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    Quote Originally Posted by Monamie View Post
    My nephew Adam was diagnosed with cancer when he was very young. His parents of course were distraught and like any young couple had no money to spare. A lot of time was needed to be spent in Wellington for treatment-that involved a lot of travel and accommodation costs.

    RMH offered a place where they could stay and petrol vouchers to help transport Adam to his chemo sessions. They found that staying with other parents in a similar situation gave them the endless support, comfort and the will to help Adam fight this cruel disease.

    I myself feel I did not do enough to help them.....I have many excuses. Although I readily offered my help I was scared and not sure what was needed. We were not a particularly close knit family-the saying was `I’ve raised my kids; you can raise yours’ (from the Grandparents). I was not allowed to interfere so could only offer an ear if needed-I should have done more for them.

    After a gallant fight, Adam passed away at age 4.

    I chose a mighty Golden Elm to plant for him in the garden. The kids and I picked out a big Elm from the nursery and planted it so it would have pride and place of the garden. When spring came and the neighbours Elms had started to bud-Adams tree was bare. A month later when the neighbour’s trees were in full leaf-Adams tree was still bare. I figured it was perhaps a `dud` tree and nursery confirmed it must be dead. I left the tree there as a reminder and felt that I was being punished for being such a coward by doing something `after` rather than when it was needed before his passing.

    That summer while we were in town I asked the kids if they wanted to go up and see Adams grave-he had been gone for awhile I still had not gone up to see him. We went to see him and had a chat. The kid left some things for him, a precious `Pokemon card` and flowers. I told him I loved him and hoped things were ok now he was pain free. A few weeks later my son Sam yelled from the garden “Mum, come and see Adams tree”. You guessed it........it was covered in leaves.......

    Fundraising for the RMH is the least I can do, for Adam and the huge number of people who go through the devastation of having a critically sick child.
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    That's a wonderful experience and so apt Embodies the very spirit of what we are achieving here xoxoxox
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monamie View Post
    My nephew Adam was diagnosed with cancer when he was very young. His parents of course were distraught and like any young couple had no money to spare. A lot of time was needed to be spent in Wellington for treatment-that involved a lot of travel and accommodation costs.

    RMH offered a place where they could stay and petrol vouchers to help transport Adam to his chemo sessions. They found that staying with other parents in a similar situation gave them the endless support, comfort and the will to help Adam fight this cruel disease.

    I myself feel I did not do enough to help them.....I have many excuses. Although I readily offered my help I was scared and not sure what was needed. We were not a particularly close knit family-the saying was `I’ve raised my kids; you can raise yours’ (from Grandparents). I was not allowed to interfere so could only offer an ear if needed-I should have done more for them.

    After a gallant fight, Adam passed away at age 4.

    I chose a mighty Golden Elm to plant for him in the garden. The kids and I picked out a big Elm from the nursery and planted it so it would have pride and place of the garden. When spring came and the neighbours Elms had started to bud-Adams tree was bare. A month later when the neighbour’s trees were in full leaf-Adams tree was still bare. I figured it was perhaps a `dud` tree and a nursery confirmed it must be dead. I left the tree there as a reminder and felt that I was being punished for being such a coward by doing something `after` rather than when it was needed before his passing.

    That summer while we were in town I asked the kids if they wanted to go up and see Adams grave-he had been gone for awhile I still had not gone up to see him. We went to see him and had a chat. The kids left some things for him, a precious `Pokemon card` and flowers. I told him I loved him and hoped things were ok now he was pain free. A few weeks later my son Sam yelled from the garden “Mum, come and see Adams tree”. You guessed it........it was covered in leaves.......

    Fundraising for the RMH is the least I can do, for Adam and the huge number of people who go through the devastation of having a critically sick child.
    Wow, I cant stop reading this. Very touching and so true
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    there is some clever people around here, can anyone make a 8mm thread fit into a 5mm hole?? preferably without making the hole bigger. some sort of adaptor or something?????

