But if you took an hour to learn how to do it this time,

you'd be able to do it in 10 minutes next time. That's kind of what I was trying to tell my sons.
Mind you, bikes are about the only thing left today that you can fix yourself.

Posted By: CB41 on June 10th 2008 at 12:48:30

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£23 to get my bike repaired (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:18:30
- Don't worry, Daddy will pay. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 12:31:40
  - Then IED is a wilful fucking idiot for not spending £0.50p on a puncture repair kit (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 12:34:59
    - Is that in your local shop too where Mr Brierly tickles your packet on the way out? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 13:16:59
    - Anyway, don't students just nick another bike when theirs is broken? (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:38:02
      - haha, the good old days (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 13:19:33
      - We tend to nick other people's food (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:38:33
    - ^^^ No. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 12:36:52
  - IED is paying with his student loan (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:32:53
    - Then IED is a wilful fucking idiot for not spending £0.50p on a puncture repair kit (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 12:37:19
      - IED thinks kids today have it too easy (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:38:03
- Do it yourself. (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:20:31
  - Don't have a puncture repair kit (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:22:48
    - JESUS F CHRIST!!! You are going to (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:25:28
      - Need new break pads too (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:27:04
        
        errrr 'brake' (n/m) (NCFC) - Cannydc, Jun 10, 12:33:30
        
        Instructions (NCFC) - Emma Leven, Jun 10, 12:30:42
        
        you might buy the wrong pads by accident (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 12:42:53
        
        That's dead easy though. Whip the old ones off, take them to a bike shop ... (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 12:51:51
        
        £2 in asdas maybe (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 12:53:13
        
        £2.99p in J.E. James (proper serious know-what-they're-doing bike shop) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 12:59:53
        
        pansys get a bad name dontcha think? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 13:01:11
        
        Alright babes? (NCFC) - Elaine Closure, Jun 10, 12:36:45
        
        And then consult dictionary for how to spell "brake". And ied a budding journo too. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 10, 12:31:56
        
        Mistake of the day (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:33:25
        
        Brakes. I knew how to fix my bike when I was 8. (n/m) (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 10, 12:28:16
        
        See Pants is symptomatic of his generation. (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:31:43
        
        It was different in your generation because of all sorts of factors as well though (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 12:41:58
        
        Maybe but, an hour?? (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:45:12
        
        I'd say so, but even the site of a calculator and you'd run off (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 12:47:20
        
        Aye? You,ve lost me ther panties (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:49:16
        
        Kids have it too easy nowadays (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:46:37
        
        But if you took an hour to learn how to do it this time, (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:48:30
        
        Probably (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:50:23
        
        That sound painful (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:51:20
        
        It's quite hard to do (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:52:32
        
        Indeed it is. Just don't try plastering - (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:54:24
        
        Never tried that (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:55:17
        
        Precisely why I've got a professional to do it (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:43:35
        
        Don't be fooled by that word "professional". (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 10, 12:46:34
        
        Fair enough (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:46:52
        
        I didn't (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 12:29:26
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:29:49
- Back to fare-dodging then (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 10, 12:19:30
  - I hope your clients don't pay to hear comments like that! (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jun 10, 12:22:26
- diddums (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 10, 12:19:18

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