Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...
Discussion
Mr Happy said:
I bought one of these (a Logitech Squeezebox Boom) for about £180. It is pretty much only used as a clock.
When I can be bothered to set the alarm to wake me up, I leave it on BBC R1.
I could have bought a clock radio for <£10 but no... not me... I buy an Internet connected radio that doesn't do normal FM (so away from a router or wired internet connection it's about as much use as a chocolate teapot) for almost 18 times the price!
And never use the fecker!
james_tigerwoods said:
Hoofy said:
Oh, a new obsession - coats.
No, no - you need coats....Work winter, work spring/autumn, casual winter, casual spring/autumn, formal overcoat, rain mac (casual), thick jacket for winter gardening and a spare casual jacket.
KaraK said:
Nice 
But if we are counting lost pairs I can up mine a little:
2x Square Wires - Black with black Iridium lenses (first pair had a chip in and the f
kers in the store screwed me over, those got left in the States so I just bought another pair)
1x Minutes - Blue with Red Iridium lenses (lost)
1x M-Frames - Blue with 3 sets of lenses (Red Iridium, Persmimmon, Clear)
1x Half Jackets - Grey with 2 sets of lenses (Black Iridium, Black Iridium XLJ)
I've also got a pair of Oakley goggles
Nice. So between PH, collectively, we have a large amount of Lego and Oakleys. And cars, obviously. Lots of cars.But if we are counting lost pairs I can up mine a little:
2x Square Wires - Black with black Iridium lenses (first pair had a chip in and the f
kers in the store screwed me over, those got left in the States so I just bought another pair)1x Minutes - Blue with Red Iridium lenses (lost)
1x M-Frames - Blue with 3 sets of lenses (Red Iridium, Persmimmon, Clear)
1x Half Jackets - Grey with 2 sets of lenses (Black Iridium, Black Iridium XLJ)
I've also got a pair of Oakley goggles
The Nur said:
KaraK said:
Nice
But if we are counting lost pairs I can up mine a little:
2x Square Wires - Black with black Iridium lenses (first pair had a chip in and the fkers in the store screwed me over, those got left in the States so I just bought another pair)
1x Minutes - Blue with Red Iridium lenses (lost)
1x M-Frames - Blue with 3 sets of lenses (Red Iridium, Persmimmon, Clear)
1x Half Jackets - Grey with 2 sets of lenses (Black Iridium, Black Iridium XLJ)
I've also got a pair of Oakley goggles
Nice. So between PH, collectively, we have a large amount of Lego and Oakleys. And cars, obviously. Lots of cars.But if we are counting lost pairs I can up mine a little:
2x Square Wires - Black with black Iridium lenses (first pair had a chip in and the f
kers in the store screwed me over, those got left in the States so I just bought another pair)1x Minutes - Blue with Red Iridium lenses (lost)
1x M-Frames - Blue with 3 sets of lenses (Red Iridium, Persmimmon, Clear)
1x Half Jackets - Grey with 2 sets of lenses (Black Iridium, Black Iridium XLJ)
I've also got a pair of Oakley goggles
The Nur said:
Hoofy said:
Pics, please?
Oh, yeah, I have a collection of martial arts weapons, too. Forgot about them.
Well, there might be a zombie apocalypse...
As a group I doubt we have much to worry about to be honest. All we need is a meeting point with adequate parking and PH will be fine.Oh, yeah, I have a collection of martial arts weapons, too. Forgot about them.
Well, there might be a zombie apocalypse...
Hoofy said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Hoofy said:
Oh, a new obsession - coats.
No, no - you need coats....Work winter, work spring/autumn, casual winter, casual spring/autumn, formal overcoat, rain mac (casual), thick jacket for winter gardening and a spare casual jacket.
The Nur said:
Hoofy said:
True. I have spare weapons if anyone needs to borrow one... seeing as I only have two hands.
I was thinking I might borrow a nice jacket if possible 
Where to start...? I keep buying Tamiya r/c cars. Love them but won't ever build them. I always buy two of them as well, so that I have the choice to build one and keep the other new-in-box.
Same goes for my collection of vintage r/c helicopter spares. I have $25'000+ worth of new-old-stock parts for obsolete Kyosho model helicopters. WTF...?