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    Quote Originally Posted by road king View Post
    there is some clever people around here, can anyone make a 8mm thread fit into a 5mm hole?? preferably without making the hole bigger. some sort of adaptor or something?????
    dry ice maybe?
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    Quote Originally Posted by road king View Post
    there is some clever people around here, can anyone make a 8mm thread fit into a 5mm hole?? preferably without making the hole bigger. some sort of adaptor or something?????
    8mm does not fit into 5mm, unless theres some sort of space-time adapter, think the autobots have them. 5mm fit into 8mm hole is doable, remachining the 8mm thread down to a 5mm thread is probably doable...

    also, big fuckoff hammer will do the trick

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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    also, big fuckoff hammer will do the trick
    Now you're talking!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sparkles View Post
    dry ice maybe?
    WTF????
    sorry sparkles, but dry ice isn't the answer to ALL life's problems...

    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    8mm does not fit into 5mm, unless theres some sort of space-time adapter, think the autobots have them. 5mm fit into 8mm hole is doable, remachining the 8mm thread down to a 5mm thread is probably doable...

    also, big fuckoff hammer will do the trick

    one of the mirrors fell off my bike today, as i was riding. noticed it was in the wrong place and went to ajust it. and it came off in my hand!!!! snapped clean in the adjusting bit. not possibale to weld it back together so was thinking replace with something FLASH

    i know they are ment for handle bar mount, but i recon they would work just as well off the fairing. the hole were my current mirrors are have 5mm bolts and these fancy ones have 8mm.

    so thats the problem in contexts. remachining sounds good. would this weeken it to much??

    any other solutions that dont involve big hammers or autobots??? maby we could bring in that top fuels drag bike that was at the boxing day races, that tears holes in the time-space continuum and makes little girls cry. anything is possible when that happens!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by road king View Post
    any other solutions that dont involve big hammers or autobots???
    well sure there are other solutions but without hammers or autobots they arent nearly as fun

    I cant actually tell how they mount from the TM picture, Im assuming they have a single 8mm which threads into the clipons on the handlebars. And your VFR has two 5mm hole bout 20-40mm apart? If that is the case we could make an adapter to fit between them

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    I need a v8.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    y when u have a Hyundai
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    Quote Originally Posted by Monamie View Post
    My nephew Adam was diagnosed with cancer when he was very young. His parents of course were distraught and like any young couple had no money to spare. A lot of time was needed to be spent in Wellington for treatment-that involved a lot of travel and accommodation costs.

    RMH offered a place where they could stay and petrol vouchers to help transport Adam to his chemo sessions. They found that staying with other parents in a similar situation gave them the endless support, comfort and the will to help Adam fight this cruel disease.

    I myself feel I did not do enough to help them.....I have many excuses. Although I readily offered my help I was scared and not sure what was needed. We were not a particularly close knit family-the saying was `I’ve raised my kids; you can raise yours’ (from Grandparents). I was not allowed to interfere so could only offer an ear if needed-I should have done more for them.

    After a gallant fight, Adam passed away at age 4.

    I chose a mighty Golden Elm to plant for him in the garden. The kids and I picked out a big Elm from the nursery and planted it so it would have pride and place of the garden. When spring came and the neighbours Elms had started to bud-Adams tree was bare. A month later when the neighbour’s trees were in full leaf-Adams tree was still bare. I figured it was perhaps a `dud` tree and a nursery confirmed it must be dead. I left the tree there as a reminder and felt that I was being punished for being such a coward by doing something `after` rather than when it was needed before his passing.

    That summer while we were in town I asked the kids if they wanted to go up and see Adams grave-he had been gone for awhile I still had not gone up to see him. We went to see him and had a chat. The kids left some things for him, a precious `Pokemon card` and flowers. I told him I loved him and hoped things were ok now he was pain free. A few weeks later my son Sam yelled from the garden “Mum, come and see Adams tree”. You guessed it........it was covered in leaves.......

    Fundraising for the RMH is the least I can do, for Adam and the huge number of people who go through the devastation of having a critically sick child.
    Well written, and truly a sad day for those concerned. Thanks for sharing that Monamie

    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post

    also, big fuckoff hammer will do the trick
    Shit yea, if it dont fit, force it

    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    I need a v8.
    And a new bike.
    Got a V8 and a near new bike, life is great, must suck to be you
    sorry, couldnt help myself

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    Argh.

    Hyundai is nana and sensible. Bike = good. V8 = good.
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    Argh.

    Hyundai is nana and sensible. Bike = good. V8 = good.
    what you need to do then, is get yourself a V8 bike. that way you'll only have to register one vehicle

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