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

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

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JonRB

74,401 posts

271 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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gtidriver said:
Gatorgrips are great for getting wheels off of a car that have locking nuts..
You know, I'd never thought of that. But of course they would - it's obvious in hindsight.

mickk

28,772 posts

241 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Monkeythree said:
Needed an M6 three square bit. Came out of the shop with this.
What shop am I about to visit?

escargot

17,110 posts

216 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...

CB2152

1,555 posts

132 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Bought last night, a wristwatch I've wanted since I first saw James Bond: Goldeneye when I was about 11 years old. Certainly frivolous as I already have not only a watch, but also another Omega. I just like them.

Anyway, it's this one, the Omega Seamaster Professional 2541.80 (the Quartz one).



Mine doesn't have a laser or anything though I'm afraid...

boxst

3,699 posts

144 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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escargot said:
Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...
I bought one in the after Christmas sale (for £74.99) and it is an amazing bit of kit for such a small price. Full windows 8.1 and you can load any windows compatible software on there...

theguvernor

629 posts

130 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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I've recently (since July), started playing football again, as a goalkeepe, in that time i've managed to end up with about 10 pairs of football boots, 10+ pairs of GK gloves & about 5 kits.

Sway

26,070 posts

193 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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boxst said:
escargot said:
Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...
I bought one in the after Christmas sale (for £74.99) and it is an amazing bit of kit for such a small price. Full windows 8.1 and you can load any windows compatible software on there...
Getting very interested in one, as my personal laptop when consulting with clients.

Quick question - how usable is Office? I mainly use Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio - and whilst it'd mostly be connected to a proper monitor, BT keyboard/mouse onsite, it'd be perfect if I could also create/amend documents on the train...

JonRB

74,401 posts

271 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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boxst said:
escargot said:
Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...
I bought one in the after Christmas sale (for £74.99) and it is an amazing bit of kit for such a small price. Full windows 8.1 and you can load any windows compatible software on there...
I'm tempted by this. Although I'm not sure whether to go for this or pay a bit more (ok, quite a bit more) and get the Linx10

How does this one compare to the Linx8 ( link)? Anyone know?




boxst

3,699 posts

144 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Sway said:
boxst said:
escargot said:
Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...
I bought one in the after Christmas sale (for £74.99) and it is an amazing bit of kit for such a small price. Full windows 8.1 and you can load any windows compatible software on there...
Getting very interested in one, as my personal laptop when consulting with clients.

Quick question - how usable is Office? I mainly use Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio - and whilst it'd mostly be connected to a proper monitor, BT keyboard/mouse onsite, it'd be perfect if I could also create/amend documents on the train...
Mmmm. Office is very usable, but it is a 1gb memory teeny thing. So I can use it to edit spreadsheets, create documents, send mail etc... but it certainly is way short of being a laptop replacement. If you want to create documents on your laptop and then view/edit on the train then this is good for that. I use dropbox to sync so all the documents I'm working on are always available.

Sway

26,070 posts

193 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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I think, based on what you've said, that it'll fly.

The sort of thing I do isn't packed full of pivot tables or animations, so whilst I handle a reasonable amount of data it shouldn't kill it!

Sod it, for 75 quid plus a BT keyboard/mouse it's worth a shot instead of spanking a bag on a Surface Pro...

escargot

17,110 posts

216 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Just picked this case/keyboard up to go with it: http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/gg-gr...

Cheap little set up for when I'm on site and trekking round London etc.

Monkeythree

511 posts

228 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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mickk said:
What shop am I about to visit?
I got mine from the Wurth shop in Gothenburg (near where I live in Sweden) but I just had a quick look and there is a Wurth UK online store which stocks something very similar:

http://www.wurth.co.uk/hand-tools/bits-and-accesso...

R8VXF

6,788 posts

114 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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boxst said:
Sway said:
boxst said:
escargot said:
Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...
I bought one in the after Christmas sale (for £74.99) and it is an amazing bit of kit for such a small price. Full windows 8.1 and you can load any windows compatible software on there...
Getting very interested in one, as my personal laptop when consulting with clients.

Quick question - how usable is Office? I mainly use Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio - and whilst it'd mostly be connected to a proper monitor, BT keyboard/mouse onsite, it'd be perfect if I could also create/amend documents on the train...
Mmmm. Office is very usable, but it is a 1gb memory teeny thing. So I can use it to edit spreadsheets, create documents, send mail etc... but it certainly is way short of being a laptop replacement. If you want to create documents on your laptop and then view/edit on the train then this is good for that. I use dropbox to sync so all the documents I'm working on are always available.
Why not just use onedrive? Built into win 8.1.

JonRB

74,401 posts

271 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Monkeythree said:
mickk said:
What shop am I about to visit?
I got mine from the Wurth shop in Gothenburg (near where I live in Sweden) but I just had a quick look and there is a Wurth UK online store which stocks something very similar:

http://www.wurth.co.uk/hand-tools/bits-and-accesso...
I bought mine in Camberley Auto Factors.

Similar ones are available on Amazon. Just search for "security screwdriver bits"

mickk

28,772 posts

241 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Cheers thumbup

gtidriver

3,334 posts

186 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Pixelpeep7r said:
gtidriver said:


The three little babies turned up today.


Pp7 this is for yousmile .

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Thank god Im crap at snowboarding and really don't go often enough, otherwise these would have been purchased by now

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rideon-the-firs...

CAPP0

19,532 posts

202 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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escargot said:
Quick heads up - Microsoft have discounted their HP Stream 7" Signature Edition tablet to £74.99 from £99.99. Just after Christmas, these were in the sale at £79.99 so this is a cracking buy: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp...
Does someone who has an iPhone, iPad and a Macbook need one of these simply because it's such good value?

JonRB

74,401 posts

271 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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CAPP0 said:
Does someone who has an iPhone, iPad and a Macbook need one of these simply because it's such good value?
To qualify for this thread? Most certainly. smile

boxst

3,699 posts

144 months

Wednesday 21st January 2015
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CAPP0 said:
Does someone who has an iPhone, iPad and a Macbook need one of these simply because it's such good value?
  • Cough* Yes, that would be me smile
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