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The trouble with fish and chips (particularly in our cities) is it's so often just plain disappointing.
Fresh fish, fresh batter and crisp chips are alas a rarity.
Great when you do find them though.
Was presented with a "delicacy" of a soup made with fish's womb once in Japan, which I politely consumed - all the while trying to turn off a section of my brain.
Luckily as with many of such things it was not very interesting at all. Couldn't wait for the next course....
Some Japanese pickles have the aroma of the bin, must be said.

Not sure it's helping my drawing but it is awesome Braxton, Dresser, Crispell and Hemingway in the zone.

However a touch of Futurist cooking from Marinetti's Cucina Futurista sounds and looks far appealing - big on presentation of course:

"Cover the bottom of a round plate in fondue delicately flavoured with grappa. On a radius of the plate arrange equidistant from one another, and in a cone, 3 halves of red pepper baked and filled with a vegetable paste consisting of asparagus tips, celery and fennel hearts, spring onions, capers, baby artichokes, and olives.

On the opposite side, arrange 3 boiled leek stalks. An arabesque of grated truffle that starts from the 2nd pepper and finishes at the outer one completes the dish".

Got the leek stalks down pat but my "arabesque of grated truffle" needs a little work.
umm...
: )

When my other half tucks into this stuff the old existential nausea kicks in hard....

YouTube- How to Eat Natto

Ugh
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I'm just finishing Night Train to Lisbon, which is one of the best books I've ever read, and I've just started Nausea, which I'm really enjoying. I wish I'd read it when I was a miserable teenager.

Glad you enjoying Sartre, check out his trilogy starting with "Age of Reason" these are probably the best examples of his philosophy in novel. As for teenage misery be careful could have just tipped you over the edge!

Some great stuff being read,
If you like Borges try his "Book of Sand" and you might like Jose Saramargo, Borges really turned me onto Calvino and I've yet to read a dud, although "If on a winter's night..." had to be picked through carefully.
Starfish - for Vonnegut I would point you at "TimeQuake" and "Breakfast of Champions". Top man full of brilliant quotes. "Cats Cradle" too.
Finished recently new Pynchon, was good fun but "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Crying of Lot 49" remain my favourites there.
Liking the look of that Structures book LPG, got some Hobsbawm on the go in the non-fiction at present which is a departure for me, but very interesting.
Ah.. that Muller Brockman looks beautiful Teenslain, I'm a sucker for the grid.
Got this lovely from Austrian gallery over summer:

Love books, shame it doesn't work on the bike to well.

Indeed you are right DFP, so maybe disassemble a bucket load of cheap tape measures?

Um... can't think of a specific supplier for mechanisms itself.

Not "motors"as such, but how about taking springs from the ends old blinds and projector screens those reel back with a good force and usually have a catch mechanism too.

Well good luck in your search and I'll go back to sleep in my tree.

DS

Now I get you, they are called "friction motors" I believe.
If that's what you are after I guess most of us modelmaker types would just go and buy some cheap toys that do what you want and take them apart.
Generally plastic toys are only secured by a few screws or at the worst glued mouldings that can be prized apart. Pressed tin toys just tagged together.
Look for "friction toys" not as popular as they were since electronics became so cheap but a lot were Eastern Bloc/Chinese.
http://www.purplepuffin.co.uk/gifts/friction-motor-tin-police-car-with-siren-sound-p-14909.html
Have you tried 4D Modelmaking?
There are loads of handy plastic mechanisms inside secondhand Fisher Price baby toys too.

DS

Hi mc nebula,

are you talking motors or servos? servo is generally used for precise movements rather than the constant rotation of a motor. I would expect a movement you describe to made by a servo used to move an element back then this could be released by a spring?
It's not really the motor/servo you should be concentrating on but the mechanism it is applied to.

When I need this stuff I can usually find it on RS components, for specialist applications I had some terrific motors from a company called Maxon.

cheers,

DS

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics4427-albums268-picture5600.jpgI thought I had a pretty good day at work, but at the first set of lights on Victoria St. on my ride home today the commuter gods chucked me a thunderbolt, turning me from happy cyclist to wobbling clown in seconds and a tedious tube journey home.
Would be nice to think it was the sheer power of my acceleration, but alas (like the owner) a bad case of aged fatigue seems more likely.....
Glad I just looked a twat than got hit by something though and its a weird fracture.
DS

Kraftwerk Velodrome 02/07/09

A truely wonderful gig in the perfect setting and when Staff, Clancy etc... came out onto the track during Tour de France it was a perfect moment, I could have cried. Bloody great.
A masterclass.
As another Manchester resident is apt to say: "notebooks out plagiarists..."

