| Author | Message | ||
     Dasxb9s |
Fuscat... Next time call ahead... so much for cable on Thanksgiving!! Sam... Geeze... knock on the door next time... I will get the keys for the Blast from Sharon! Digger... LEARN HOW TO SPELL!!!!!! Did you and Keef attend the same institute of higher education??? But should I be surprised... HEY... it is supposed to be spelled K...E...I...T...H By the way... Denise is the broom rider in my office... she has not been the same since that house landed on her sister!!! Anyone... How long should I have a 21 pound turkey in a toaster oven??? Would it have been better to thaw it first??? | ||
| Dasxb9s |
The adventures of DASXB9S... Well... I would like to say I had an uneventful Thanksgiving... but you know me!!! I can't tie my shoes without it becoming an incident... but that is another story... and no one died... well that would not have died soon anyway... that hospital will NEVER let me back in!!! But that is another story. As you may know... I had a late night visitor to the Casa de Bankrupt this week... and decided to put up a motion light on the back of the garage. I should really hire these things out... because it would be cheaper after repairing the damage and paying the hospital co-pay after the accidents. Tim Taylor has nothing on me!!! BUT IT IS A GUY THING!!!! That would be the easy way!!! So... Sharon had to work Thursday morning... so I tackled the motion light job. All was going well until I pick up some tools. The previous owner of the house left a ladder behind... and after using some scrap lumber and a bunch of duct tape... I had a functional ladder... I was very pleased with my repair... and do not understand why it had been left at the curb for pickup! Maybe I should have turned off the power before starting the project of installing the light... but how was I going to use the drill??? I mount the box... and run the wire through the hole I drilled... being careful not to short the wires together...then I realize I had not snugged down the screws on the mounting box... so I put a phillips bit in the drill... balancing carefully on the top of the ladder as I dig for the bit in my pocket... I carefully move the freshly wired light in my left hand... and with my right hand I use the drill to snug the screw. Well... the drill slips off the screw... and the bit spins through the shielding on the black wire... and I am holding the metal light fixture... and guess who completes the circuit. Ever try to drop a drill spinning at 1400 rpm as your muscles convulse from current flowing across both arms??? Well mobbers... you can't! Well... I may not be good at repairs... but I know ladder safety... I had been afraid of falling off the ladder... so I had tied myself to the top rung with a piece of rope... so... luckily I did not fall off the ladder. Well... luckily might not be the right word! The rope did eventually but through! I will have to use wire next time. As I am convulsing from the little problem with the bit coming in contact with the hot wire... which by the way had acted just like an arc welder and fused with the hot wire... I realize if I lean way back I might be able to break the fresh weld, freeing myself from the current. Remember I have a pool... well the pool is behind the garage... and I was not really at this point concerned with the "sudden stop" of falling... but as luck would have it... the arch of the ladder once it "broke 90 degrees" as I leaned back... put me dead center into the pool. So I realized I had no fear of broken bones as the ladder toppled backwards from the garage as I would not hit solid ground. Finally... my grasp was broken from the light fixture as I arched backwards, the phillips bit breaks free... and being I had borrowed the drill from my neighbor... I did not want to drop it and damage it after all this... so I kept a hold of it. That might have been a mistake! As I splashed down in the pool... I realized that the fuse never blew from my impromptu arc welding... and I had a drill in my hand plugged into an extension cord. Well... I think I now know why they say to never place a penny behind a blown fuse... so once again I started to convulse after landing in the pool. Well thank God for cheap extensions cords... it finally burned through... gratefully outside of the pool. The part of the ladder in the water was no longer on fire as the splash down had extinguished the fire in the wood and duct tape repairs... the dry part of the ladder was still smoldering. At this point... suddenly the power goes off... not just my house... but the entire neighborhood... so now I am worried about our Thanksgiving dinner. So to dry off and to fix the turkey... I figure I will pit