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@FatManOnAFixie
Good and fair point about the SA. Noted.
But I feel it important to focus on that particular bolt on the stem (which is what my face did afterall) because it was 'special'...I'd made it so... bearing in mind I was about 11 at the time and "did my own maintenance" some of the damage to my boyish good looks (refutable) was due to not using the correct size spanner as I'd also managed to round off the flats a bit thus producing a razor sharp burr.
Right size spanner? File off the burr? Nah, I was young, daft and care free (soon to be tooth free also!) and had wheelying records to defend and girls to impress :-)
I might have to start blaming my Dad for not having a shed full of Snap-On tools in 1976 and giving me access to 'em at such a young age.