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    I spent the entire weekend underneath one of those pop-up sun shade/tent contraptions, working on one of my Valkyries. A simple project: Install the last known NOS set of Hondaline foglights into the bike's radiator side pods, install a switch box for accessory power control then find and fix a fuel leak which mysteriously developed.

    Of course, making the driving light switch connections required disassembly of the entire ^$%$#ing fairing and the fabrication of several new sub-harnesses, all of which must seamlessly integrate into the OEM harness. Then there was the matter of the switch block itself: I had to redo one of the existing switches to fit a SPDT-center-off type and this (of course...) required yet another harness built from scratch.

    Bottom line: It was too hot to work outside for very long and what should have taken just a day took three. Thus, very little radio and 'puter time was spent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    Is it bigger than a bread box? I have no idea how big a fuckin bread box is.
    Big enough to hold a loaf of bread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KB3LAZ View Post
    Big enough to hold a loaf of bread.
    Well, if the breadbox is for a baguette of French bread, you could build a 5KW rig in it. Some of those things seem like they are a block long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    Well, if the breadbox is for a baguette of French bread, you could build a 5KW rig in it. Some of those things seem like they are a block long.
    That's nothing. Check this out. I had a bit much to drink in this picture but all is well. :P

    DSCN0074 (2).jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by KB3LAZ View Post
    That's nothing. Check this out. I had a bit much to drink in this picture but all is well. :P

    DSCN0074 (2).jpg

    Okay, well there you go. How big a breadbox would that require? Jesus, that thing would feed all of Bangladesh for a month.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    Okay, well there you go. How big a breadbox would that require? Jesus, that thing would feed all of Bangladesh for a month.
    That is a normal loaf too. They sell them for parties about three times that size. For the life of me I can't remember what the name of the bread is. I'll have to ask Pili. What I can tell you is that they are heavy loaves of bread. I could use them to build a fort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KB3LAZ View Post
    That is a normal loaf too. They sell them for parties about three times that size. For the life of me I can't remember what the name of the bread is. I'll have to ask Pili. What I can tell you is that they are heavy loaves of bread. I could use them to build a fort.

    You can bet Bloomberg would outlaw those badboys in a heartbeat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    You can bet Bloomberg would outlaw those badboys in a heartbeat.
    No doubt. He would have a fit over our homemade Paella then. Requires 4 people to carry it from the burner outside to the table. It is 100cm but that is for parties. On weekends we only use 50cm pans. Normally we use around 3 kilos of rice, 1 kilo of rabbit, and 1 kilo of chicken. Veggies and other items might come out to a kilo on their own. Then again, we are serving 20 people most of the time. Still small when compared to a fiesta sized Paella pan. xD Spaniards sure love their lunch.

    We have grilled shrimp, shrimp cocktail, Jamon, Cheese, olives, Russian salad, Mussels, and that is about it most of the time. Cake and coffee normally follows. That is a normal Sunday afternoon. Interestingly I have lost weight since getting here rather than gaining it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KB3LAZ View Post
    No doubt. He would have a fit over our homemade Paella then. Requires 4 people to carry it from the burner outside to the table. It is 100cm but that is for parties. On weekends we only use 50cm pans. Normally we use around 3 kilos of rice, 1 kilo of rabbit, and 1 kilo of chicken. Veggies and other items might come out to a kilo on their own. Then again, we are serving 20 people most of the time. Still small when compared to a fiesta sized Paella pan. xD Spaniards sure love their lunch.

    We have grilled shrimp, shrimp cocktail, Jamon, Cheese, olives, Russian salad, Mussels, and that is about it most of the time. Cake and coffee normally follows. That is a normal Sunday afternoon. Interestingly I have lost weight since getting here rather than gaining it.
    I'm sure you have dropped a size or two. Totting that much grub from outside to inside every day is a hell of a work out, Plus, I'm sure you go out and chase down the rabbits on foot, right? :stickpoke:
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    I'm sure you have dropped a size or two. Totting that much grub from outside to inside every day is a hell of a work out, Plus, I'm sure you go out and chase down the rabbits on foot, right? :stickpoke:
    No. :P

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