It was beautiful.

YouTube - Holger Czukay "Ode to Perfume"

a genius and a gent

http://www.bfi.org.uk/nftva/access/bookings/

You can sign up, access and hire prints from BFi - huge collection.
Many moons ago we formed a college film club and did just that.
I'd get some clued up flyer type event organisers folks in on it too as they can be expensive to rent so you really have to get your punters in, however it's looks so beautiful and playing projectionist is very cool.
Only once did a melting leader leave me in fear of my deposit, though it looked pretty on screen.
It was not much more hassle than renting a dvd really, they used to arrive by post or courier, you just had to look after the reels and make sure of prompt return undamaged etc...
Go for it, it's a great idea. I hope it still function the same way and is of help.

DS

bargain end = Misato, Wardour st. student but massive portion

middle = Hare Tortoise, High st. Ken, rec Lahksa

Toku, Japan centre, Piccadilly, rec Gyu Don ummmm.

Best Sushi by mile = Sushi Hiro, Ealing Common

must be right wife says so....

You can get an NJS headset @ 26.4mm from Tange Seiki via Freshtripe, I just fitted one, it's very light and nicely made.
DS

Just thought I'd share this portion of tool nerdery, I was swearing at a non fitting allen screw brake mounting thing for the umpteenth time over countless changes of brakes and tat on various bikes/objects etc... when my fish like brain remembered I had this hand reamer in my modelling kit. (G.J.Hall)
Bought it years ago to sort some bearings on a museum model thing which didn't rotate as should, blah.... Should have used it before,but I forget stuff very easily.
Just the ticket to enlarge a hole a tiny amount without chipping paint or chrome when stuff doesn't go. It's all to easy to reach for the hammer or worse drill when you just need to be gentle, great little tool, was less twenty notes and key to a better mood.
: )

such a busy place these days.....
Here's pic I failed to attach earlier:

old age.....

already got one mate...

This appeared a while back at the end of our road, lord knows why?
I've never seen anyone use the diagonals and although I have had to queue at the vets once on this corner it ain't Shibuya - Tokyo made me feel like an ant when on the ground, it seems like chaos but actually works really smoothly. Scramble crossings are from the US I believe, like much of Japans post war urban environment.
I doubt it will work well here especially on the tourist/bus hell of Oxford St. which I loathe cycling down.
More chaos to try to avoid on the way home.
Boris should have stuck to telly and scribbling.
DS

Hi Hauska,
A9 is a good headset in the alloy version and will last a long time, but you have to be careful with any alloy thread... However they are still very cheap from either Spa Cycles or possibly Ribble.
Re-threading (if needed) will require a massive tap which will be more expensive than a new A9, which last time I looked was only £25.
Given that the thread is not too far gone you may be able to clear the threads with a piece of fine hacksaw blade (about 24tpi) by running it round the inside edge - be gentle!
If you have taken the rest of the headset off and fork out you'll find it easier to restart the top nut of the headset on the bare fork thread before re-assembly, check the fork thread too for damage just in case. Finding bike shop with a fork threading/clearing die may be easier than one with a tap, so give it a go as above first. By the way; dies=outside & taps=inside : )
Good luck,
DS
http://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b2s115p0

oreo, mcvitie, foxes, surrender to the mighty bakekriegof the reich!
http://www.bahlsen.de/root_bahlsen_anim/index.php

hit biscuit!

hit biscuit!

hit biscuit!

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Enough, you folks need Malachi.....

Best bit of info on the whole damn forum, terrific top dollar bass and drum from Mr Hayward & Co,
not a guitar in sight and myriad of seemless time changes too.
Bass player was new to me (shame of it!) and is up there with Barry Guy in physical attack but with more grooves like a Mingus.
Had a great time, recommend the London porter as well.....

Cheers, Dannoleed

Ds

Indeed it's the shallow profile to give you the look, usually a plain alloy finish regardless of make, keep an eye out for old tourers before the wheels are binned for bling....tourists love these bombproof shallow rims.
SJS have tons of rims including some old tubular rims, look through road, touring and sprint sections.
Happy hunting!

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/category-RIMS-161.htm

DS

http://www.velobase.com/ViewSingleComponent.aspx?ID=A0C97960-B911-4E26-ADFE-837EB8B21B0E&Enum=107&AbsPos=14i MA 2s
These are great rims although you may want the earlier models for a 70's look with the diamond sticker(?), I've been riding the same pair for twenty odd years.
Check out velobase for build ideas too if you haven't already.

DS