grill the bird. I dig a pit... put the turkey in the bottom of the pit. (Oh by the way... I found out you have to remove the plastic packaging... as it is NOT the same as the plastic bags they sell to roast the turkey in.) Well... the fire wood was stacked next to the pool... and had gotten wet from my splash down... so I had to find a way to light it. Well... maybe a gallon of gasoline was a bit too much... at least that is what the firemen told me... and after they put two 3 inch lines into the pit to extinguish the gasoline... and the yard as the dry leaves had caught on fire also... the turkey was ruined. So... to try and make up for my mistake... and to have a Thanksgiving dinner for Sharon when she returned... I took a turkey shaped cookie cutter and used it on bologna to make individual turkeys. That did not go over very well. I am really hoping the neighbors don't realize I was the reason for the power outage... I really doubt anyone heard the arcing of the current when all this happened... but they might have noticed the fireball from when I lit the gasoline... or the three fire trucks that arrived to ruin my turkey dinner. I hope your Thanksgiving when a bit better than mine! | ||
| Shazam |
I think the torch has been passed....... well done | ||
| Richieg150 |
Sam,I need to talk to you abut the parts I want powder coated.Give me a call! | ||
| Cyclone1 |
Good night, Dennis!!! LMAO Either you're a good story teller, or a bad electrician  "> Either way, I'm glad you're ok physically, and.....well...mentally I guess. Do me a favor though will ya? DO NOT make a serious attempt to fix you're bike when it breaks down ok?? hehe. Paul, It's like I figured...No go on getting recall parts any faster than normal \imagelink2 Mobbers, I won't make the meeting this week  Going to sunny Phoenix, AZ for training next week...BTW I personally faxed the Buell T-shirt order in Friday afternoon. Although many of you are buying your parts somewhere else besides your sponsoring buell dealer and prolly don't give a shit anymore  edited by cyclone1 on November 30, 2003 | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Frankster... Don't be ridiculous... I have more tools than Sears, or a Snap On truck... I just gotta wrench... I can't wait until I get my hands on such a fantastic machine... besides... if I Fu*k it up... you will make it right just for the price of parts... Right??? Frank... you da man!!!!! You my bud!!! Trust me!!! I watch all the bike programs on the speed channel... and i NEVER miss an MMI commercial. Bring me something back from MMI... will ya!!! Have a great trip... | ||
| S1lightning |
UH-- O. K.  So Frank does that mean I never get recalls done or what???  Shit I thought the feds were slow!!!!(no pun intended Dennis) I mean shit dude, I guess all the shit about Buells is coming true??  What little it will do, I am going to the top with this UNSAFE bullshit!!! Any one have that Eric guys #. Thanks Frank (I Guess) | ||
| Dasxb9s |
The continuing adventures of DASXB9S... Well Mobbers... my life may be in the small fish bowl... but it is not boring! Other than some minor electrical burns from my motion light project... that was not a major disaster... it had a happy ending... some electrician made about $350.00 in just about 45 minutes. He was happy... he said if I ever try to do any similar projects... go ahead... he has 3 kids in college and he can use the money. Todays project was a tall order. You know those wind turbines on the roof of houses? The ones that vent the attic and spin like a top? Well I have four on my roof... and everyone of them was making a sound like the transmission of an old Ford tractor... I figure they are bone dry... and need some lubrication. Hey... how difficult can that be? Well... I borrowed a fire proof ladder from a different neighbor... the one I borrowed the drill from told me he was selling all his tools to use the money for his stamp collection... and it would be a wasted trip to return to borrow any tools. But hey... I know where I can now borrow stamps for bills! I may barely border on being stupid... but I learn from my mistakes. I will not again tie myself to a ladder. Anyway... back to the chore. I have got a sh*t load of tools... and nothing broken... so I think I can use some of that stuff to lube the wind turbines... so... I get my new air powered grease gun... hook the air hose from my new compressor up... and I am ready to battle the squeaking turbines. After wrestling with the ladder for 45 minutes... it is looking like a big Z as I can't unfold it to a straight position... then the neighbor kid shows me how... I just hate it when some smarty pants 6 year old has to make this stuff look easy. So... I