What have you ordered, which turned out substantially bigger
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AC43 said:
My wife once bought a "cheap" chaise longue on eBay. Now we just need to pick it up. "Where?" I said
"Near Manchester" she said. "But we can go an stay with our friend and make a weekend of it."
Cue a 400 mile round trip. In a C43 AMG.
When we got to our friends she told me to go off and get it.
Another 50 or so miles later I was there....
Then it stared to rain. A lot
As it was an estate I folded the seats and stuck it in the back. Well, most of it anyway. I couldn't fully shut the boot so just used a bungee to hold it down.
The next day it became clear that the rain wasn't going to stop for days so bough rail tickets for the wife and kids and drove it back home solo.
Still, we had a good weekend. And I can confirm that the C43 exhaust sounds epic when gunning it over the Pennines with the boot open.
However once you factor in 500 miles of fuel and three train tickets it wasn't exactly cheap. And it still needs re-covered....
OTOH I watched a couple who had bought a 6-person glass-topped dinner table successfully get it into the back of a Corrado and drive off happily with it. The glass was loose on top of the frame, but even so, deeply impressive "Near Manchester" she said. "But we can go an stay with our friend and make a weekend of it."
Cue a 400 mile round trip. In a C43 AMG.
When we got to our friends she told me to go off and get it.
Another 50 or so miles later I was there....
Then it stared to rain. A lot
As it was an estate I folded the seats and stuck it in the back. Well, most of it anyway. I couldn't fully shut the boot so just used a bungee to hold it down.
The next day it became clear that the rain wasn't going to stop for days so bough rail tickets for the wife and kids and drove it back home solo.
Still, we had a good weekend. And I can confirm that the C43 exhaust sounds epic when gunning it over the Pennines with the boot open.
However once you factor in 500 miles of fuel and three train tickets it wasn't exactly cheap. And it still needs re-covered....
red_slr said:
rossub said:
Matt_N said:
Oakey said:
Was it this one:
I had the 32" version, it was a stunning picture back in the day
Yeh it was, lovely set.I had the 32" version, it was a stunning picture back in the day
I think Sony did actually produce a HD 1080P 40" CRT in the late 90s, but it cost something like £13k and weighed around 300kg!
The 36" Tosh was 120kg on the box iirc.
I did feel bad though, as an old guy who was semi- disabled turned up with his mate to take it away. They really did struggle to get it through the house and into his motability Nissan Note. With hindsight, I should have helped. Ah well
I remember the day I bought it, phoning my mate to tell him what I'd just picked up, and he asked me what it was like, and saying to him that I had no idea because I couldn't get it out of the van on my own!
Cracking telly - managed to get £150 for it in 2007; fella got a bargain!
Bonefish Blues said:
AC43 said:
My wife once bought a "cheap" chaise longue on eBay. Now we just need to pick it up. "Where?" I said
"Near Manchester" she said. "But we can go an stay with our friend and make a weekend of it."
Cue a 400 mile round trip. In a C43 AMG.
When we got to our friends she told me to go off and get it.
Another 50 or so miles later I was there....
Then it stared to rain. A lot
As it was an estate I folded the seats and stuck it in the back. Well, most of it anyway. I couldn't fully shut the boot so just used a bungee to hold it down.
The next day it became clear that the rain wasn't going to stop for days so bough rail tickets for the wife and kids and drove it back home solo.
Still, we had a good weekend. And I can confirm that the C43 exhaust sounds epic when gunning it over the Pennines with the boot open.
However once you factor in 500 miles of fuel and three train tickets it wasn't exactly cheap. And it still needs re-covered....
OTOH I watched a couple who had bought a 6-person glass-topped dinner table successfully get it into the back of a Corrado and drive off happily with it. The glass was loose on top of the frame, but even so, deeply impressive "Near Manchester" she said. "But we can go an stay with our friend and make a weekend of it."
Cue a 400 mile round trip. In a C43 AMG.
When we got to our friends she told me to go off and get it.
Another 50 or so miles later I was there....
Then it stared to rain. A lot
As it was an estate I folded the seats and stuck it in the back. Well, most of it anyway. I couldn't fully shut the boot so just used a bungee to hold it down.
