Classic & Vintage - what do YOU do at night when the wife isn't home?

Myself, I wash bike parts in the kitchen sink!!! please excuse the leftover soup. The SA hubs really benefit from a good soak. She'd kill me if she saw this!!!

I sit around talking to you guys while listening to David Bowie in the background :p

I washed a Land Cruiser split transfer case in the dishwasher.
And I use the over to heat bearings now and then.
I still feel bad about the t-case in the dishwasher though. Maybe I will come clean with that secret tonight.
Not!

You weakling. Real men don't use buckets! At least, unless the wife's home.

uh, porn. :D

I washed a Land Cruiser split transfer case in the dishwasher.
And I use the over to heat bearings now and then.
I still feel bad about the t-case in the dishwasher though. Maybe I will come clean with that secret tonight.
Not!

a few land cruiser parts have been known to venture into the kitchen every now and then, but nothing like a transfer case. that's ballsy. does all your wine have a subtle 90wt nose?

I like your countertop, having built two with my wife. (I handle the cabinets, the backerboard, the plumbing, and the tile cutting -- she selects the tile and does the tile setting and grouting.)

a few land cruiser parts have been known to venture into the kitchen every now and then, but nothing like a transfer case. that's ballsy. does all your wine have a subtle 90wt nose?

I burned a grilled cheese sandwhich (by accident, really!) before she came home so the 90wt smell was dilluted with smoke.
But that t-case was spotless! I would do it again if needed.
But I split the case in the garage (you have to to get it off the truck). I would not attempt spilling gear oil on the floor.
To risky.

I have done bike builds in the kitchen (it's heated, the barn isn't) and also run parts through the dishwasher. I've also degreased old military rifle stocks in the oven with Easy-Off. That #5 Mk1 Enfield took four separate applications......:eek:
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Well, since I AM the wife...I, uh, wash whatever I want in the sink :) . And, I have my own dermestid beetle colony out in a back room of the garage so every once in a while I come home with a nice little carcass which gets put in the freezer for future dermestid beetle consumption...

East Hill

Well, since I AM the wife...I, uh, wash whatever I want in the sink :) . And, I have my own dermestid beetle colony out in a back room of the garage so every once in a while I come home with a nice little carcass which gets put in the freezer for future dermestid beetle consumption...

East Hill

Alright East Hill, I don't even know what dermestid beetles are and I'm not sure I want to. Or why you have a colony of them. Would they help take care of any unwanted "carcasses" should I need to dispose of any in the future? Just sayin' :D

Me, I use that time to get on bikeforums.net :)

Well, since I AM the wife...I, uh, wash whatever I want in the sink :) . And, I have my own dermestid beetle colony out in a back room of the garage so every once in a while I come home with a nice little carcass which gets put in the freezer for future dermestid beetle consumption...

East Hill

Uh, did you say beetle colony? I think we should be concerned with East Hill.Ant colonies are okay, but beetles?

The beetles strip the flesh from skeletons. Look it up on the Dirty Jobs site.

On my own its' Porn, Bike Forums, and abstract art.

I like your countertop, having built two with my wife. (I handle the cabinets, the backerboard, the plumbing, and the tile cutting -- she selects the tile and does the tile setting and grouting.)


East Hill, Dammit, I posted at least 10 pictures of my super schweet 64 Phillips on another thread without a half of a ooh from you. this thread isn't for you. that one is. get to it.

I have a rim I just painted drying on the dining room table right now. Girlfriend is out of town for a few days.

Sometimes when all alone I will go on a weekend-long Ebay bender. If I was smarter, I would time the shipping from Ebay purchases to show up when she is gone instead.

It's 11:55 on a Friday night while my gf is out of town, and I am on BF telling people what I do when my gf is out of town. That is sooo meta.

jim

Well, since I AM the wife...I, uh, wash whatever I want in the sink :) . And, I have my own dermestid beetle colony out in a back room of the garage so every once in a while I come home with a nice little carcass which gets put in the freezer for future dermestid beetle consumption...

East Hill

I'd never have suspected you of harboring a beetle colony. Do you have a skeleton collection, or is this how you dispose of husbands that abuse the dishwasher?

^^^ How did you think she increases her vintage bike collection? Care to stop by for a spot of tea or RedBull?
:D

Parts in the dishwasher and oven: That's hilarious!
The strangest one I'm aware of was my best friend decided to take a bubble bath, AND scrub down some Honda engine parts to a busted Prelude engine. His wife was out with her parents for the day. She returned to find him sitting in sooty gray bubbles, oily ring around his body, tray full of parts on the floor, and him going at it with a toothbrush on a distributor.
She couldn't decide if it was better than to find him in bed with another woman.
:D

Dermestid beetles are used for taxidermy if I recall correctly to clean off bones.

