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

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

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CoolHands

18,630 posts

195 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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Hatching dinosaur eggs. £1.99. Takes three weeks to arrive from hongkong (mines just arrived)



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110943585532?ssPageName=...


Gizmoish

18,150 posts

209 months

Saturday 13th October 2012
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The Nur said:
Gizmoish said:
I've just been to Costco.

32 pack of microwave popcorn: £11.32.

Oops.
Smudging the lines between frivolity and a worthwhile purchase there hehe
My definition of frivolous goes "I really don't need it, but I want it".

In this instance because great value. smile

NotDave

20,951 posts

157 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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Of late, this is our most needless purchase:


bobbo89

5,211 posts

145 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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^^You've bought a fox?

The Nur

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9,168 posts

185 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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Gizmoish said:
My definition of frivolous goes "I really don't need it, but I want it".

In this instance because great value. smile
That is good enough for me smile

The Nur

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9,168 posts

185 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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NotDave, that is a lovely looking dog/fox. He has the "Put the camera down" look to a tee.

A lex, that chair looks like a very nice place to be on a dreary day

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GuyWMD

1,072 posts

203 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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Silverbullet767 said:
Bas! Currently trying to convince the OH that we need one of these.

She says we don't. I say how do you know until we get one?!
You'll have to get one to find out...

Pesty

42,655 posts

256 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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NotDave said:
Of late, this is our most needless purchase:
Like it. What is it?

Pulse

10,922 posts

218 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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Pesty said:
NotDave said:
Of late, this is our most needless purchase:
Like it. What is it?
It looks like a 32" LCD. Pretty snazzy, but doesn't look anything like a fox.

NotDave

20,951 posts

157 months

Sunday 14th October 2012
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The TV is actually a 26" own brand POS that stands me at £90 5 years ago when at uni.... It won't die, so the OH won't let me replace it frown

The fox shaped thing is a 6-8 year old Shiba Inu named Hiro, from the local rescue centre. £130+ I'll never say again.

But courtesy of his nasty nature around poodles, and his grumpy demeanour he's a) christened Vince, after the BBC three puppet show, and b) could yet prove to be a highly entertaining random purchase.

Prof Beard

6,669 posts

227 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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I just acquired this old car badge... I thought it had a certain "retro" charm.




HorneyMX5

5,309 posts

150 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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British Army Bushcraft Machete. I don't have a jungle in my garden but it looked cool in the army surplus store I was buying some combats in so it got added to the items at checkout. So far it's proved quite useful at chopping up salad.

shirt

22,561 posts

201 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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1 x precision set square: £70
1 x engineer's scribe: £20
1 x digital vernier calipers: £75

all because i got frustrated trying to measure one engine bracket!

Edited by shirt on Tuesday 16th October 19:49

fatboy69

9,372 posts

187 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Drunk one night & messing about on evil bay. As you do.....

Next morning I realised that I had bought 35 identical Winfield Williams key-rings & 20 identical Winfield Williams biro's.

Cost me around £20 for the whole lot.



When they arrived none of the biro's worked & Winfield was spelt wrongly. It was spelt Winfeild....... I didn't notice that when I bought them.

The biro's got binned & the key rings are sitting in a cupboard. Just looking at me..... bd things.

Also bought a lot of other ste from the bay, most of it utter rubbish, some of it that swmbo has never seen as its in the shed!!!!



melvster

6,841 posts

185 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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Don't need it, don't have room for it, but for £30 it looks good.

Bungleaio

6,330 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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After watching a few of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v_Km6cv6DU

I have now got one of these in the post http://www.puzl.co.uk/competition-standard-speed-c...

I bet I never solve it once.

Celtic Dragon

3,169 posts

235 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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A lex said:
Went out to the supermarket, saw an advertisement for a chair.

Didnt need a chair.

Bloody comfy though.

Dog likes it too.

It can stay smile

That chair needs to be by a fire, and with you in it supping a scotch and smoking a fat havana smile

Celtic Dragon

3,169 posts

235 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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NotDave said:
Of late, this is our most needless purchase:

He looks nice smile and about to rip that camera out of your hand, followed by your head off your neck!

markmullen

15,877 posts

234 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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An Isuzu Trooper 3.0 LWB.

I'm a landscape photographer outside of work and at the beginning of November my girlfriend is working in Jerusalem for 12 days. I had the idea of going up to the highlands of Scotland for that time and doing some photography.

That spiralled to buying a Subaru Forester, then my MOT tester said I could buy his Trooper.

The CB and insulation arrives tomorrow. The lighting won't be much further behind (worklights all around for camping and setting up camera gear, amber beacon on the roof for parking places I shouldn't, uprated headlights and long distance driving lights), the snorkel and safari roofrack are next on the agenda, and some winter tyres.

HBLC

610 posts

172 months

Tuesday 16th October 2012
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A pair of Pac Man ghost salt and pepper shakers.


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