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

[Civpilot]

coopedup said:

is it any good or should I seriously not waste my money??

It's probably the best vodka on sale. There is also a limited edition version called 'Aruora' which is even nicer

[coopedup]

Civpilot said:

coopedup said:

is it any good or should I seriously not waste my money??

It's probably the best vodka on sale. There is also a limited edition version called 'Aruora' which is even nicer

Thanks for that

[SpydieNut]

Accelebrate said:

I'm sure a B&Q own brand kettle or even a cheaper Weber would have been fine...



You can blame me if it rains this weekend

Definitely *not* frivolous- snap and ours says hello. Assembled last night

[Vitorio]

SpydieNut said:

Accelebrate said:

I'm sure a B&Q own brand kettle or even a cheaper Weber would have been fine...



You can blame me if it rains this weekend

Definitely *not* frivolous- snap and ours says hello. Assembled last night

Good job both of you!

Weather is a bit st here this weekend, else id consider firing up the Weber as well

[A - W]

Vitorio said:

SpydieNut said:

Accelebrate said:

I'm sure a B&Q own brand kettle or even a cheaper Weber would have been fine...



You can blame me if it rains this weekend

Definitely *not* frivolous- snap and ours says hello. Assembled last night

Good job both of you!

Weather is a bit st here this weekend, else id consider firing up the Weber as well

You've lost man points for this. 😉

[crackthatoff]

louiebaby said:

Once I knew how many socks are down the back of the hot water tank, I'd be stumped for further uses.

Where can I get one?

ali express its only a pound extra for a 2m cable as well

[tim0409]

I was heading to pick up my new bike today (slightly frivolous, but I do need it), and had a 15 minutes to kill so went into Wonderland Models in Edinburgh and picked up this Airfix kit (they are selling off very old stock). My dad is ex-RAF and worked on Lightnings so I had to buy it even though I will never build it.

[davhill]

308mate said:

Tell us more about this. My great, great grandfather was a designer of dentistry equipment (more specifically, he invented the dentist's chair). I wonder if that is one of his.

Dunno but I do remember being drilled with a very similar device when I was a kiddy. I was too fascinated by it to be scared and it was infinitely preferable to the ultra high-speed type with water spray. So, no extra toothache from temperature sensitivity. So what if there was the smell and taste of burning enamel?

This was after the use of a chrome plated, hypodermic with a glass barrel and a reusable needle. The dentist was called G. Bonner-Brummit and he was ex-army and remarkably skilled.

New Mills, Derbyshire, around 1962.

[Accelebrate]

SpydieNut said:

Accelebrate said:

I'm sure a B&Q own brand kettle or even a cheaper Weber would have been fine...



You can blame me if it rains this weekend

Definitely *not* frivolous- snap and ours says hello. Assembled last night

Looks good! Mine is slightly boring grey I'm afraid. John Lewis didn't sell the green model...

[BigBen]

stanthebiker said:

Chris Type R said:

louiebaby said:

Once I knew how many socks are down the back of the hot water tank, I'd be stumped for further uses.

Where can I get one?

You should definitely get two so that you can search for pairs of socks.

A friend turned up with a USB one a couple of weeks ago. Obviously I told him he should have ordered two so I could buy one off him!

A week later I discovered we had a leak somewhere in the bathroom behind the fitted cabinets.
Access was pretty limited, but I managed to find the source of the leak in about 5 minutes using his USB Endoscope. (It was from the outlet of the concealed cistern if anyone cares).

Of course, I doubt I'll need one again in the foreseeable future, however I still feel the need to buy one.

I bought one a few months back and after the initial inspection of the innards of my nose it has not really been used much, I lent it to a colleague who is done some work type stuff with it so technically I suppose I could expense the £7 but that seems churlish.

[Jordan210]

Could not resist a bit of retroness

[ClockworkCupcake]

Jordan210 said:

Could not resist a bit of retroness

I have that exact one, but mine is pink has been duffed up and distressed - I bought it at a Collectors Fair. Nice little DAB radio but it's a shame it can't connect to Wi-Fi and stream music over the network.

[Nick M]

Jordan210 said:

Could not resist a bit of retroness

I have an original one of those which belonged to my nan - I've got a kit to put in an FM tuner, and I'm trying to find a way to incorporate that as non-invasively as I can.

[Jordan210]

ClockworkCupcake said:

I have that exact one, but mine is pink has been duffed up and distressed - I bought it at a Collectors Fair. Nice little DAB radio but it's a shame it can't connect to Wi-Fi and stream music over the network.

I could not justify the price difference for the connected model. worked out about £70 more then the DAB one.

We have an old FM one thats a good 10 years old so hope this one lasts

[_dobbo_]

I love a good barbecue.

Recently got a smoker to experiment with, not that frivolous at around £100 but still when you already own a barbecue not that necessary:



Feed it charcoal and some wood chips and some meat like this:



Wait many hours, out comes this:

[Mr Roper]

Mr Roper said:

Adenauer said:

Mr Roper said:

I'll just leave this here...


http://originalvintagemovieposters.co.uk/Categorie...


Looking for some movie art/posters for my kitchen when I came across this site.


Sorry.

No need to apologise, at 1650 quid

http://originalvintagemovieposters.co.uk/Mighty_Jo...

Yeah...Some are crazy money.

I've ordered a couple of posters..One for the kitchen and one for the downstairs lav.





Linen backed 1968 poster. 24"x33"



Couldn't resist this one for the downstairs lav. 1986 14"x22"

Took a couple of weeks to get framed but here they are...

[Rosscow]

Mr Roper said:

Mr Roper said:

Ok, perhaps not massively frivolous and it could be argued that I do need it.....Anyway, just bought the Secrid card RFID card protector.

I bought it because It has a cool lever operated card release mechanism that fans the cards out for easy pickings.

Who doesn't like levers??

Quite nifty.....




Thin, sleek design..Holds 6 cards, yeah...I quite like it.

I liked the look of it as well - so bought the twin wallet! Arrived this morning. Love it. Got all of my cards in (10 plus driving license), business cards and a few other bits and bobs. Much smaller than my traditional leather wallet and - the big bonus - no more cracked/broken cards!

By the way, got mine from the www.penworld.eu website, much cheaper (£60 versus £75 - £100 on the various UK websites).

[Stig]

_dobbo_ said:

I love a good barbecue.

Recently got a smoker to experiment with, not that frivolous at around £100 but still when you already own a barbecue not that necessary:



Feed it charcoal and some wood chips and some meat like this:
[/pic]

£100! Where from?

[RVVUNM]

Just bought one of these https://www.oztent.co.uk/acatalog/King-Kokoda-Chai... Fed up with crap chairs.

[_dobbo_]

Stig said:

£100! Where from?

Sorry, probably should have mentioned that. Actually looks like it can be had for £84.

https://www.internetgardener.co.uk/product/charcoa...

Just to add, in the pictures above I used quite an expensive cut of meet - a bone in ribeye roast cut.

For the first few tries I'd recommend using brisket. Cheaper and still an incredible result if done right.

Edited by _dobbo_ on Wednesday 18th May 17:10