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@jhelberg@mastodon.social
2026-07-23 17:00:31

While preparing changing the rearwheel tire of my '94 Brompton, i discovered one of the washers was broken. These (2) fix the axis. Replacing it was not that easy: new ones are 2mm wider and, the mechanic forgot to tell me, .5mm thicker. After removing 2mm from both forks, the tensioner would not only not fit, but the nut for fastening it would not pick up the bolt. After removing .5mm of plastic from the tensioner things are fine now. Small jobs don't exist.

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-07-27 01:01:39

RE: mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeybo
Looks like they skipped private repos and forks so all they have of me is a Hello Multiverse repo with a single grumpy readme md file.No real private info in the profile.
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@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-07-29 19:41:21

RE: mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy/1169977
This is a Hail Mary effort; hard forks like this are hard to sustain and rarely succeed. But it’s reached the point where we have to try.