Stijn!!

[Rick V]

Yes Sir, please forgive my ignorance, I will endeavor to do better in the future.

[Rick V]

orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Rick V]

You do know that was all meant as a joke, I thought about it after I posted it. No malice here

[svandamme]

you ruined it now.

[slodave]

I think the crust blue soap cap ruined it.

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by svandamme

you ruined it now.

sorry, I'll do better with the heart felt insults next time.

[svandamme]

pathetic really, what's wrong with you today?
Has your chain been rattled?
Do you want to share something with the group?

(sarcastic remarks, not a question, you know, kicking when down.)

[Rick V]

Well I figured since you were back I could leave the scathing sarcasm to you, I don't want to step on any toes.

[Rick V]

Okay guys gotta jump in the shower so I can get clean to go to work and get dirty.

[slodave]

You should shower before bed, keeps the sheets cleaner and saves a few minutes in the morning.

[svandamme]

but severely increased risk for bad hair days

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by slodave

You should shower before bed, keeps the sheets cleaner and saves a few minutes in the morning.

I do, I take a shower before I go to bed, and I take one in the morning.

[svandamme]

double glazing dude came , measured, and left
now i wait 8 weeks, and then i have the rear windows done with high thermally insulated windows...and Aluminium framing

1060 euro, including VAT
And i get a 40% tax rebate for it on my next tax calculation

W00t

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by the_webbster

Morning fellas.
things are pretty hectic over here. typical for pre-christmas. big problem is that we have no snow yet - not good for the ski business! it's apparantly supposed to start snowing soon.

congrats on the new job Markus.

That spiral light thing was on the news here, apparantly some russion missile launch. Norway is quite close to Russia up there.

Stijn, I need to come to Belgium and drink one of those beers. My best friend is in Brussels right now and I'm planning on coming down in the spring.

I was in Oslo yesterday, picking up my ridgeline from the shop- is it normal for a new car to need a valve adjustment after only 25K miles? and isn't that a warranty thing? I'm excited to get the outragous shop bill for what was supposed to be an oil and filter change service. I've only had the thing one year.

Anyways, right next door is a place that sells porsches. I am still surprised at how small they are. I saw a really nice RS that i liked alot and was actually not as expensive as I thought it would be. only thing is, it was a 2001 GT3 RS that thing was bad a$$.

going up to sweden today with the first load of stuff for the cottage. we're going to stay over and make a run to Ostersund, the closest place with proper building supplies stores where things are quite a bit cheaper than in norway.

I would say that is unusual. Most engines have hydraulic valve lifters. My El Camino has 279,000 miles and the valves have NEVER been adjusted, they don't need to be adjusted.

I have no idea what type of valves lifters a Honda engine uses but I can't imagine it has solid lifters. Look in your owners manual. See if there is any mention of valve adjustment in there.

If the repair shop you are using tells you the muffler bearings need to be replaced and your taillight fluid was low and they topped it off you will know for sure they are scamming you.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

If the repair shop you are using tells you the muffler bearings need to be replaced and your taillight fluid was low and they topped it off you will know for sure they are scamming you.

Hahahaha, muffler bearings, LOL, good one

[svandamme]

speaking of cars... the Bimmer had recently been real tail happy.
figured it might be time to check the tires...
1mm!! thread left

But at least i made it to 45000 km on that set... with my driving, i have to say, not to bad.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by svandamme

double glazing dude came , measured, and left
now i wait 8 weeks, and then i have the rear windows done with high thermally insulated windows...and Aluminium framing

1060 euro, including VAT
And i get a 40% tax rebate for it on my next tax calculation

W00t

Stijn, what's the point of having thermally insulated windows with highly thermally conducting frames? Why not go for insulted frames?

[svandamme]

aluminium is just the finish, it's not solid aluminium framing.

This is what i'll get, it's dutch text, but you can see the diagrams and whatnot.

http://www.lein.be/pdfbestand/nl/nl_reynaers/nl_cs68.pdf

The alternatives are wood frame, maintenance
or a similar frame with PVC finish, which is a bit cheap looking, and turns dull after some years...

The aluminium is anodized, then powdercoated.. very durable and looks nice too.

Thermally, it's very well insulated, if it's 20 C inside the house, and 0C outside.. the inside of the window should be no less then 17C.
I could only get more if i went with triple glazing, but that would not be cost effective, since that would assume the rest of the house is a newly built, modern insulated house, close to a passive house (one that does not even need heating)
My house is from 1923, so if i were to pay for the triple glazing , i'de loose the bit i gained in the window, trough the wall instead...

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by svandamme

aluminium is just the finish, it's not solid aluminium framing.

Oops...my misunderstanding. Sounds good, Stijn.

[Schumi]

not to take you all off track but I gotta say... I had my entire semester's work due today and for the most part got it all done. One of my papers however was probably one of the worst papers I've ever written. The wording was great but the math wasn't there. It was basically 20 pages of me talking out my ass.

Oh well. Back to doing the fun research- building race cars