The next day it became clear that the rain wasn't going to stop for days so bough rail tickets for the wife and kids and drove it back home solo.
Still, we had a good weekend. And I can confirm that the C43 exhaust sounds epic when gunning it over the Pennines with the boot open.
However once you factor in 500 miles of fuel and three train tickets it wasn't exactly cheap. And it still needs re-covered....
America Again, So a few years ago me and 2 fiends decided to go and do a little tour of america in a camper van for a month.
So we went to the estate agents and booked it all up. When we arrived to pick up the camper it was not what we were expecting. It was huge, Based on a F450 Truck if i remember rightly with something like a 7L V8 in it 2 flat screen TV's , King size bed and a fridge bigger than the one in my house.
IT WAS AWESOME ( but not much fun parking in parking lots!)
Needless to say we had a good time and loved it, Driving from LA to Vegas was a breeze Cruise on a sit back. But it was a bit bigger than the little UK size camper we were expecting.
Back to Food in San Francisco we ordered Chinese Take out, Ordered a different dish each, and a portion of rice each. what arrived could have fed a small village the containers were about 1ft sq and a good 3 inches deep.
So we went to the estate agents and booked it all up. When we arrived to pick up the camper it was not what we were expecting. It was huge, Based on a F450 Truck if i remember rightly with something like a 7L V8 in it 2 flat screen TV's , King size bed and a fridge bigger than the one in my house.
IT WAS AWESOME ( but not much fun parking in parking lots!)
Needless to say we had a good time and loved it, Driving from LA to Vegas was a breeze Cruise on a sit back. But it was a bit bigger than the little UK size camper we were expecting.
Back to Food in San Francisco we ordered Chinese Take out, Ordered a different dish each, and a portion of rice each. what arrived could have fed a small village the containers were about 1ft sq and a good 3 inches deep.
Ordered a ladle off Amazon and received something very small (maybe 50ml). It's now been christened the "smurf ladle" in our kitchen and is surprisingly kind of useful.
Wife ordered a folding camping chair for her overweight mother to use at proms in the park. Received a child size model which was seriously not going to work. Cue helpless laughter from me.
I ordered a new case for my PC and realised I should have looked at the specs on the size - it was a tad bigger than I thought it would be.
^ not me!
Wife ordered a folding camping chair for her overweight mother to use at proms in the park. Received a child size model which was seriously not going to work. Cue helpless laughter from me.
I ordered a new case for my PC and realised I should have looked at the specs on the size - it was a tad bigger than I thought it would be.
^ not me!
Bonefish Blues said:
Evilex said:
callmedave said:
Upon reading the title I immediately thought of this!
So did I.Apparently, it's the reverse of an incident that happened to Black Sabbath.
Their 20' high Stonehenge ended up being 20m high and wouldn't fit in any venues.
Bonefish Blues said:
OTOH I watched a couple who had bought a 6-person glass-topped dinner table successfully get it into the back of a Corrado and drive off happily with it. The glass was loose on top of the frame, but even so, deeply impressive
A number of years ago, new house and a trip to Ikea ended up in us getting an audience and a round of applause - It really is amazing just how much you can fit into 1998 Boxster when you put you mind to it!Bonefish Blues said:
AC43 said:
My wife once bought a "cheap" chaise longue on eBay. Now we just need to pick it up. "Where?" I said
"Near Manchester" she said. "But we can go an stay with our friend and make a weekend of it."
Cue a 400 mile round trip. In a C43 AMG.
When we got to our friends she told me to go off and get it.
Another 50 or so miles later I was there....
Then it stared to rain. A lot
As it was an estate I folded the seats and stuck it in the back. Well, most of it anyway. I couldn't fully shut the boot so just used a bungee to hold it down.
The next day it became clear that the rain wasn't going to stop for days so bough rail tickets for the wife and kids and drove it back home solo.
Still, we had a good weekend. And I can confirm that the C43 exhaust sounds epic when gunning it over the Pennines with the boot open.
However once you factor in 500 miles of fuel and three train tickets it wasn't exactly cheap. And it still needs re-covered....
