More frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need..
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Sway said:
Sweet! Love me a cruising street board...
Kitted one is a now 17 year vintage carbon/foam Row Racing slalom deck, kitted for anything but slalom!
Nice. We have a 600m boulevard from our hotel down toward the town. It's wide, has separate sections for cyclists and planting throughout to provide natural obstacles to weave through. It drops a gentle 2%, so is perfect for lazy cruising with the boy, but is far from onerous to walk back up. If I was more committed, I could walk out of town and roll back in for a total cruise of a mile and if I was mental, there's a closed road above the town that drops 100m in a mile though rather more steeply in sections, and has several barriers (concrete) across it to stop, er, everyone from going up and down it.Kitted one is a now 17 year vintage carbon/foam Row Racing slalom deck, kitted for anything but slalom!
I'm not at all suggesting I've bought a fancy board, but the thing about being an adult, and frivolous, is a lot of skate gear that's mentally expensive to a 14y/o is only really a tank of fuel or a night in the pub in terms of £££. The opportunity to upgrade wheels or bearings and make a significant difference to your ride is always there, for less than £60.
Smitters said:
Sway said:
Sweet! Love me a cruising street board...
Kitted one is a now 17 year vintage carbon/foam Row Racing slalom deck, kitted for anything but slalom!
Nice. We have a 600m boulevard from our hotel down toward the town. It's wide, has separate sections for cyclists and planting throughout to provide natural obstacles to weave through. It drops a gentle 2%, so is perfect for lazy cruising with the boy, but is far from onerous to walk back up. If I was more committed, I could walk out of town and roll back in for a total cruise of a mile and if I was mental, there's a closed road above the town that drops 100m in a mile though rather more steeply in sections, and has several barriers (concrete) across it to stop, er, everyone from going up and down it.Kitted one is a now 17 year vintage carbon/foam Row Racing slalom deck, kitted for anything but slalom!
I'm not at all suggesting I've bought a fancy board, but the thing about being an adult, and frivolous, is a lot of skate gear that's mentally expensive to a 14y/o is only really a tank of fuel or a night in the pub in terms of £££. The opportunity to upgrade wheels or bearings and make a significant difference to your ride is always there, for less than £60.
Sold the vast majority over the years, and it turned out to be a great investment, as well as providing hundreds of hours of enjoyment and experimentation.
Holiday setup sounds superb...
2%? Get some slalom wedges on that bad boy, and 'pump' your way back up! Loads of fun - and may be the origination of the nickname I've held for the last 20+ years! It's all in the hips baby!
hotchy said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Sway said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Having used a sodastream for a couple of years, they're pretty good.
However, the instructions all say 'don't carbonate anything that has the syrup already added' - carbonate the water, THEN add flavour.
You read the instructions? However, the instructions all say 'don't carbonate anything that has the syrup already added' - carbonate the water, THEN add flavour.
Crikey man, what kind of human are you?!!
Bob-iylho said:
It's a restored Triang Vanwall, one off ........... look out for an old one and restore to required type.
I'm looking for an old one to do as a JPS car but they fetch silly money. This one seemed quite good value already done.
That is a thing of utter beauty. The prop guy I use has a kids pedal land speeder but I have no idea how I'd display it.I'm looking for an old one to do as a JPS car but they fetch silly money. This one seemed quite good value already done.
Meanwhile. Picked up 3PO today. Tomorrow I shall attempt to light his eyes!
Bob-iylho said:
It's a restored Triang Vanwall, one off ........... look out for an old one and restore to required type.
I'm looking for an old one to do as a JPS car but they fetch silly money. This one seemed quite good value already done.
I'm looking for an old one to do as a JPS car but they fetch silly money. This one seemed quite good value already done.
I shall set some alerts to keep an eye out!
Having posted on this thread previously that I bought a leaf blower (as below) even though I have a landscaping company do the work I think we are due an update.
The landscaping company have now been fired.
The problem I face is that I still do not want to cut my grass. So here comes Geoff to the rescue.
Geoff will be out there cutting the grass for me. He is GPS enabled so if he get kidnapped I will be able to find the culprits.
So none of this seems frivolous yet. Well, not completely. But, Geoff will not be able to get to every blade of grass so I have had to also buy a strimmer and will have to cut my grass. Thus making the whole idea of not cutting my own grass a failure.
The landscaping company have now been fired.
Part of the email said:
This is now the third time you have completed a fall clean up. I was under the impression that a fall clean up was a "once and done" and any repeat visits would come with an apology. Instead I was surprised to see a $450 bill. This was t he point that I decided to calculate my total landscaping costs for the year and discovered I am currently paying enough to reequip your entire team every year. Is it usual to have leaf blowers and lawn mowers dedicated to one address? If that is the case, can you kindly leave the tools in my garage so I can complete your half assed efforts and avoid future extortion?
I should be clear here, due to apathy I had fallen foul of "nice house guv'nor syndrome. I did not, and do not want to be responsible for cutting my grass. Yes, first world problem but it gets to 120 degrees and there are ticks. The landscaper just pushed his luck too much.The problem I face is that I still do not want to cut my grass. So here comes Geoff to the rescue.
Geoff will be out there cutting the grass for me. He is GPS enabled so if he get kidnapped I will be able to find the culprits.
So none of this seems frivolous yet. Well, not completely. But, Geoff will not be able to get to every blade of grass so I have had to also buy a strimmer and will have to cut my grass. Thus making the whole idea of not cutting my own grass a failure.
Edited by h0b0 on Friday 7th February 13:13
2 things
Last month
KTM 250 Six days edition (2008 ex Redbull owned) fully road legal 2 stroke beast
This morning at 1am when I went down a youtube rabbit hole, (Im 33 and not had a train set since I was 6) ended up watching a video about a lad setting up a load of sets in his loft and he said he seen this at Asda for £25 and bought 4 of the to get the spare track etc so I bought one haha, arrives Monday
https://direct.asda.com/george/toys-character/cars...
Will I use it, maybe not but it's cool.
Last month
KTM 250 Six days edition (2008 ex Redbull owned) fully road legal 2 stroke beast
This morning at 1am when I went down a youtube rabbit hole, (Im 33 and not had a train set since I was 6) ended up watching a video about a lad setting up a load of sets in his loft and he said he seen this at Asda for £25 and bought 4 of the to get the spare track etc so I bought one haha, arrives Monday
https://direct.asda.com/george/toys-character/cars...
Will I use it, maybe not but it's cool.
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