put the ladder against the front of the house... where the roof is the lowest point of the four sides of the house... and when I climb up... I realize the ladder is at the balance point and almost does the teeter totter thing and I almost fall... so I climb down and move it to the side of the house where the top of the ladder just barely reaches the roof... MUCH SAFER!!! So... I get the grease gun... and leash the air hose to my left foot... so I can pull it up as I climb the ladder... and if I drop it... it won't fall off the roof. Smart thinking huh? Anyway... I am at the top of the ladder and I realize I probably should not have worn those leather soled boots... but what the hell... I am not going to climb down to change shoes. What can go wrong??? At this point I realize just how steep the pitch of the roof is... so I work my way up the valley... and that sheet metal in the valley is slick! I get to the peak... and I am so high I can see my house! No that this one... the one I used to live in! Duh... do ya think I am stupid or something??? I go to the first turbine... stick the flex line of the grease gun through the slot... and give it a shot... the grease lands in the right place... I give it a spin... and it is turning more rpm than a Japanese sport bike... and quiet as a moped! I move to the next one... and the air line gets a little tangled around the first turbine... but I can drag it, so I continue. The second one... all goes the same... once again the air hose gets hung up... but I can still drag it behind me. The third one I have a bit of trouble... as the trigger sticks on the grease gun... and I am luck I was thinking ahead... because the tube empties... but I brought a second tube of grease. I go to the last one... and I have to tug hard on the air line... I hear a clank in the basement... and I apparently pulled over the compressor and broke the pressure regulator. Well let me tell you... when the air line has a full 175 psi... it only takes half a second to empty a full tube of grease. But... it was the last one... and I should not have to grease this turbine for another 40 or 50 years. I start down... and this huge sparrow swoops down and almost hits me... I guess it was that birds nest I tossed off the roof, out of the heat vent. Well... wouldn't ya know... I slip and fall... who would have thought that could have happened... so as I am sliding down from the peak... I think if I ever do this again... I should move the swimming pool to the house for any unexpected splash downs. I reach for the rain gutter and I miss it... ya couldn't have guess that one... could you? Remember the air hose I lashed to my ankle... well... that was a smarter idea than I first thought! The air hose snags on a plumbing vent... and I do a bungie jump thing with the air hose... stretching it until I actually hit my head on the driveway... then spring up... when I stop boing-ing up and down... I realize I am about 10 feet off the ground. Luckily... I had a pocket knife to cut the air hose... I reach in my pocket... and get the knife... Well... when you have high blood pressure you should not hang up side down. Do you know how long I can hang upside before I pass out due to blood pressure? Well according to the lady across the street... about 3 minutes! She comes over to my house about the same time I come to... and I ask her to throw my knife to me that I dropped when I passed out. I guess I should have asked her to close it first... but honestly it was my fault as I forgot I had opened it... I don't think I will need any stitches... at least in my hand. I cut the air hose... and I fall and land on my head... where the least amount of damage could have been done... anyway next time I will wear my Shoei. The air hose... remember how the regular broke when the compressor was pulled over... well the cut hose was whipping around like a scene from the TV series Raw Hide when bull whips were a cracking. I took a few hits... but that was minor... compared to the knife sticking out of my thigh... where I landed on my knife. Well... at the emergency room they asked be if the guys who beat me up had yet been arrested... I was cut up pretty good... and took so many hit from the flailing air hose it looked like I had been through a caning. I said the police had some good leads... as I was too embarrassed to tell what happened. I guess it could have been worse... and to a point when I got home it was. The police wanted me to make a statement about a stolen ladder... I tried to explain I had borrowed it... maybe I technically should have asked the neighbor... but I did not think he would mind... HE DID... and I saw that my Buell hat was spinning around on one of the wind turbines... BUT... it was no longer squeaking! | ||