OTOH I watched a couple who had bought a 6-person glass-topped dinner table successfully get it into the back of a Corrado and drive off happily with it. The glass was loose on top of the frame, but even so, deeply impressive "Near Manchester" she said. "But we can go an stay with our friend and make a weekend of it."
Cue a 400 mile round trip. In a C43 AMG.
When we got to our friends she told me to go off and get it.
Another 50 or so miles later I was there....
Then it stared to rain. A lot
As it was an estate I folded the seats and stuck it in the back. Well, most of it anyway. I couldn't fully shut the boot so just used a bungee to hold it down.
The next day it became clear that the rain wasn't going to stop for days so bough rail tickets for the wife and kids and drove it back home solo.
Still, we had a good weekend. And I can confirm that the C43 exhaust sounds epic when gunning it over the Pennines with the boot open.
However once you factor in 500 miles of fuel and three train tickets it wasn't exactly cheap. And it still needs re-covered....
Amazingly she and her son managed to get both in the back and drove off very happily.
Rude-boy said:
Bonefish Blues said:
OTOH I watched a couple who had bought a 6-person glass-topped dinner table successfully get it into the back of a Corrado and drive off happily with it. The glass was loose on top of the frame, but even so, deeply impressive
A number of years ago, new house and a trip to Ikea ended up in us getting an audience and a round of applause - It really is amazing just how much you can fit into 1998 Boxster when you put you mind to it!After about 10 minutes the missus insisted we went, so i don't know if he ever managed to shut the hatch without the mattress spring back out of the car...
djt100 said:
America Again, So a few years ago me and 2 fiends decided to go and do a little tour of america in a camper van for a month.
So we went to the __estate agents__ and booked it all up. When we arrived to pick up the camper it was not what we were expecting. It was huge, Based on a F450 Truck if i remember rightly with something like a 7L V8 in it 2 flat screen TV's , King size bed and a fridge bigger than the one in my house.
I've highlighted your issue there. So we went to the __estate agents__ and booked it all up. When we arrived to pick up the camper it was not what we were expecting. It was huge, Based on a F450 Truck if i remember rightly with something like a 7L V8 in it 2 flat screen TV's , King size bed and a fridge bigger than the one in my house.
I have collected:
1) A Rover V8 turned into a table, complete with 1m x 1m plus toughened glass table top in a TVR - had to take the passenger seat out and leave it behind, thank Christ I didn't crash as I'd have been decapitated. Not the smartest idea.
1b) A hardtail mountain bike in same TVR - it fits, but it looked very marginal on leaving the shop.
2) A 1 metre long mesh grill on a scooter without a backpack - from the looks on the way home, apparently having a wire mesh reinforced biker jacket / HANS device has yet to catch on
3) 10 square metres of turf in an Alfa estate (coincidence with a previous post!)
4) A 6 seater wooden table and a set of 4 chairs in the same Alfa. Which I then didn't like and bought another 6 seater wooden table and a set of 4 chairs to collect in the same Alfa - damn you Gumtree!
I think I need a post-it on the computer with the words "And how are you going to get that home?" written on it.
ecs0set said:
djt100 said:
America Again, So a few years ago me and 2 fiends decided to go and do a little tour of america in a camper van for a month.
So we went to the __estate agents__ and booked it all up. When we arrived to pick up the camper it was not what we were expecting. It was huge, Based on a F450 Truck if i remember rightly with something like a 7L V8 in it 2 flat screen TV's , King size bed and a fridge bigger than the one in my house.
I've highlighted your issue there. So we went to the __estate agents__ and booked it all up. When we arrived to pick up the camper it was not what we were expecting. It was huge, Based on a F450 Truck if i remember rightly with something like a 7L V8 in it 2 flat screen TV's , King size bed and a fridge bigger than the one in my house.
Butter Face said:
Bonefish Blues said:
Evilex said:
callmedave said:
Upon reading the title I immediately thought of this!
So did I.Apparently, it's the reverse of an incident that happened to Black Sabbath.
Their 20' high Stonehenge ended up being 20m high and wouldn't fit in any venues.
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.
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.
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