Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...
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illmonkey said:
It's not frivolous as he wanted a track car, a simple bit of man maths got him to what he ended up buying.
That's an FA15 from the look of it but in the thread linked he says it has a DFR engine fitted. FA15 was HB powered with an Arrows designed gearbox casing with the old sequential PS Xtrac internals if memory serves (direct drive barrel arrived in 1997, again if memory serves).So I'd say entirely frivolous as he's got hold of an FA15 in the wrong livery, with the wrong engine and wrong gearbox (appears to be manually actuated sequential) rather than a perfecly good Clio 172 which would have had the correct engine and box
oilydan said:
Just bought an 18v DeWalt drill/driver, a post hole drill, about 100 pounds worth of metal angle plates and 500 pounds worth of wood to make a 15x5m fruit cage.
I have absolutely no experience or skills. Wonky is not even going to start to describe it
Is your fruit trying to escape? If not, anything more than a bowl is frivolous!I have absolutely no experience or skills. Wonky is not even going to start to describe it
AstonZagato said:
Simply buy a bike to go with it? In keeping with the nature of the thread?Just bought me the 11litre version of this:
It's a DI resin filter system normally used for window cleaning and filters the water so you can rinse the windows and not leave water marks.
I will be using it to rinse the car.
It's over twice the price of a basic filter system, but doesn't really work any better, it's more that they have a cool video on YouTube. http://youtu.be/4F1A1wZJ_QM
It's a DI resin filter system normally used for window cleaning and filters the water so you can rinse the windows and not leave water marks.
I will be using it to rinse the car.
It's over twice the price of a basic filter system, but doesn't really work any better, it's more that they have a cool video on YouTube. http://youtu.be/4F1A1wZJ_QM
AstonZagato said:
Certainly frivolous. Not sure I quite get the point of it, especially given the price. 
oilydan said:
Just bought an 18v DeWalt drill/driver, a post hole drill, about 100 pounds worth of metal angle plates and 500 pounds worth of wood to make a 15x5m fruit cage.
I have absolutely no experience or skills. Wonky is not even going to start to describe it
Not building a shed to build a kit car in then Dan? or is the fruit cage what you are telling the wife you are building?I have absolutely no experience or skills. Wonky is not even going to start to describe it
IanUAE said:
oilydan said:
Just bought an 18v DeWalt drill/driver, a post hole drill, about 100 pounds worth of metal angle plates and 500 pounds worth of wood to make a 15x5m fruit cage.
I have absolutely no experience or skills. Wonky is not even going to start to describe it
Not building a shed to build a kit car in then Dan? or is the fruit cage what you are telling the wife you are building?I have absolutely no experience or skills. Wonky is not even going to start to describe it
The Amazon Fire TV Stick, which for the next 2 days is on special offer to existing Prime members for £19 rather than £35
I already own the full blown Amazon Prime TV box, so I really don't need this stick. But I thought it might maybe be useful in a B&B or hotel situation where there is free WiFi and their telly has an HDMI port which hasn't been disabled. Or something. Maybe.
I already own the full blown Amazon Prime TV box, so I really don't need this stick. But I thought it might maybe be useful in a B&B or hotel situation where there is free WiFi and their telly has an HDMI port which hasn't been disabled. Or something. Maybe.
JonRB said:
The Amazon Fire TV Stick, which for the next 2 days is on special offer to existing Prime members for £19 rather than £35
I already own the full blown Amazon Prime TV box, so I really don't need this stick. But I thought it might maybe be useful in a B&B or hotel situation where there is free WiFi and their telly has an HDMI port which hasn't been disabled. Or something. Maybe.
I'd get that if my TV had an HDMI. So that would be two purchases I already own the full blown Amazon Prime TV box, so I really don't need this stick. But I thought it might maybe be useful in a B&B or hotel situation where there is free WiFi and their telly has an HDMI port which hasn't been disabled. Or something. Maybe.
Du1point8 said:
what does it do that chromecast doesnt?
Not a lot. Connects directly and painlessly to your Amazon Prime Video without the need for a tablet/phone/phablet and all the casting malarky. That's about it really. For £19 I thought it was worth a punt because I like the Amazon Prime TV box I already have.
JonRB said:
The Amazon Fire TV Stick, which for the next 2 days is on special offer to existing Prime members for £19 rather than £35
I already own the full blown Amazon Prime TV box, so I really don't need this stick. But I thought it might maybe be useful in a B&B or hotel situation where there is free WiFi and their telly has an HDMI port which hasn't been disabled. Or something. Maybe.
I've picked one up - going to give it my parents I already own the full blown Amazon Prime TV box, so I really don't need this stick. But I thought it might maybe be useful in a B&B or hotel situation where there is free WiFi and their telly has an HDMI port which hasn't been disabled. Or something. Maybe.
I already have two digital SLRs - a Nikon D50 and a Nikn D1x. And a Panasonic Lumix TZ30, which also records HD video. And an iPhone 5, which also takes video. So the logical thing to do was obviously buy a Sony HDR-PJ10E camcorder. In my defence, it was new in the box and came with a spare battery. And it was only £100. So far, I've videoed 10 seconds of the dog, then closed the curtains just so I could have a go with the inbuilt projector thing onto the wall.
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