And East Hill and her husband hunt.

The beetles strip the flesh from skeletons. Look it up on the Dirty Jobs site.

On my own its' Porn, Bike Forums, and abstract art.

Well heck if they leave the bones they ain't gonna do me any good. They'll have dental records...I mean, they'll be able to tell what kind of animal it was :D

Rare is it that we are apart at night. If she were I might take off on a night ride. The same affect it has on me during free days. She leaves the house, I do too. But on the bike.

Not married now, but I used to call the babysitter, who was the spitting image of Olivia Newton-John.
Could always find jobs for her.

Dermestid beetles are used for taxidermy if I recall correctly to clean off bones.

And East Hill and her husband hunt.

wethepeople is absolutely correct!

But I really like luker, WNG, and Kommisar89's answers :D .

The beetles are for preparing deer skulls, by the way.

East Hill

East Hill, Dammit, I posted at least 10 pictures of my super schweet 64 Phillips on another thread without a half of a ooh from you. this thread isn't for you. that one is. get to it.

I'm going to have to start really paying attention, aren't I?

I have a genealogy project going which is diverting my attention away from my bikes too much!

http://mylavertyandray.proboards104.com/index.cgi

[just in case anyone is insane enough to think they may be related :) ]

I'm heading towards the Phillips thread right now!

East Hill

Well due to our jobs the only evenings we spend together are typically Friday and Saturday:( So I do whatever. But I have done car parts in the ovens (usually drying out carbs) rebuilt engines (small 4 bangers) on the kitchen table, laced wheels in the living room and stored bicycles in the bath tub...so they wouldn't drip on the floor after a messy ride.:p

Aaron:)

I sit around talking to you guys while listening to David Bowie in the background :p

Holy cow! That's what I did two nights ago.

I play record roulette and blindly grab a few records out of the cabinets. I ended up getting a Flock of Seagulls, David Bowie and Janis Joplin. Last night, it was Prince and Frank Zappa.

Today, it's raining so the group ride may be canceled. If so, I'll be catching up on some cycling videos and repainting the Sprite frame. It was hanging on the garage door chain and my wife opened the door. Paint job suffered mightily.

I knew better than to use the kitchen, but one time when Mrs Ollo was shopping with her mom, I re-assembled a tractor engine on a table in our guest bedroom. It was a Continental 4 cylinder that was small enough to carry back out to my workbench in the garage.

More recently, a heated garage or workshop has made such risky behaviour unnecessary. Don

I like your countertop, having built two with my wife. (I handle the cabinets, the backerboard, the plumbing, and the tile cutting -- she selects the tile and does the tile setting and grouting.)

tile work is pretty fun, however that kitchen is the last remaining artifact from my house's mid 80's era. when we bought it it was a 1984 museum piece. very dark and very brown

When Patti's out? I've got a couple of alternatives:

1. Work on the latest bike project in the garage shop.
2. Porn.
3. All Nazi's All The Time on one of the history channels.
4. Get drunk.
5. This place.
6. Some combination of 1 and 4, 2 and 4, 3 and 4, or 5 and 4.

When Patti's out? I've got a couple of alternatives:

1. Work on the latest bike project in the garage shop.
2. Porn.
3. All Nazi's All The Time on one of the history channels.
4. Get drunk.5. This place.
6. Some combination of 1 and 4, 2 and 4, 3 and 4, or 5 and 4.

LOL!
This drives my wife completely batty!
Glad to see I'm not alone.
Now where is my beer, the remote and some WWII history show?
What do you want to watch tonight dear?
The Kriegsmarine or the Luftwaffe?

I am not usually left home alone at night very much, but if I were I'd go for a night time ride on the Nishiki (harder to see road hazards at night and those wheels are cheaper!) or sit here on Bike Forums, ebay and FARK. Oh, and a whole bunch of other message boards I frequent! :D

EDIT: How could I have forgotten the second best site on the net?

I usually listen to www.reelradio.com while I am on the computer. It is an archive of old radio airchecks and is great!

When it's really cold or really hot in the garage, I bring my portable workstand into the front room. We have a nice little table in the hall that I like to move so that I have a place to put tools and greasy parts.

LOL!
This drives my wife completely batty!
Glad to see I'm not alone.
Now where is my beer, the remote and some WWII history show?
What do you want to watch tonight dear?
The Kriegsmarine or the Luftwaffe?

Luftwaffe any day - and the more esoteric and little-known examples the better. I pigged out on Bf109G's a couple of decades ago.

Actually, what I could REALLY get into is a couple of well-done documentaries on the equipment of the French, Belgian and Dutch militaries pre-May 1940.

I play WoW :eek:

I usually work on one of my ongoing projects or I get on the rollers for a couple of hours or take Azul (our dog) for a late night walk.