A couple of weeks ago I bought a Sony CCD-V8AF 8mm Camcorder. This is the autofocus version of the first ever 8mm camera. It's immaculate, in the original flight case with all accessories and manuals, three batteries etc. Even the original sticker sheet is fully intact and unused. It's the same one as the one my dad had when I was a wee lad. I'll never use it, but it's a lovely thing to have.
Tons of cheap tools I get from Aldi. 50% of them remain unused several years down the line. To be fair, the other 50% get some hammer. In the case of the hammer I bought, it literally gets hammer.
Bought a set of 2.4GHz wireless CCTV cameras and a USB capture device thing for recording. After 5 seconds of use, realised that the cameras and my Wi-Fi trampled all over each other making both useless. Cameras went back in the boxes and were immediately replaced with massively superior IP cameras. The original ones have been in my garage ever since.
Bought a Dell PowerEdge server. Don't use it as the fans are too noisy (it was cheap though).
Decided I was going to collect vintage video games consoles. Bought a load of them. Hardly ever used. Still cool though.
Biggest ones ever...? Hrm, well I bought a Cessna 182 (a real one, not a radio control one). Had it three years and flew two hours in it. Expensive couple of hours seeing as I had to put a brand new prop on it for one of the annuals which was about $10,000 IIRC...
My car - Didn't need a car but fancied a Focus RS. Pre-ordered and bought one brand new three years ago and other than a trip to the UK last year, it doesn't do anything more than get me to the train station 4km away and the odd trip to Geneva. Total waste of a good car. Should have bought a Fiat Panda which was my second choice.
There's loads more but I haven't got time to list any more. Might be back later...
Same goes for my collection of vintage r/c helicopter spares. I have $25'000+ worth of new-old-stock parts for obsolete Kyosho model helicopters. WTF...?
A couple of weeks ago I bought a Sony CCD-V8AF 8mm Camcorder. This is the autofocus version of the first ever 8mm camera. It's immaculate, in the original flight case with all accessories and manuals, three batteries etc. Even the original sticker sheet is fully intact and unused. It's the same one as the one my dad had when I was a wee lad. I'll never use it, but it's a lovely thing to have.
Tons of cheap tools I get from Aldi. 50% of them remain unused several years down the line. To be fair, the other 50% get some hammer. In the case of the hammer I bought, it literally gets hammer.
Bought a set of 2.4GHz wireless CCTV cameras and a USB capture device thing for recording. After 5 seconds of use, realised that the cameras and my Wi-Fi trampled all over each other making both useless. Cameras went back in the boxes and were immediately replaced with massively superior IP cameras. The original ones have been in my garage ever since.
Bought a Dell PowerEdge server. Don't use it as the fans are too noisy (it was cheap though).
Decided I was going to collect vintage video games consoles. Bought a load of them. Hardly ever used. Still cool though.
Biggest ones ever...? Hrm, well I bought a Cessna 182 (a real one, not a radio control one). Had it three years and flew two hours in it. Expensive couple of hours seeing as I had to put a brand new prop on it for one of the annuals which was about $10,000 IIRC...
My car - Didn't need a car but fancied a Focus RS. Pre-ordered and bought one brand new three years ago and other than a trip to the UK last year, it doesn't do anything more than get me to the train station 4km away and the odd trip to Geneva. Total waste of a good car. Should have bought a Fiat Panda which was my second choice.
There's loads more but I haven't got time to list any more. Might be back later...
Hoofy said:
The Nur said:
Hoofy said:
Pics, please?
Oh, yeah, I have a collection of martial arts weapons, too. Forgot about them.
Well, there might be a zombie apocalypse...
As a group I doubt we have much to worry about to be honest. All we need is a meeting point with adequate parking and PH will be fine.Oh, yeah, I have a collection of martial arts weapons, too. Forgot about them.
Well, there might be a zombie apocalypse...
TonyHetherington said:
I really like that. I've never used one, probably never will. So I know I need one.
EFA for you... it's just the way it is.I'm not ready to out my frivolous confessions, they are bad mostly in terms of their pointlessness (new word achieved I think) but there might be the odd biggie... a Yank Day Van is one that haunts me.
I haven't bought a boat... yet.
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