david robertson Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 The glue that you use to stick soles to your shoes Is a gem of adhesive modernity. It may not be sexy, but it's tough and it's flexy - And the sole sticks from here to eternity. But what's good for shoes becomes terrible news When it's used on the valves of a 'tina. Whenever I find it, I eff it and blind it (And sometimes add something obscener!) For though it's tenacious and most efficacious, Restorers have no cause to thank it - Though we scrape and we scour for hour after hour, It still sticks like sh** to a blanket! 4 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Reminds me of how Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) defined poetry: "What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expresst." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Oh yes so true, I see this far too often. My personal pet peeve with inexpertly replaced valves is when the "repairer" removes the old valves without replacing the old glue. As a result the glued end of the valves sits on a little hill of old glue (sometimes more thin one layer) and its hared than it should be for the valve to lie perfectly flat. Sorry I can't express this so poetically. Dave - please feel free to write a second verse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david robertson Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Love to oblige, Theo, but I'm creatively drained. I may have to lie in a darkened room for a day or two... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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