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

[vikingaero]

It's an El Speleo Lunatic Caving Lamp. It uses a Go Pro mount so easy enough to transfer onto a bike.

[geeks]

SistersofPercy said:

geeks said:

The proper stuff with sugar and not sweeteners is glorious! Had a few the Darkberry Dr Pepper cans kicking around until recently. Where are you ordering from SoP?

Shakermaker said:

I think he means the site American Fizz

https://americanfizz.co.uk/

Thats exactly where 'she' means

I'm very allergic to aspartame, gives me migraine and crippling stomach pains. Horrible reaction. I'm finding a lot of my favourite drinks here are now adding it (Dr Pepper being the latest) and finding a lemonade that isn't full of any sweetener let alone aspartame is a hell of a task.
I absolutely love being in the USA because I know no matter what I order, from lemonade to a slush puppy, it won't make me ill.

I used American Fizz at Christmas to get the boy some cans of Java Monster and a very weird Christmas Present of Grape Jelly for the husband (he was thrilled). They seem to be low on stock at the moment though, guessing imports are not as quick as usual.

Top tip though, if you have a local Chinese supermarket go and have a look there. Ours very often has import US drinks like Mountain Dew and the weird bottles of Red Bull and they are not expensive.

Awww man they have suspended orders until Friday, just went through it and there is so much on there I would order, hopefully when they reopen for orders stock levels increase. Cheers for the link SoP and Shaker

[heisthegaffer]

Borderline frivolous/useful but I've just bought a Huawei band 4 Pro as I've taken up a bit of running and cycling during lockdown. Did 30km yesterday in my bike.

Seems pretty good although only had it since 9am this morning.

Has a couple of handy features such as being able to change or pause music tracks and my phone can send sat nav instructions too.

[heisthegaffer]

Something else although not a purchase as such as my bro has given it to me but a touchscreen all in one PC for my bar where I have installed Fedora OS on it.

I'll be using it for Spotify, you tube and mainly as a dartboard calculator.

[Ambleton]

heisthegaffer said:

my bro has given me...

not a purchase then...

heisthegaffer said:

...a touchscreen all in one PC for my bar where I have installed Fedora OS on it.

I'll be using it for Spotify, you tube and mainly as a dartboard calculator.

not frivolous either...

Sounds interesting though - make, model and specs please.

[SistersofPercy]

geeks said:

Awww man they have suspended orders until Friday, just went through it and there is so much on there I would order, hopefully when they reopen for orders stock levels increase. Cheers for the link SoP and Shaker

Worth adding them on Facebook, they post up new stock on there

[Slackline]

Ambleton said:

Apologies, that was a careless oversight....

I did a bit of shopping around, with the use of "top cashback" I think these were about the cheapest I could find:

Impact driver and drill, charger and 2x 2ah batteries:

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-gsb-12v-15-...

Barrel grip jigsaw:

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-gst-10-8-v-...

2x 6ah batteries:

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-10-8v-gba-1...

1x mini grinder

https://www.howetools.co.uk/checkout/cart/configur...

I'm yet undecided on the mini circular, but if everything else is good then I will probably buy that too:

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-gks-10-8-v-...

Ah, Powertool World. A company that has the potential to bankrupt every man alive!

[S11Steve]

Uh-oh - eBay have emailed a 20% discount code, valid to 1st May against selected sellers - https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Seasonal-Offers/bn_711410...

NAS drives are included.
And I may as well upgrade the 10 year old laptop if I plan to rip an entire DVD collection.

[TheHighlander]

AJB88 said:

The Brummie said:

I have started collecting 1/2 race lids like these.





I don’t need them. I can’t display them anywhere. They are not cheap. I have two more due for delivery this week.

I have also bought a lot of Lego....

I've got a small collection of Schumacher and Mick Schumacher ones, did have Vettel as well but sold them.

I've been collecting them for years, 1/2s and full size.

Managed to buy a few signed ones.

Got about 24 1/2s and 5 full size, just awaiting a 2015 Vettel been delivered in the next few days.

It's addictive.

Edited by TheHighlander on Tuesday 28th April 16:44

[Shakermaker]

SistersofPercy said:

Thats exactly where 'she' means

My sincerest apologies!

[SistersofPercy]

Shakermaker said:

My sincerest apologies!

Not at all. An easy assumption to make

[gregs656]

tomsugden said:

It's a limited edition jar called 'summer of hate', and only 94 of them exist, 1 for each day of summer. There was also a summer of love that was fairly freely available. Summer of hate jars usually change hands for between £500 and £1,000, so I was lucky to get this for £180

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Marmite-Summer-Of-...

Where are you getting that figure from? The one before yours on ebay went for 185.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

my little engine arrived today its great just need a cradle to sit it in and some fixings to mount the exhaust

[tomsugden]

gregs656 said:

tomsugden said:

It's a limited edition jar called 'summer of hate', and only 94 of them exist, 1 for each day of summer. There was also a summer of love that was fairly freely available. Summer of hate jars usually change hands for between £500 and £1,000, so I was lucky to get this for £180

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Marmite-Summer-Of-...

Where are you getting that figure from? The one before yours on ebay went for 185.

That's what they tend to sell for on Ebay when they come up. The one you refer to was also damaged.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/5-100-most-expensive-mar...

Edited by tomsugden on Wednesday 29th April 08:03

[nigelpugh7]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

my little engine arrived today its great just need a cradle to sit it in and some fixings to mount the exhaust

You need some of these bud.

https://www.teamxray.com/xshop/products/proddesc.p...

You only need two of course and some nyloc nuts for them.

You can get them most places on line.

[Ambleton]

nigelpugh7 said:

Trustmeimadoctor said:

my little engine arrived today its great just need a cradle to sit it in and some fixings to mount the exhaust

You need some of these bud.

https://www.teamxray.com/xshop/products/proddesc.p...

You only need two of course and some nyloc nuts for them.

You can get them most places on line.

Or you could buy a small lathe and turn something up that looks really nice and bespoke

[nigelpugh7]

Ambleton said:

Or you could buy a small lathe and turn something up that looks really nice and bespoke

Now that would be frivolous.

Impressive but frivolous, so perfect then.

Note to self do not look at model lathes.

[Bullett]

Or a 3D printer

[Ambleton]

Bullett said:

Or a 3D printer

If you were doing it properly youd get a lathe to turn up some nice little turn buckle leveling arrangement into a 3d printed stand, or a nice machined billet.

I think the heat generated would be too high for standard 3d printer materials to be in direct contact. PC might be okay at a push (110-120°C). But those little engines get very hot in operation.

[loafer123]

I think I do need this, so a bit off topic;

Aldi have a few of their Ceramic Kamado BBQ's left for pre-order..I have just ordered one;

https://www.aldi.co.uk/kamado-ceramic-egg-bbq-gril...