| Fuscat |
Kinda wondering whats the deal myself Frank? Is Buell simply not sending the recalled parts replacements? Doesn't seem like the thing to be doing right now! Aren't they pretty much required by law to replace the potentially dangerous parts? Not looking good.  | ||
| Keef |
Dennis, I guess all the people who work in law inforcement took the same creative writting course as you did.I assume that is how they come up with some of the stuff they use when they get a search warrant to kick your door in and trash your home and then if nothing is found they "creatively find" something somewhere inn your home.I never really realized that was part of the training that they received, thanks for the heads up or ahh. in your case head down...by the way did it crack the driveway where you bounced?? | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Keef... TOTALLY not work related... I have always had a skewed view of the world... seeing it from a different angle that everyone else. I have done such writings since my days in the military... it is not my fault that of all the places I worked only one did a half assed psych evaluation... and it was not my current employer! I just do and always have seen things at a different light... and always will... training can't fuck up someone as bad as this... ONLY NATURE CAN!!! | ||
| Shazam |
cops and mobbers!!!!!! I love this game...... | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Sam... You made me laugh!!! Way to go dude!!! I am often asked why I do this kind of stuff and such things that make me classified as a bit off center. The most often guess is... "Do you like to make people laugh?" My response is usually... "No... I do this to exclusively to entertain myself... if I make someone else laugh... it is purely an accident!" It's ALL about me!!! When are you going to come borrow my pop rivet tool... and tour the shop? Or have you sold your bikes... and now only ride what you have been riding lately? (wink wink.. nudge nudge) | ||
| Gravedigger |
Don't let Sam fool you. He or she or they??? have ridden those bikes in some manner whether or not they have an engine in them! | ||
| Dasxb9s |
digger... Yes indeed!!! Sam has a fine ride... and he has a couple of nice Buells too!! I am captivated by his rides!!! I am inspired!!! | ||
| Shazam |
You guys are too much! now if I can just get her to make the vroom-vroom noises. | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Sam... We figured she did! I figured those sounds would work better than viagra for you!! | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Well... There are times when the multiple personality thing just doesn't work out... I really wanted to ride to the Other Place tonight for the get together... but unfortunately... the others out voted me... democracy really sucks!!! | ||
| Cyclone1 |
Fuscat and Paul, Ok, here's the scoop, as I understand it: Yes, by law, Buell HAS to provide the recall parts. No way around it. But I don't think there are any rules on giving them a time limit for shipping. As I understand it, some of the recalls are supplier direct (like the old race exaust and seats) which means it could be a month or more for them to get here. Now, that is as I "understand" it. We've ordered the recalls on "downed vehicle" which means that the bike cannot be ridden, and must be fixed ASAP. That usually gets parts here alot faster. Wether it will work or not, I won't know until tomorrow when I go back to work. Buell has changed its way of doing recall paperwork a few times without giving us dealers notice on what the changes were. The parts have been ordered several different ways now, to my understanding because of these "changes". Trust me, it pisses me off too the way they've set this crap up. I ask them in parts about every other day if we've gotten anything in yet. In short, WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN! That's all we can do, and that's all you can ask us to do. Remember...its on Buells dime to do all these "voluntary recalls". | ||
| Fuscat |
Frank no problem bud. I know your doing what you can and I appreciate it! It's winter time and I am not riding it so its not a big deal just not wanting it to go on into spring is all. I have confidence it will get taken care of. Just curious if we need to make a call to Buell customer service or ask an anony to get involved..? At any rate I wasn't meaning that to sound pissy just a concerned customer is all. I know your on top of it!  On another note I got a new seat on its way to being delivered to me today I may see if I get a few minutes to make it in to mount it up and see what its like.. |
