Well, that bike would definitely keep a woman in her seat no matter how bumpy the ride.

If I could get an office chair with that setup, it'd be skirts every day and a smile on my face, disgruntled employee no more! :D

Perhaps a PM to those members you are missing to let them know of the celebration would be a good idea. Everyone likes to be invited to a homecoming!

Tonight seems a good night to get a little drunk. Goldschlager to the rescue!

I'm back after a long hiatus and I'm just wondering where everyone went???

I think they're all out looking for you. :shrug:

Seriously ... welcome back. Glad to see ya!

I found this in a motorcar museum in New Zealand.

Does anyone know what this is and what it's use is?

It looks like a spark plug with a tap attached. Weird.

That would be a

Champion X “primer cup” spark plug :) used in Ford Model T

Thanks Fang. Do we know the function of the "tap"?

Google just answered. Again, many thanks.

Kinda' like an automotive electrical faucet. :)

I wondered if it was a way to depressure individual cylinders, but it's just a priming device.

I would be

impressed! Very good, lady. :thumbs:


My first guess was it being a plug for some manner of gas fueled (non-carburetored) combustion engine such as propane. :shrug:

One of our group thought it may be for coal-gas fired vehicles from WW11.

That sounds like the two bureaucrats with one telling us they have taken over and have the situation totally under control with all their resources being brought to bear and everything that needs to be done is underway, ...... while the other one screws the light bulb into the faucet. :rofl:

coal-gas = methane? :confused:

I do like to search things out *L* I knew it was definately a spark plug, nothing like modern ones, so looked up Antique spark plugs

I found the info HERE

PF,

Coal gas is a mix of hydrogen, CO and Methane, originally a by-product of coking coal for steelmaking. It was in use in Sydney up to the 70s, where it was bypassed largely by "natural gas" a topped petroleum gas.

In Britain during WW11, some civvy service vehicles were converted to run on coal gas (usually held in balloons attached to the roof of the vehicle). They were mainly delivery vehicles whose routes exceeded their fuel rations, but some doctors etc had them fitted to their cars.

Well spotted and researched Fang.

I think I finally got my humidifier situation sorted...my guitars are going to be much happier.

Yes, they will be.

I had an exhausting day, and I don't even know why. But I'm wiped.

A friend gave me some red orach plants and I need to get down to my allotment to get them planted.

I start increasing hours at work tomorrow, fingers crossed my arm behaves!

Fangtasia - Good Luck!

I trust the arm, I hope the rest of you behaves.

I'm heading in to work. 3 weeks left.

We've got sunshine forecast for the next few days and I am excited about that.

The Argentinean Tango to Cake's Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps works :p

Not really sure if my new song is ready to have the training wheels taken off for tomorrow's open mic, but I think I'ma do it anyway.

I finally got my new camera delivered yesterday! Excited, much. :D

DM

"Not really sure if my new song is ready to have the training wheels taken off for tomorrow's open mic, but I think I'ma do it anyway."

It sounds like an ideal place to suck it and see. The song young lady!

That's terrific!!

We'll be looking forward to seeing some great new photos! :thumbs:

I've been looking at a a new SLR camera....I now now what i'm gonna get...and at least 1 lens i want....Soooooooo exciting...can't wait, but gotta *LOL*

Then i'll be a major pic whore! I'm snap happy enough now!

What lens?

:nod:

If you're ready, it's ready.

Fang, there is nothing wrong with being a pic whore. Especially if they're photos you can share here.

AZ, I'm sure your song is terrific. I would say sing it and see about having a recorder of some kind so that you can play it back to here any changes you might need to make. No matter what I'm sure you'll kill them at the open mic night.

Thanks, gents. Always appreciate the vote of confidence. :kisser:

The lens is for macro photography, which i really love and want to explore more. :D

What you've done with macro so far has been fantastic. :thumb:

(but dressing a poor guy up in silly clothes and taking his picture doesn't count :hair: )

*LOL* Volunteering PF??