Yet more frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...
Discussion
ChemicalChaos said:
I bought one of those mats a while ago, unfortunately as I love in Liverpool I now get no visitors at all 
In all seriousness though, how is yours holding up? Looks like you have quite a sheltered porch? Mine is out in the elements and within 2 weeks it was borderline unreadable, shame really but then it is only stencilled on rather than a different colour weave.
In other frivolous news, bought this as I already have the batteries, and it's handy for both keeping my Shogun chassis salt free (ah, JDM steel) and also for spot washing bits of the pavement outside my house where filthy chavs neglect to clean up after their dags.
It's capable of running from a pop bottle as well as a hose, unfortunately I don't tend to buy 2 litre pop. Luckily I had another empty bottle I could improvise with
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Oh, I've been thinking about getting one of those. Is it any good?In all seriousness though, how is yours holding up? Looks like you have quite a sheltered porch? Mine is out in the elements and within 2 weeks it was borderline unreadable, shame really but then it is only stencilled on rather than a different colour weave.
In other frivolous news, bought this as I already have the batteries, and it's handy for both keeping my Shogun chassis salt free (ah, JDM steel) and also for spot washing bits of the pavement outside my house where filthy chavs neglect to clean up after their dags.
It's capable of running from a pop bottle as well as a hose, unfortunately I don't tend to buy 2 litre pop. Luckily I had another empty bottle I could improvise with
[Img]https://i.imgur.com/rxElZBC.jpeg[/thumb]
ChemicalChaos said:
I bought one of those mats a while ago, unfortunately as I love in Liverpool I now get no visitors at all
In all seriousness though, how is yours holding up? Looks like you have quite a sheltered porch? Mine is out in the elements and within 2 weeks it was borderline unreadable, shame really but then it is only stencilled on rather than a different colour weave.
It is fairly sheltered, and faces northwest, but still a bit indistinct. It's easier to read in the photo than in person! In all seriousness though, how is yours holding up? Looks like you have quite a sheltered porch? Mine is out in the elements and within 2 weeks it was borderline unreadable, shame really but then it is only stencilled on rather than a different colour weave.
Rufus Stone said:
Oh, I've been thinking about getting one of those. Is it any good?
It depends what you want to use it for. It's never going to have the power of a 240v Karcher, so if you want to blast graffiti off of pavements then I'm afraid it's no good (it won't quite dislodge the winter's ground-in dirt from my paving slabs), but if you're looking for something to snowfoam and wash off a car or blast away moss and algae, it's just the ticket and obviously much more wieldy!
ChemicalChaos said:
It depends what you want to use it for.
It's never going to have the power of a 240v Karcher, so if you want to blast graffiti off of pavements then I'm afraid it's no good (it won't quite dislodge the winter's ground-in dirt from my paving slabs), but if you're looking for something to snowfoam and wash off a car or blast away moss and algae, it's just the ticket and obviously much more wieldy!
Thanks. It's never going to have the power of a 240v Karcher, so if you want to blast graffiti off of pavements then I'm afraid it's no good (it won't quite dislodge the winter's ground-in dirt from my paving slabs), but if you're looking for something to snowfoam and wash off a car or blast away moss and algae, it's just the ticket and obviously much more wieldy!
Want one for cleaning the Defender.
Sporky said:
The bear was made by a man on a grass verge next to a lay-by in Devon. I'm always careful to be polite to people with chainsaws, but he was perfectly friendly.
A377 near Exeter? An acquaintance had 2 full size bears from him for the garden. His wife was less than impressed 
Him indoors has frivoled and it’s apparently all my fault….
I wanted a new car last year, one that suited me and my needs so I leased an electric mini. I bloody love it. It’s perfect for me
Him indoors has an Abarth Spider and frequently used the Freelander I had before the mini. Obviously when I switched up and the freely went he had 3 choices, spider, mini or his prized XR2. Apparently none of these are practical….
He’s bought a bloody Civic Type R. He now has three cars. It’s apparently my fault he’s bought it because I didn’t have a sensible car he can borrow.
He’s justifying this by telling me it’s an up and coming classic…..
Meanwhile I’m thinking how practical it would be to drive to Disneyland in. Every cloud and all that
I wanted a new car last year, one that suited me and my needs so I leased an electric mini. I bloody love it. It’s perfect for me
Him indoors has an Abarth Spider and frequently used the Freelander I had before the mini. Obviously when I switched up and the freely went he had 3 choices, spider, mini or his prized XR2. Apparently none of these are practical….
He’s bought a bloody Civic Type R. He now has three cars. It’s apparently my fault he’s bought it because I didn’t have a sensible car he can borrow.
He’s justifying this by telling me it’s an up and coming classic…..
Meanwhile I’m thinking how practical it would be to drive to Disneyland in. Every cloud and all that
SistersofPercy said:
Him indoors has frivoled and it’s apparently all my fault….
I wanted a new car last year, one that suited me and my needs so I leased an electric mini. I bloody love it. It’s perfect for me
Him indoors has an Abarth Spider and frequently used the Freelander I had before the mini. Obviously when I switched up and the freely went he had 3 choices, spider, mini or his prized XR2. Apparently none of these are practical….
He’s bought a bloody Civic Type R. He now has three cars. It’s apparently my fault he’s bought it because I didn’t have a sensible car he can borrow.
He’s justifying this by telling me it’s an up and coming classic…..
Meanwhile I’m thinking how practical it would be to drive to Disneyland in. Every cloud and all that
Civic Type-R is eminently practical. 5-door hatchback innit? I wanted a new car last year, one that suited me and my needs so I leased an electric mini. I bloody love it. It’s perfect for me
Him indoors has an Abarth Spider and frequently used the Freelander I had before the mini. Obviously when I switched up and the freely went he had 3 choices, spider, mini or his prized XR2. Apparently none of these are practical….
He’s bought a bloody Civic Type R. He now has three cars. It’s apparently my fault he’s bought it because I didn’t have a sensible car he can borrow.
He’s justifying this by telling me it’s an up and coming classic…..
Meanwhile I’m thinking how practical it would be to drive to Disneyland in. Every cloud and all that
Jonmx said:
Sporky said:
The bear was made by a man on a grass verge next to a lay-by in Devon. I'm always careful to be polite to people with chainsaws, but he was perfectly friendly.
A377 near Exeter? An acquaintance had 2 full size bears from him for the garden. His wife was less than impressed loudlashadjuster said:
Civic Type-R is eminently practical. 5-door hatchback innit?
I could have got on board with the new one, but this is the 2011 FN2 version....In slight defence we owned a Type S some years ago which from memory was a nice car, and it has those clever little gaps under the seat for extra
SistersofPercy said:
I could have got on board with the new one, but this is the 2011 FN2 version....
In slight defence we owned a Type S some years ago which from memory was a nice car, and it has those clever little gaps under the seat for extraDisneyland Purchases storage
Oh he's really stretching the "future classic" status there isn't he In slight defence we owned a Type S some years ago which from memory was a nice car, and it has those clever little gaps under the seat for extra
Bravo. 
RedWhiteMonkey said:
I love how us Brits consider an RC model, cordless pressure washer or novelty t-shirt to be a frivolous purchases. Americans go straight for the deadly weapons.
Ha, yeah….I found out my head of IT ops at work lives in Nowhere, California, and spends his weekends shooting sniper target from 1500+ metres. He also has a bunch of AR15….. why?!
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