, so I
can write it out as a custom style page. I can't get the data out.
I am currently trying to put the object into an array and call it
out that way. It keep returning an error when I try to access it
directly as an array i assume from the error its a object not an
array or some reading of the web says it might be coming through as
an associated array? the error message for trying access the $output;
as an array is below:

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in C:\wamp\www\GoogleSearch.php on line 18

( teh code )

Friday Flock was rather good, although I appear to have been a little
more merry by the end of it than i should for how much i spent. Saturday
was quiet and sleep was caught up with and black sheep was sedate and
rather fun rounding off with a game of buzz before bed ... which i lost
again :(

I have decided that greatest aid I have to my confusion is myself :)

We have house based interweb of speedyness :D

My blackberry is utterly stuffed up beyond all recognition now, its spending
most of is time off until i can get it sent away to be fixed and find the backup
handset i have knocking around. All it bloody does is send rubbish text
messages, its actually that stuffed it turns itself on and send black messages
to people! you orange once received 20 odd blank messages from my
mobile while i was asleep. So i might a bit incomunicado for a short while.