What have you ordered, which turned out substantially bigger
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Bought a sofa bed in Ikea and just managed to load it into my Citroen BX (it was quite a while ago) with a lot of pushing and shoving and leaning on the tailgate. Arrived home to find it was so jammed in the car that I couldn't get it out. Fortunately it bolted together so I had to dismantle it when still in the car. My wife and two of her friends enjoyed sitting in the sun and watching me struggle.
I sold a little two-seater club sofa some years ago. Young woman who bought it said transport was no problem, her dad had a 'big Ford Estate' she could borrow. She turned up in a Granada Scorpio hatchback. I've had suitcases that had more load space. She and me and her boyfriend manage to get the sofa in halfway, we tied the hatch down as best we could and off they went, doubtlessly defying any number of traffic regulations.
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We got a Panasonic 36" CRT (TX-36PF10) in 2000 - think it was £2100. At the time there were only 3 CRTs at 36" - Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic - comparing them side by side in the one shop we could find stocking all of them, the Panny looked the better picture (IMHO).
Getting it home was a challenge as we also lived in an upstairs flat with no lift.
Since then we've moved it to our new house, and after that to FiL's flat, where he still enjoys using it to watch the cricket today. He's got Sky SD (no HD), and the picture still looks great - better than a HD flat screen displaying an SD signal.
17 years on it's still going strong and I wouldn't be surprised if it's got a good few years to go.
So, pretty good value in both £ per Kg and £ per year service.
Picture from a few years back in the flat. (That's not me in it).
P1020813 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
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Is that poor lad kneeling and in tears because you were about to cut his head off with that knife?
You ISIS chaps really are absolute rotters!
We got a Panasonic 36" CRT (TX-36PF10) in 2000 - think it was £2100. At the time there were only 3 CRTs at 36" - Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic - comparing them side by side in the one shop we could find stocking all of them, the Panny looked the better picture (IMHO).
Getting it home was a challenge as we also lived in an upstairs flat with no lift.
Since then we've moved it to our new house, and after that to FiL's flat, where he still enjoys using it to watch the cricket today. He's got Sky SD (no HD), and the picture still looks great - better than a HD flat screen displaying an SD signal.
17 years on it's still going strong and I wouldn't be surprised if it's got a good few years to go.
So, pretty good value in both £ per Kg and £ per year service.
Picture from a few years back in the flat. (That's not me in it).
P1020813 by conradsphotos, on FlickrEdited by C&C on Friday 13th January 11:20
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Is that poor lad kneeling and in tears because you were about to cut his head off with that knife?
You ISIS chaps really are absolute rotters!
Decided I needed to gaze at the stars , so bought an on-line telescope as cheaper and no shop close by. They did a 'P' version or for a little more a 'PL' version. Man maths means more expensive it must be better. So, sit tight at work awaiting a delivery of a PL. Receptionist couldnt lift one box and the other was nearly 7ft long..............
Must be packaging I thought, so built it at work........I now have a telescope which stands at over 6ft tall and weighs 37 kg on its stand. By the time I drag the thing out and get it all pointing right, I cant be bothered, which means the wife has lost a fair chunk of the conservatory to be able to do anything else in as it gets dusty now instead
Must be packaging I thought, so built it at work........I now have a telescope which stands at over 6ft tall and weighs 37 kg on its stand. By the time I drag the thing out and get it all pointing right, I cant be bothered, which means the wife has lost a fair chunk of the conservatory to be able to do anything else in as it gets dusty now instead
Case of it being alot smaller
Misses decided to buy a love seat to go in the bay window of our house, shame she didn't bother to consult me on the measurements,
I waited in all day incase the delivery driver needed a hand, turns out I'd wasted a days holiday for this ! (2l pop bottle for comaprison)
Misses decided to buy a love seat to go in the bay window of our house, shame she didn't bother to consult me on the measurements,
I waited in all day incase the delivery driver needed a hand, turns out I'd wasted a days holiday for this ! (2l pop bottle for comaprison)
I can buy & transport large things with impunity.
The Multipla (minus rear seats) eats them all.
To date:
Top and bottom halves of a Welsh dresser in one trip.
A Super King sized mattress.
Lots of paving slabs. I figured it'd take 50, because , hey, it's got to accommodate 6x burly adults @100kg a piece, right?
Wrong. Crawled home with it resting on its bump stops with zero suspension travel!
Maybe I should've googled it's MGW first and subtracted it's ULW.
Bikes. Three of them, standing vertically in the "boot" whole car cost less than some fancy bike racks. Factor in security and protection from the elements, and it's a no- brainer
Fat bike. Only one at a time. Big wheels make it 6'2" long, so it goes in diagonally, but still upright.
More likely to have issues with mass than size (see the slab incident)
The Superking bed we bought did turn out to be... quite large.
Sure, I measured up, but it does rather dominate the bedroom. Still, it's very comfortable. And when you look across to see the Mrs, you can see the way the mattress follows the curvature of the earth...
The Multipla (minus rear seats) eats them all.
To date:
Top and bottom halves of a Welsh dresser in one trip.
A Super King sized mattress.
Lots of paving slabs. I figured it'd take 50, because , hey, it's got to accommodate 6x burly adults @100kg a piece, right?
Wrong. Crawled home with it resting on its bump stops with zero suspension travel!
Maybe I should've googled it's MGW first and subtracted it's ULW.
Bikes. Three of them, standing vertically in the "boot" whole car cost less than some fancy bike racks. Factor in security and protection from the elements, and it's a no- brainer
Fat bike. Only one at a time. Big wheels make it 6'2" long, so it goes in diagonally, but still upright.
