PSA: HEXUS will be down for maintenance tonight, October 24

[HEXUS]

Don't panic, we'll be back after we've greased the joints and tightened the bolts.

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[MLyons]

So that's why DR locked the front door this morning. It's all starting to make sense now.

[spacein_vader]

Are you going to turn it off and back on again?

[DR]

Are you going to turn it off and back on again?

Turn some bits off - fiddle with some other bits - try and find the screws we may have lost, then turn it on, making sure power is connected first.

[Smudger]

Are you going to let MLyons out of the cupboard?

[MLyons]

Are you going to let MLyons out of the cupboard?

*thud *thud
Seems not

[spacein_vader]

Turn some bits off - fiddle with some other bits - try and find the screws we may have lost, then turn it on, making sure power is connected first.

A guarantee you'll have at least one screw left over afterwards that doesn't seem to fit anywhere.

[Sim0n]

Still down? Looks like the CSS isnt loading, the site looks like a 90's throw back

[Jonj1611]

A guarantee you'll have at least one screw left over afterwards that doesn't seem to fit anywhere.

Sounds like what happens when I do my car

[spacein_vader]

Sounds like what happens when I do my car

Exactly, but with a website you can't just store the leftover bolts in the bottom of the sump till next time.

[Hoonigan]

A guarantee you'll have at least one screw left over afterwards that doesn't seem to fit anywhere.

Sounds like what happens when I do my car

You only have one left over?

[Jonatron]

If it rattles, the thing that's supposed to rattle hasn't fallen off.

[Saracen999]

You only have one left over?

I remember rebuilding an engine in the late 70s.

I was really pleased with myself, no bits at all left over ..... until I noticed the brand new head gasket still sitting in it's packet.

I won't repeat what I called myself, on the basis that that many rude words woukd be account suicide, but it is more or less when I decided to get someone that actually knew what they were doing to work on my cars .... and gas boilers .... in the future.

P.S. I stripped the head back off, inserted gasket and rebuilt properly and the engine was still working perfectly when I sold the car a couple of years later so I'm not a complete idiot. Just lousy memory.