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

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

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anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 18th August 2017
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Three vintage Lego sets, including a 1999 Sith Infiltrator, one of the first 13 introduced I believe.

For those interested;
7151
7144
7665

All boxed and sealed (nerd), a smidge over £300.

ClockworkCupcake

74,590 posts

273 months

Saturday 19th August 2017
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Trexthedinosaur said:
Three vintage Lego sets, including a 1999 Sith Infiltrator
It makes me feel old when someone refers to something from 1999 as "vintage". frown

Hasbeen

2,073 posts

222 months

Saturday 19th August 2017
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ClockworkCupcake said:
Trexthedinosaur said:
Three vintage Lego sets, including a 1999 Sith Infiltrator
It makes me feel old when someone refers to something from 1999 as "vintage". frown
Yep, that was only like last week. Not even old enough to mature a good wine.

SistersofPercy

3,355 posts

167 months

Saturday 19th August 2017
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I love smart lighting and I'm a sucker for coloured hue bulbs and anything that works with Alexa, so I bought this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynl_XtqQWCQ



I have absolutely no idea where I'm going to put it when it comes, but SHINY!

ClockworkCupcake

74,590 posts

273 months

Saturday 19th August 2017
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SistersofPercy said:
I love smart lighting and I'm a sucker for coloured hue bulbs and anything that works with Alexa, so I bought this:

...

I have absolutely no idea where I'm going to put it when it comes, but SHINY!
You cannot repel shiny of that magnitude. smile

anonymous-user

55 months

Sunday 20th August 2017
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Hasbeen said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
Trexthedinosaur said:
Three vintage Lego sets, including a 1999 Sith Infiltrator
It makes me feel old when someone refers to something from 1999 as "vintage". frown
Yep, that was only like last week. Not even old enough to mature a good wine.
Vintage in terms of Star Wars Lego smile from the first wave of releases, it only seems like yesterday I was a child unboxing sets at Christmas!

chemistry

2,158 posts

110 months

Sunday 20th August 2017
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Jonmx said:
A porcelain pig, described as being of a good size. No idea why I decided to buy this yesterday. I wasn't drinking, but I had forgotten to take my meds so I might blame it on that. It's not even a nice looking pig. I now have the joy of going and picking it up as it was a collection only Ebay purchase. What does one do with a porcelain pig?
Nothing wrong with frivolous pig purchases...


GOG440

9,247 posts

191 months

Sunday 20th August 2017
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Got a yacht charter coming up in Croatia.

Bought to tie up alongside.:





I suspect not totally "sold as seen" frown
does it not come with the inflatable flamingo?
That would be a deal breaker for me

bingybongy

3,875 posts

147 months

Sunday 20th August 2017
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GOG440 said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Got a yacht charter coming up in Croatia.

Bought to tie up alongside.:





I suspect not totally "sold as seen" frown
does it not come with the inflatable flamingo?
That would be a deal breaker for me
I feel you may be disappointed.

jimmyjimjim

7,344 posts

239 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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ClockworkCupcake said:
I've grown to love my Das Keyboard 4 Pro so much that I simply have to have one for work too, so I've just ordered one (at £140 - ouch).

Out of deference for my colleagues, it's not the full on clickerty-clack Cherry MX Blue keys like my current keyboard; it's the much quieter Cherry MX Brown keys plus a set of rubber o-ring bumpers to make it quieter yet. Hopefully it should be quiet enough for office use.

One of my colleagues has a Corsair silent keyboard with the new Cherry MX Silent keys and it's acceptably quiet, so hopefully mine will be similarly quiet.

Fingers crossed on that, or this count be a rather expensive blunder. smile

Frivolous purchase? I think it probably qualifies, especially since I also have an older Das Keyboard S with Cherry MX Blue keys on my spare PC which I seldom use (although I think it's too noisy to take to work).

TL;DR - I bought a second £140 keyboard.
The death of my DK4 is what me got started on mechanical keyboards.
Now I've got 3 sets of custom keys on order.

Don't go looking, there's a lot of better and more expensive keyboards out there....

epom

11,535 posts

162 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
bingybongy said:
GOG440 said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Got a yacht charter coming up in Croatia.

Bought to tie up alongside.:





I suspect not totally "sold as seen" frown
does it not come with the inflatable flamingo?
That would be a deal breaker for me
I feel you may be disappointed.
Better me than her
Some really nice inflatables in that there pic.

alorotom

11,941 posts

188 months

Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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The new lego London bus, finished it yesterday ... total build time was about 4hrs for 1700pieces but wasn't particularly an involved build ... looks nice though!










Du1point8

21,609 posts

193 months

Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Would anyone be interested in a frivolous kickstarter/indiegogo/etc of the most top interesting products on there?

(starting a new thread and leave this to the frivolous stuff)

100 IAN

1,091 posts

163 months

Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Had a rummage through DVLA's number plate website and ended up buying this because I though it was fun (and cheap!)

I can't help but think it would have suited Murray Walker's car...


noell35

3,170 posts

149 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Could try offloading it on to Alan Gow of the BTCC.

SistersofPercy

3,355 posts

167 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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My Nanoleaf Aurora is here. It's VERY shiny. Love it. I predict many expansions to this over the coming months.


The Moose

22,854 posts

210 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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noell35 said:
Could try offloading it on to Alan Gow of the BTCC.
Does he have a stammer?

berlintaxi

8,535 posts

174 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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SistersofPercy said:
My Nanoleaf Aurora is here. It's VERY shiny. Love it. I predict many expansions to this over the coming months.

When are they remaking The Krypton Factor?

Justayellowbadge

Original Poster:

37,057 posts

243 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Power cable would do my head in.

RC1807

12,543 posts

169 months

Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Justayellowbadge said:
Power cable would do my head in.
Switch the plants aournd on the shelf! EASY! rolleyes
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