More likely to have issues with mass than size (see the slab incident)
The Superking bed we bought did turn out to be... quite large.
Sure, I measured up, but it does rather dominate the bedroom. Still, it's very comfortable. And when you look across to see the Mrs, you can see the way the mattress follows the curvature of the earth...
Mr E said:
MJ85 said:
"Won" some size 13 Hunter wellies on eBay for a bargain price.
They arrived. Packaging seemed a bit small... they were child size 13 wellies. DOH!
My child has a pair of hunters (with socks) because a 6'3" mate of mine did exactly this on eBay. They arrived. Packaging seemed a bit small... they were child size 13 wellies. DOH!
I looked back at the ad. and it didn't specify either way, so I wasn't completely going mad.
OH bought some cardboard boxes for an impending house move, not realising, how big they were, and that in the flat form they are about twice as big in each direction, and forgetting we were in the MX5.
With the roof down they rest really nicely on the deck / boot, and as long as they were help down to stop the air getting underneath they sat really well too.
With the roof down they rest really nicely on the deck / boot, and as long as they were help down to stop the air getting underneath they sat really well too.
CubanPete said:
OH bought some cardboard boxes for an impending house move, not realising, how big they were, and that in the flat form they are about twice as big in each direction, and forgetting we were in the MX5.
With the roof down they rest really nicely on the deck / boot, and as long as they were help down to stop the air getting underneath they sat really well too.
Anent my experiences with Christmas trees in an Alfa 156, my wife collected it one year in her MX5 (dry and sunny-ish, so she had the hood down).With the roof down they rest really nicely on the deck / boot, and as long as they were help down to stop the air getting underneath they sat really well too.
Z4monster said:
I bought a dog crate on Ebay for the incoming pup. Went to pick it up and the thing was bloody massive. Even folded flat it was 4ft x 3ft.
Not particularly huge but I only have a Z4 which has a very small boot space. Ended up having to drop the roof and stack it behind the seats. It fitted JUST! Went from one side of the car to the other and stood up about 1ft above the windscreen.
Still the journey home was fun...In december weather! Good job it was only about 20 minutes.
Did the same thing with the new dog bed, though it may come folded or rolled some how.....i was wrong.Not particularly huge but I only have a Z4 which has a very small boot space. Ended up having to drop the roof and stack it behind the seats. It fitted JUST! Went from one side of the car to the other and stood up about 1ft above the windscreen.
Still the journey home was fun...In december weather! Good job it was only about 20 minutes.
it apparently stopped being funny after a few miles in near zero temps
Evilex said:
I can buy & transport large things with impunity.
The Multipla (minus rear seats) eats them all.
To date:
Top and bottom halves of a Welsh dresser in one trip.
A Super King sized mattress.
Lots of paving slabs. I figured it'd take 50, because , hey, it's got to accommodate 6x burly adults @100kg a piece, right?
Wrong. Crawled home with it resting on its bump stops with zero suspension travel!
Maybe I should've googled it's MGW first and subtracted it's ULW.
Bikes. Three of them, standing vertically in the "boot" whole car cost less than some fancy bike racks. Factor in security and protection from the elements, and it's a no- brainer
Fat bike. Only one at a time. Big wheels make it 6'2" long, so it goes in diagonally, but still upright.
More likely to have issues with mass than size (see the slab incident)
The Superking bed we bought did turn out to be... quite large.
Sure, I measured up, but it does rather dominate the bedroom. Still, it's very comfortable. And when you look across to see the Mrs, you can see the way the mattress follows the curvature of the earth...
Not had to many capacity issues with picking stuff up either...The Multipla (minus rear seats) eats them all.
To date:
Top and bottom halves of a Welsh dresser in one trip.
A Super King sized mattress.
Lots of paving slabs. I figured it'd take 50, because , hey, it's got to accommodate 6x burly adults @100kg a piece, right?
Wrong. Crawled home with it resting on its bump stops with zero suspension travel!
Maybe I should've googled it's MGW first and subtracted it's ULW.
Bikes. Three of them, standing vertically in the "boot" whole car cost less than some fancy bike racks. Factor in security and protection from the elements, and it's a no- brainer
Fat bike. Only one at a time. Big wheels make it 6'2" long, so it goes in diagonally, but still upright.
More likely to have issues with mass than size (see the slab incident)
The Superking bed we bought did turn out to be... quite large.
Sure, I measured up, but it does rather dominate the bedroom. Still, it's very comfortable. And when you look across to see the Mrs, you can see the way the mattress follows the curvature of the earth...
...Can be a problem when it rains though.
NDA said:
When my 18 year old cat died, the kids wanted her buried at home.... so I ordered a little headstone. I must have got confused with millimetres and inches because a lorry turned up with a hydraulic lift to deliver a slab that would easily grace a family tomb. Wife not amused.
please tell me you still used it!
"RIP Tiddles"
sidekickdmr said:
NDA said:
When my 18 year old cat died, the kids wanted her buried at home.... so I ordered a little headstone. I must have got confused with millimetres and inches because a lorry turned up with a hydraulic lift to deliver a slab that would easily grace a family tomb. Wife not amused.
please tell me you still used it!"RIP Tiddles"
jdw100 said:
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Picture from a few years back in the flat. (That's not me in it).
P1020813 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
Is that poor lad kneeling and in tears because you were about to cut his head off with that knife?Picture from a few years back in the flat. (That's not me in it).
P1020813 by conradsphotos, on FlickrEdited by C&C on Friday 13th January 11:20
You ISIS chaps really are absolute rotters!
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