Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...

[Vanya]

The Nur said:

anonymous said:

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Excellent. You've just spent a grand so you don't have to go upstairs sometimes. Good work

I think that means "Frivolity With Honours"... from the Thread Starter... praise indeed.

[Mr Happy]

anonymous said:

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I bought a chromecast for £30 which with the help of an application on my phone (localcast) and my WD NAS app (WD MyCloud) means that I can plug the chromecast into a telly, then stream videos from my nas to the phone, and cast them to the chromecast to watch on the telly.

It works perfectly as well, I'm rather impressed! Ok, so it was £200 all said and done when you factor in the cost of a 4tb NAS but it's a gadget and I like that kind of thing

[g3org3y]

Minichamps BMW M3 GT2 with Martini pit crew (don't do BMW ones unfortunately and these are the best match)


Minichamps BMW M1 Jagermeister livery with matching Jager pit crew.

[Du1point8]

Mr Happy said:

anonymous said:

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I bought a chromecast for £30 which with the help of an application on my phone (localcast) and my WD NAS app (WD MyCloud) means that I can plug the chromecast into a telly, then stream videos from my nas to the phone, and cast them to the chromecast to watch on the telly.

It works perfectly as well, I'm rather impressed! Ok, so it was £200 all said and done when you factor in the cost of a 4tb NAS but it's a gadget and I like that kind of thing

I use chromecast plus Plex on the iPad for this very same tactic... nice and easy.

Though I do have a HP micro server hidden away in another room with 8TB of storage.

[Du1point8]

anonymous said:

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The chrome cast maybe... but I did have a RPi before with a 16GB SDCard that should transfer all the movie to it, before playing via the RPi hdmi cable into the TV.

Good fun creating it, but I got bored and wanted to play with chrome cast a while before buying another Pc and hiding behind the TV so OH don't see it.

[Hainey]

Coatesy351 said:

Decided i needed a V8 Barge So ..............

Anyone else think that looks like a slightly stretched late 80's vintage Rover 800?

[themanwithnoname]

morgs_ said:

pincher said:

This turned up late last week and I guess it could be classed as frivolous?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bushcraft-Shark-Repellent-...



Edited to remove link to my Amazon account

Edited by pincher on Monday 15th September 14:37

I guess how frivolous it is, depends on if there are any sharks in your swimming pool?

Why on earth would anyone want that? Do they make an antidote/opposite?

[JonRB]

Civpilot said:

Flown it several times as it only takes about 10/15 mins to charge.

Super responsive and very stable. No clue on the range as I have only flown it indoors so far but might take it outside sometime soon when there is no/low breeze.

As for features... Erm.... Apart from being 4 channel and highly manoeuvrable and being festooned with super bright red and blue LED's... No, no features apart from being really really small.

It's only 45mm square and 24mm high to the top of the rotors. Here is a quick photo next to a 2p coin...



I might even grab an extra one tomorrow after work, maybe choose a different colour (make a great little gift)

How's everyone who bought these getting on with them?

I'm loving mine, although I have lost a black propeller already and broken a white one, so I can see me needing a spares kit soon. I'm finding it a lot of fun though, although it's quite difficult to trim and quite hard to fly - I find that it's easy for it to go zooming off course and I tend to over-correct and get the aerial equivalent of a fishtail and then crash.

I want a bigger one now!

[nigelpugh7]

This turned up this morning, and it was a lot bigger than expected too!



Oakley Ltd Editon Carbon Fibre Radar Lock Path Vault set with 4 lenses!



4 sets on lenses are all stamped for different road conditions,eg daily, road, grass and trail,



And a very nice case for the complete set with a cleaning set too.



The carbon frames are unbelievably light too, very impressed!



Here's th complete outfit all together!



Frivolous you ask? Oh yes, I already have 12 pairs of sunglasses! 😜😝

[RedWhiteMonkey]

^ Does that come with a rocket propelled grenade as well?

[nigelpugh7]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

^ Does that come with a rocket propelled grenade as well?

Yes it does look like that doesn't it!

Sadly it's just the lens cleaning fluid in the bottle,with a big foam pen applicator!

Still Oaklley do seem to have a way to make ordinary items look uber cool!

[The Nur]

I'm not such a fan of Oakleys these days (I have a few pairs...) but you can't fault that for a complete package. It looks awesome!

[irocfan]

g3org3y said:

Minichamps BMW M3 GT2 with Martini pit crew (don't do BMW ones unfortunately and these are the best match)

that's an easy fix - just buy http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/revell-airbrush-spray-... and spray over the offending bits

HTH

[bigrich4]

nigelpugh7 said:

This turned up this morning, and it was a lot bigger than expected too!



Oakley Ltd Editon Carbon Fibre Radar Lock Path Vault set with 4 lenses!



4 sets on lenses are all stamped for different road conditions,eg daily, road, grass and trail,



And a very nice case for the complete set with a cleaning set too.



The carbon frames are unbelievably light too, very impressed!



Here's th complete outfit all together!



Frivolous you ask? Oh yes, I already have 12 pairs of sunglasses! ????

Oooo, I like them!

[shogun001]

nigelpugh7 said:

This turned up this morning, and it was a lot bigger than expected too!



Oakley Ltd Editon Carbon Fibre Radar Lock Path Vault set with 4 lenses!



4 sets on lenses are all stamped for different road conditions,eg daily, road, grass and trail,



And a very nice case for the complete set with a cleaning set too.



The carbon frames are unbelievably light too, very impressed!



Here's th complete outfit all together!



Frivolous you ask? Oh yes, I already have 12 pairs of sunglasses! ????

Link please! I need these in my life!

[Voldemort]

The packaging and instructions and attached sticker remind you that this is not for medical use! And with a 3m flexi you have to worry that some people need to be told this...

[L555BAT]

I've resisted so far, but could anyone be tempted with a plasma speaker?

http://excelphysics.com/products/arc-plasma-speake... (check out the Jacob's ladder add-on too)


Or a Gyroscope kit?
http://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp?product=GIMBALS

[theaxe]

nigelpugh7 said:

This turned up this morning, and it was a lot bigger than expected too!



Oakley Ltd Editon Carbon Fibre Radar Lock Path Vault set with 4 lenses!

Do they also let you into disabled toilets?

[nigelpugh7]

theaxe said:

Do they also let you into disabled toilets?

Funny boy!

But I think you will find that's a Radar key!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GWN7ZPC/ref=...

And now I know they are that cheap I can see another frivolous purchase coming on!

[NDA]

Zoon said:

Already have a kindle paperwhite but for some reason decided to buy a kindle voyage!



Kindle Voyage

How does it compare?